| L-R Leader, Bonny Legislative Assembly, Miriam Hart, Executive Chairman, Bonny LGA, David Irimagha, his Vice, Anengi Barasua, and Chief of Staff, Uriel John-Jumbo, during the commissioning ceremony. |
The Chairman of Bonny Local Government Area, David Irimagha says he will replicate the developmental feats of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Bonny LGA.
He said that despite the doomsday predictions of a dip in revenue inflow as a result of shortfalls in crude oil sales, Wike, upon assumption of office, has performed well in delivering democratic dividends to the people of the State.
Irimagha said this today while commissioning the bridge linking Akiama, Abalamabie, Bagg-Jumbo, Oguede, amongst other communities with Bonny main town, popularly known as ‘Ghana woman bridge’.
The bridge had collapsed some months ago, thus making movement difficult for commuters who have had to make a detour through Willbros Road and paying more in transport fares.
The Bonny LG boss had after inspecting the collapsed bridge promised to do an overhaul of the bridge to make it more sustainable and safe for commuters using that route.
In a bid to match words with action, the Irimagha led administration contracted ALCON Nigeria Limited to do a new design of the bridge and commence work on reconstruction of the bridge.
Approximately a month after, the bridge was commissioned today and opened to commuters in fulfillment of the LG Chairman’s pledge that it would be ready for use during the yuletide season.
“You know, some people said we will see where he will get money to do anything as Governor. But Wike came and did the magic. Without federal allocation flowing like before, Wike has done marvelously well. I will also do the magic that Wike has done in Bonny,” he said.
“Our allocation has dropped and IGR which we were hoping to fall back on has stopped. No IGR. But there are a lot of capital projects going on in the LGA. You know, I’m not the noise-making type. Without IGR, we’re doing a lot of capital projects. We have the political will to serve our people and make their lives better and we will do it.”
The engineer turned politician thanked residents of the area and all other commuters for their patience while the project lasted regretting that “they had to suspend their livelihoods and even pay more in terms of transport fares”.
He also expressed appreciation to the management and staff of ALCON for doing a good job in delivering the project and ahead of agreed timelines. He praised their quick response, proactiveness, and sense of purpose, stressing that “they responded even before being mobilized”.
In a chat on the sidelines of the commissioning, community leader of the area, Iyowuna Jumbo praised the Local Government Chairman for completely overhauling the bridge, saying the commissioning of the bridge will positively affect businesses in the area which have been suffering low patronage during the period of the construction, calling on everyone to support the current administration in the LGA “to do more for our people”.
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