I’ll Replicate Wike’s Magic In Bonny – Bonny LG Chair as ‘Ghana Woman’ Bridge is Commissioned
| 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”.
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