Yenagoa—Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has again reiterated the economic importance of the Nembe-Brass road.
The Governor made this known on Tuesday while declaring open the 10th Practical Nigerian Content Conference of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at its headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Diri highlighted President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order 7 of 2019 on the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme to construct roads across the country.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, Diri stated that because of the value of Nembe-Brass road and its capacity to cut the cost of operations of the oil companies in the Brass axis which will stimulate the economy of the state, there was need for the federal government to construct the road.
“The federal government through Executive Order 7 of 2019 on the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme, generously indicated that it would be constructing a number of roads in various locations in the country.
“Given the tremendous value of the Nembe-Brass road and its capacity to cut the cost of operations of oil companies and significantly stimulate the economy of the state, I appeal to the federal government to again extend this kind gesture to the Nembe-Brass road.
“In particular, I call on my friend, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, who joined us virtually, that the NNPC should also look towards Bayelsa and the Nembe-Brass road in its proposed plan to construct some roads in the country.
“We call on our legislators in the National Assembly as well as our sons and daughters at the federal level to support this noble move in the interest of our state and our country,” the Governor added.
