Nigeria: Osinbajo Hails Diri's Infrastructural Drive in Bayelsa

Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday commissioned the Agbura-Swali Road and the Referral Hospital Oporoma in Yenagoa and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State.

Osinbajo, who spoke at the event in Yenagoa, delivered a rare political tribute to Governor Douye Diri for what he called an uncommon commitment to keeping promises.

"It is not often, especially in politics, that you find men or women able to keep their word. That is a very rare quality exhibited by Governor Douye Diri," he said.

The former vice president admitted that when he attended the groundbreaking for the Angiama-Oporoma Bridge four years ago, he had serious doubts. The terrain was brutal, and many such pledges had evaporated before.

"When he said there was going to be a bridge here, I had my doubts," Osinbajo confessed. "But today that bridge stands there."

He described the newly inaugurated road as a strategic artery, linking not just the communities of Agbura and Swali but also the Federal University, Otuoke, the Oloibiri Museum, the NCDMB Towers, the Federal Secretariat and the Central Bank of Nigeria's Bayelsa headquarters.

"The whole point of politics is to make life easier for the people. This road certainly will do that, easing movement, reducing stress and boosting economic activity," he said.

In his remarks, Governor Diri said: "The essence of governance is to bring happiness to the people, not to make them sorrowful. Development must be felt at the grassroots. There is nothing like difficult terrain for us in Bayelsa."

He vowed that no part of the state would be neglected, regardless of the mangrove swamps and waterways that have long defied developers.

Diri also acknowledged President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government for their support, as well as the engineers and contractors who braved the terrain.

Earlier, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Surveyor Moses Teibowei, revealed that the 6.72-kilometre Agbura-Swali Road features modern design elements that will slash travel times, untangle traffic and supercharge commercial activity across the state.

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