1st July, 2015
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed satisfaction at the pace of work on the Operation Zero Potholes in the Diobu Axis of Port Harcourt.
Speaking during an inspection visit at Azikiwe Street of Diobu suburb of Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Governor Wike said that the roads will be rehabilitated aggressively to improve the traffic situation in the state capital.
The governor said that 50 per cent of the funds for the operation zero potholes has been paid to the two companies executing the project.
He said that at the end of 100 days in office, he believes that the two companies would have delivered several roads out of the 33 kilometres set aside for rehabilitation.
He said : “I am satisfied with the level of work done by the contractor on Azikiwe road. We expect that by the time we clock 100 days, majority of the roads would have been completed.
“We have paid the contractors 50 per cent of their funds and they have assured us that they will respect the agreement we entered with them.”.
The governor also inspected work at the Iloabuchi -Eagle Island road which the contractor has laid asphalt and the road is nearing completion.
The Iloabuchi -Eagle Island road was abandoned by the immediate past administration, but Governor Wike entered into agreement with the contractor that the road will be completed once the state government pays .
Governor Wike launched the Operation Zero Potholes programme upon assuming the reins of governance on May 29. The programme is aimed at rehabilitating 33 kilometres of roads in the Rivers State capital .
At the inception Wike’s administration he launched operation zero pothole and signed an agreement with Julius Berger and another Chinese company and set aside N2billion naira for the project.