Date Published: 05/05/10

Power Project tops Jonathan's agenda in Rivers

THE three-day official visit of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, to Rivers State, easily the capital of Nigeria's oil and gas industry, will provide him another opportunity to harp on his administration's plan for sustainable electricity supply in the country.

The Acting President on the second day of his visit to the state, will be commissioning a new 100 Megawatts Gas Turbine Plants at Trans-Amadi, the industrial hup of Port Harcourt. He will also commission the reconstructed Eastern-bye-Pass/Amadi-Ama/ Oginigba Road project.

A programme of activities for the 3-day visit which was made available to Akanimo Reports on Wednesday indicates that Jonathan will swing into action immediately he arrives the Port Harcourt International Airport on Thursday.

Chief of Staff, Government House, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, who released the programme, said on arrival at the airport, Omagwa, the Acting President would inspect the dualisation work on the Port Harcourt-Owerri Road project, the new Tam David West Road (Airport Road), the Rumuokwuta-Ozuoba-Choba Road and lay the foundation stone for the new 60,000 capacity Adokiye Amiesimeka Stadium and Games Village, at the Greater Port Harcourt.

The Chief of Staff said that also on day one, Acting President would commission the new Model Primary School at Airforce Base in Port Harcourt, the Rumuepirikon Health Centre, as well as the newly dualized Rumuokwuta/Rumuola Road, performs the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Port Harcourt Monorail project.

He claimed that the Acting President will be accorded a Civic Reception at the Sharks Football Club Stadium, in Port Harcourt, while a State Banquet would round-up the visit for day one.

After commissioning the power project on day two, he will also be commissioning the dualised Oginigba/Rumuobiakani Road, and the Rumuokrushe/Eleme Junction Flyover project, while the Acting President would inspect the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road project under construction, and also visit the new Model Secondary School project at Ebubu in Eleme Local Government Area, as well as the new Rainbow Town Housing Estate under construction in Port Harcourt.

On day three, the Acting President would be expected to attend the 26th Convocation ceremony of the University of Port Harcourt, Choba, before departing for Abuja.

Wike described the visit of the Acting President as a home coming, which would afford him the opportunity to access the developments that have taken place in the state since Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi assumed the mantle of leadership, and particularly appreciate how he stabilized the security of the state.

He therefore called on the good people of Rivers State to turn out en masse to give their son and in-law, who is visiting the state for the first time since assuming office as Nigeria’s Acting President, a thrilling welcome.