Governor Seriake Dickson has given the Capital city Development
Authority (CCDA) the mandate to employ fifty persons in the
Development Control Department of the Authority.
The Governor gave the mandate during the commissioning of the
Authority’s Development Control Equipment at the premises of the CCDA
along Sani Abacha Expressway, Yenagoa.
According to Governor Dickson, the purpose of the equipment is to make
Yenagoa a decent, modern and well planned capital city, stressing
that, Government was determined to change the face of Yenagoa from a
slum to a befitting city.
“And, that is why you can see all the developments going on; road and
bridge construction and other infrastructure”.
All these will come to naught if the residents of Yenagoa do not
understand our vision and where we are taking our state to” the
Governor explained.
He reminded the Capital City Development Authority of their
responsibility to ensure that building permits are issued to persons
who comply with the law and those who refuse to comply are also
punished as stipulated by the law.
Hon. Dickson equally mandated the CCDA to ensure that structures that
do not conform to the regulations of the Yenagoa master plan are
demolished.
The Executive Secretary of CCDA, Chief Iboro Ige Idaba and his team
were directed to formally invite developers to submit their building
plans within a stipulated time frame in line with the new mandate.
The Governor who was issued 3 application forms for his building plan,
called on all Bayelsans and residents of Yenagoa, who have property to
visit CCDA to regularise their building plans.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for the Capital City Development
Authority, Mr. Zuwa Konuga, disclosed that the equipment was provided
to enable the Authority to perform its duty maximally.
Governor Dickson also undertook an inspection tour of the sand filling
of the Ox-bow lake area, construction of infrastructure as well as the
new pavilion project.
Daniel Iworiso-Markso