The president-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, May 3, 2023, commissioned the Rumuokwuta/Rumuola flyover in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.
A press statement issued by the media unit of Julius Berger Nigeria, quoted Tinubu as describing Governor Nyesom Wike as ‘Mr Infrastructure’ following the mass of critical infrastructural. projects executed in the state by the Rivers state helmsman in the last eight years.
Speaking at the ceremony, Governor Wike said the Rumuokwuta/Rumuola flyover bridge was a promise he made to the Rivers people, and a promise to which he faithfully committed his administration and diligently kept. Wike said his administration has no incident of abandoned project in Rivers state.
He attributed the uncommon feat to the fact that his administration in active cooperation with the state’s legislative arm of government, amended the Procurement law of Rivers state to enable the government to reasonably fund government projects in order to avoid any incidence of project delays, inflationary cost overruns and request for project cost variations by contractors.
That strategy, Governor Wike said, has positively resulted into serial project execution and delivery by his administration.
Wike specifically commended the contractor, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc for its outstanding dedication to project execution and for the company’s Alpha grade engineering quality that has continued to define premium engineering construction standards in Nigeria.
On his part, the Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Engr. Dr. Lars Richter, who also celebrated the successful completion of the 12th Flyover in Port Harcourt, said “…we are not only commissioning the 12th flyover bridge in Port Harcourt, but we are also celebrating the legacy of Mr. Project (Governor Wike).”
The Julius Berger boss said “…it all began with the Operation Zero Potholes in PHC initiated by Governor Wike in 2015…which resulted in Julius Berger successfully delivering and handing over more than 80 roads to the Rivers State Government.”
The event was attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and Governors Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Hope Uzodinma (Imo). Others were former governors Dr Peter Odili (Rivers), Chief Bisi Akande (Osun), Chief James Ibori (Delta), Dr Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Chief Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa) and Chief Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) as well as governor-elect of Rivers State, Mr Sim Fubara, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, Mr Dele Alake and Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim Imam, among others.
