The Bayelsa State Government has paid N84 billion out of the contract sum of about N242 billion to indigenous and foreign contractors handling roads and other infrastructural projects across the state in the last 28 months.
Speaking at a press briefing in the Government House, Yenagoa, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor, said the payment was in line with the transparency and accountability of the present administration.
Ewhrudjakpor was accompanied by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Deacon Markson Fefegha, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters, Chief Fred Agbedi and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Daniel Iworiso Markson.
He said that road constructions would develop the state by attracting investments and boosting the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profile of the State.
According to him, the Agge seaport, the Cargo Airport and the three senatorial roads when completed would create many jobs for the people.
Reiterating the commitment of the present administration to infrastructural development,
Erhwudjapor noted that higher percentage of the annual budgetary provision was voted for infrastructural development.
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