INC VP, Alabo Nengi James decries spate of abandoned FG projects in Bayelsa

INC VP, Alabo Nengi James decries spate of abandoned FG projects in Bayelsa

...Commends NCDMB on Gas Plant, Industrial Park projects 

Yenagoa_____  The National Vice President 2 of Ijaw National Congress, INC, Chief Nengi James, has decried the spate of abandoned federal government projects in Bayelsa State, describing the state as the "capital of abandoned projects of the country."

Nengi, who stated this while addressing newsmen shortly after a project monitoring and assessment tour embarked upon by Office of the INC Vice President 2, yesterday, lamented that several abandoned projects by different federal government agencies and ministries dot every part of the state.

Nengi James, who is also the National Co-ordinator, Association of Rural Chiefs for Peace and Development, said it was disheartening that projects that have been earmarked and budgeted for were left abandoned hereby denying the people of the state the benefits of the projects.

He said: " As elected Vice President 2 of INC, part of our priority is to see that our people have a better livelihood, development, progress and peace. So I decided to carry out a project monitoring and assessment tour to visit projects and see things for myself the state of several projects that have been earmarked and budgeted for. 

"I completed the assignment today and decided to brief the press on my findings as part of my obligations, so based on my findings, there are several abandoned projects and I don't want Bayelsa State to be the CAPITAL OF ABANDONED PROJECTS IN NIGERIA. Sadly, NDDC tops the lists, there are several abandoning projects ranging from shore protection, water hyacint clearing, water projects, bridges, roads construction among others.

"There is an abandoned housing project at Elebele, Ogbia Local Government Area, incubation centre—a project of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, there is also another abandoned project by the Federal Ministry of Communications; the abandoned federal Secretariat complex which is about eighty-five percent completed, and many others.

"However, the area that gives me hope is the Polaku Gas Plant and the Industrial Park projects embarked upon by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, and I want to commend the management of NCDMB led by the Executive Secretary, Engr Simbi Wabote."

He expressed optimism that with the pace of work at the NCDMB projects and the commitment of the NCDMB management, the projects would be completed and commissioned in record time and not go the way of other federal government projects in the state.

He therefore called on the Federal Government of Nigeria and the contractors of these projects to prioritize these projects and ensure completion. Equally, the Government of Bayelsa State should take this call serious and partner with relevant authorities and contractors involved to do the needful, as this will add value to the infrastructural development t of the state.