Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has handed over three numbers, three hundred KVA transformers and Solar Street Light to Nigerian Army in Bayelsa State.
Performing the hand over during the Inauguration at Sixteen Brigade Nigerian Army Yenagoa Bayelsa State Capital, Execute Director Projects NDDC, Sir Victor Antai explained that it was necessary to provide a conducive environment for the military to enable them secure both the region and oil installations.
Sir Antai noted that Peace in Niger Delta communities would be a catalyst to rural development.
“Federal Government thought it wise to strengthen the security of Bayelsa State by establishing the Army command here. Also, we, being Niger Delta, having this establishment here to protect oil facilities, Niger Delta Development Commission considered it necessary to provide some infrastructure in the barracks to provide a conducive environment for personnel.”
Inaugurating the projects, Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede admitted that the projects by NDDC Would be a morale boost to troops in their efforts to ensure adequate security in Niger Delta region and nation at Large.
“You witnessed all the projects Inaugurated were support we got from NDDC. I can tell you that NDDC has been very supportive of Nigerian Army.
They constructed this internal road.
We applaud and encourage them to do more. As I have always said wherever I go, Nigerian Army belongs to Nigerians.
These are people that are drawn from all the states in the Federation. So, it is the people’s Army, the more they support us, the more we do our jobs better.”
The Chief of Army Staff while appreciating NDDC for the gesture enjoined other organizations to toe the same path.
Other projects Inaugurated were One hundred and fifty six High tension concrete poles, ninety low tension concrete poles among others.
BY Gabriel Okechukwu, Port Harcourt
