The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated the six Kilometre Foropa Community canalized coastal waterway linking Digetoru River in Bayelsa State.
With this development, the canal is now positioned to facilitate trade and commerce which will in turn boost commercial and social activities in the area.
Inaugurating the project, NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Christian Oboh restated the Commission’s commitment to variables that would ease transportation of goods and services in the region.
Represented by the Bayelsa State Rep. on the Board of the Commission, Edi Orubo, he maintained that the project was in line with NDDC’s mandate to develop Niger Delta Communities, no matter how remote.
Why emphasizing that the canalization would also open up communities along the coastline and boost the tourism potentials of the area, Dr. Oboh disclosed that his administration will sustain the achievements recorded so far.
In a welcome address jointly signed by the traditional ruler of Foropa Kingdom, Chief Atthanatius Allison and 15 other community leaders, the people noted that the canalization was the first Federal Government project in the area.
“Our happiness can only be compared to that of Mungo Park, the Scottish explorer of the River Niger in 1804; we lack words to express our gratitude for this laudable project which now serves as a highway in this coastal region”. They said.
