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Chairman, Bayelsa Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Tarabina
The Bayelsa government on Thursday said it remained committed to delivery of quality jobs in constituency projects across the state and advised contractors to ensure compliance to job specification.
The State Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation stated the position when it inspected completed and ongoing constituency projects in the state on Thursday.
Projects inspected include jetty at Sangana, Access Road Sangana, Concrete pavement at Bekekiri, Concrete pavement in Twon Brass and Concrete pavement, Ewoama in Brass Local Government Area.
In Nembe Local Government Area, the Directorate inspected Concrete pavement at Agrisaba, Concrete pavement in Obioku, and electrification of sand-filled area at Nembe.
Town hall for Otuegwe, Civic Centre, Opume and Onuebum playground were inspected in Ogbia Local Government Area.
The Team also inspected Unity Bridge, Lalagbene, Concrete pavement, Ndoro, concrete pavement at Ekeremor, in Ekeremor Local Government Area, and a town hall, Adagbabiri.
Also a Pavilion reception Boot at Sagbama, Access Bridge, Angalabiri, and Town hall, Ayima Ebeni in Sagbama Local Government Area.
Others are concrete pavement Gbarian, Towm Hall, Onyoma, and electrification project, Ekowe in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.
Projects inspected include Town hall in Akaibiri, and concrete pavement Akaba in Yenagoa Local Government Area and a Jetty, Gbaranbiri, and a concrete Road, Kaiama, among others in Kolokuma /Opokuma Local Government Area.
Speaking to journalists after the inspection, Chairman of the Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr. Ebiye Tarabina, lauded the contractors for the quality and extent of work done so far.
Tarabina who noted that the Douye Diri led administration was fully committed to providing infrastructural development to change the narrative of the state, said all projects must be executed in accordance with professional standards and job specifications.
He commended Members of the Bayelsa House of Assembly for initiating the constituency projects, which, when completed, would serve as a catalyst for the socio-economic development in the rural areas of the state.
The Directorate chairman further applauded the communities where the projects are sited, urging them to appreciate Government kind gesture by protecting the facilities from being vandalised.
At Sagbama, pavilion reception boot and a Town Hall project in Ayima Ebeni, the Project Manager, Mr. Desmond Kenebai, commended the Directorate for the inspection tour, adding that with the determination of the present administration, the projects will be completed on schedule.