Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has pledged to prioritize and scale up infrastructure development across the state in 2025.
Speaking on Sunday during an inspection of ongoing projects within Asaba and the state capital territory, the Governor assured citizens of increased project delivery in the coming year.
He also committed to intensifying project inspections and inauguration to ensure timely completion and quality.
While visiting the proposed Asaba International Market, Governor Oborevwori emphasized the importance of personally assessing progress on critical projects, stating that such visits allow him to see things firsthand and ensure accountability.
He said: “We won’t just sit in the office and do just approvals; we need to look at some of these projects to see how they are performing.
“After service today, I decided to pay unscheduled visit to this Asaba International Market. Within this month, we are going to do the groundbreaking, but we have already authorised them to start the construction.
“We will come fully for the groundbreaking before the end of this month. It’s part of the facelift to the capital territory. We are going around the city, looking at the city to make sure the place is clean.
“Most of the roads are already due for overlay because most of them are old roads. You know, when you are using roads, you need to maintain them; in the Western world, you see them maintain their roads regularly.
“So, we will continue to maintain some of these roads and construct new ones and give the Asaba Capital Territory a new face.”
He said the market used to be the Abraka Market where criminals were taking advantage of the area before the state government relocated them to Oko.
According to him,”The State Government decided to relocate the market to Oko and we have made arrangements with Efab Properties Limited to develop this place.
“The state government is getting 20 percent because we are providing land and they are to build and allocate but we will get 20 percent from it and it’s something that we encourage.”
Governor Oborevwori also inspected the completed Gerald Onianwa Crescent, Odigwe Juwa Avenue, the storm drainage project under construction behind Asaba Specialist Hospital in Asaba, and other network of roads in Oshimili South Local Government Area.
