Governor Seriake Dickson of
Bayelsa State has denied insinuations by the National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, that the newly- constructed
cargo airport in the state is flooded.
Dickson, while conducting newsmen
round the airport runway on Friday, attributed the delaying in the commencement
of operation at the airport to the alleged delay by the regulatory agencies in
giving approval for the use of the facility, NAN reports.
He also explained that the amount
spent on the acquisition of land, clearing, sand filling and actual
construction of the airport was N70 billion as against the N100 billion claimed
by Oshiomhole.
Oshiomhole had, during a meeting
with the immediate past Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heineken
Lokpobiri and some state governors on Thursday, accused Dickson of spending
N100 billion on the airport which, he said, had been flooded.
He was quoted as saying, “You
know the fact that Bayelsa airport has been flooded. Is it President Muhammadu
Buhari that flooded the airport?
”Because the runway is below the
ground level, they ought to have carried out proper survey. So, the runway is
flooded with water because it was not built properly.”
Reacting, Dickson, said: “It is
clear from this visit that former Gov. Adams Oshiomole lied when he was quoted
as having said that the airport runway is flooded.
“All the visitors confirmed that
the 3.5 km. runway was high above flood level.
“So, the question is: why is a
fellow South-South person deliberately maligning another governor from the
region? Is this the way to play politics, even with the development of the
people?
“This is the height of flood in
Bayelsa state, but as you can see, there is no flood here; we reclaimed these
parcels of land before starting the construction.
“This airport has one of the best
runways in this country; so we will not join Oshiomhole in playing politics
with the fortune of our people,” he said.
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