The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, thanked the Azikel Group of Companies after it pledged a donation of N350 million worth of food items to flood victims in the state.
The president of the firm, Dr Azibapu Eruani had paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, Diri commended Eruani, for volunteering as the first Bayelsan to support the flood-ravaged people of the state.
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The governor said:
“You are the first person from our state to visit us at your level and capacity and that shows that you hold your people in your heart.”
In his remarks, Eruani said his visit was to offer hope to the people since the state government alone cannot shoulder the challenges occasioned by the flood.
Diri also spoke on the state’s airport road which was understood as being threatened by the flood.
He added that the government took some urgent steps to rehabilitate portions of the road linking the facility and that United Nigeria Airlines resumed commercial flights on Monday.
Diri said:
“Let me let Nigerians know that the airport is not cut off. Our airport is functional. That is why Azikel Group today flew into Yenagoa through the Bayelsa airport.
“We took some proactive steps on the road leading to the airport. That road is now motorable and the airline operating here has also resumed today.”
The Governor called on the federal government to intervene in undertaking repair works on the portion of the East-West road ravaged by the flood at Rivers and Delta States.
He further urged the Azikel Group to expedite action on its modular refinery project is to enhance the supply of petroleum products to the state.
