ACTING President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the present administration would finish whatever programme it begins in line with its new vision of development.
Speaking while meeting with a delegation from Bayelsa State regarding the $3.6billion Brass Fertilizer & Petro-Chemical Company at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, he said the administration was promoting a new way of thinking and engagement that would secure the development of the Niger Delta and the entire country.
According to him, the new approach involves an active and effective collaboration between the government, the private sector and the communities.
This approach he stated ensures that “we finish whatever we start”.
Lamenting that only 12% completion rate was recorded in several of the projects undertaken by the Niger Delta Development Commission in the past years, while the rest were abandoned, Osinbajo stated that “sometimes projects are designed not to succeed, but just for some people to make money”.
He however noted that “a new way of thinking is emerging”, pointing to effective collaboration with the private sector and citing the example of the NLNG as one instance of such effective collaborations.
“The Buhari administration, this government is committed to finishing whatever we start. At the end of the day, we shall ensure that”, he affirmed, adding that the oil-producing communities have tremendous potentials.
While commending the Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson who led the delegation, for his proactive efforts, the Acting President expressed delight at the collaboration that was ongoing regarding the Brass company.
“This is what we describe as the New Vision: partnership between the Federal Government, the States, the communities and the private sector. This is the new way of thinking that is emerging, the New Vision,” he said.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Governor Dickson assured that the state was safe and International Oil Corporate (IOCs) who operate in Bayelsa but have no offices there have no reason to fear.
He said the state had built infrastructure that would enable he IOCs to operate effectively in Bayelsa state.
In his own comments, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu described the idea of the Brass Fertilizer & Petro-Chemical firm as “a game changer that we need to encourage”, adding that such ideas have the potential to change the economic model in the Niger Delta.
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