‘Delta park will create 5,000 jobs’
Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan
Delta
State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said no fewer than 5, 000
unemployed youths will benefit from the ongoing Delta Leisure and Theme
Park when completed.
The governor, in a statement on Tuesday,
explained that creating employment for the youths was to ensure even
development in the state.
He said, “The park will provide direct
employment for over 5,000 persons in the state while others will get
indirect employment from the various businesses that would shoot up from
the park’s operations.
“We are going to discuss with Nigerian
Gas Company Limited on the possibility of supplying gas to the park
because it is going to be gas-driven. We are also going to sit down with
the Nigerian Ports Authority on how to use their facilities to ship in
equipment needed at the Park,”
Project Supervisor for the executing
firm, Abiodun Oyefusi, assured stakeholders of speedy execution of the
project, adding that the reclamation stage of the land had been
completed.
“The first stage of infrastructure will
gulp about $290m, including the Wild Life Park at Ogwashi-Uku. We are
commencing the first phase of construction in the upland in September,
which will include the construction of catering villa, three star hotels
and the electric fence,” she added.
CULLED FROM: PUNCH NEWSPAPERS
July 24, 2013 by Sodiq Oyeleke
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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