Bayelsa Donates Building to NUPRC

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan

The Bayelsa State government has donated a 3-storey building equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities to the federal government for the use of Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).

The building situated in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, is to serve as a centre for conflict resolutions in the Niger Delta region.

The NUPRC in a statement, quoted Governor Diri, while speaking at the grand handing-over ceremony, as stating that his administration decided to donate the building which was originally designated as the state Ministry of Finance, to the agency of the federal government to further promote peace in the region.

Governo Diri assured of the commitment of his administration to continue to pursue things that would engender peace in the state for the common good of its people and the nation.

He lauded Mr. Government Tompolo, and other relevant stakeholders who contributed in making sure that the relocation of the centre to the state came to pass.

The Executive Commissioner, Health Safety Environment and Community (HSEC), Captain Tonlagha, who led the NUPRC team on behalf of the Chief Executive, Gbenga Komolafe, thanked the Governor Diri, for the gesture, assuring that the commission would always work round the clock at ensuring that peace in the region was achieved through dispassionate and timely resolution of conflicts.

“Your Excellency, while appreciating you for the donation of this wonderful and beautiful edifice to the nation through our commission, the NUPRC, we want to assure that all issues relating to conflicts in the Niger Delta region, will always be speedily attended to. In doing this, we shall stop at nothing, in achieving the desired peace in the region and ensuring the dividends to all oil producing communities in the Niger Delta,” he assured.

He also appreciated Tompolo, for his avowed interest in seeing to it that the region becomes more peaceful, especially with his intervention at ensuring that the centre was brought to Bayelsa State.

Present at the occasion include the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Hon Alabo Gideon Ekeuwei; Chief Benjamin Ogunnubi, Head, Warri Regional Office, Chief Benjamin Ogunnubi; Sylvester Bighoro, Bayelsa State Co-coordinator of NUPRC, Sylvester Bighoro; Kingsley Ehiaguina, and Assistant Director, Community NUPRC, Kingsley Ehiaguina, among many others.