SAN FRANCISCO, 06, (THEWILL) – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has declared that the Buhari administration is is committed to finishing whatever project it embarks on.
Osinbajo made this known while meeting with members of a delegation from Bayelsa State, led by Governor Seriake Dickson, regarding the $3.6B Brass Fertilizer and Petro-Chemical Company that is expected to come on stream soon.
He declared that the government is working on a New Vision which 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.”
He added that the new approach promotes a new way of thinking and engagement that will secure the development of the Niger Delta and the entire country.
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 for his proactive efforts, the Acting President commended the collaboration that is ongoing regarding the Brass company. Said he: “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.”
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.”
