By Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa—Determined to industrialise and diversify the economy of Bayelsa State, the state government says it plans to launch what it called, ‘Operation Light Up Bayelsa.’
Governor Seriake Dickson, in a statement in Yenagoa, said that his administration had already awarded a number of contracts to connect the eight local government areas with electricity.

On the electricity projects in Brass and Sagbama Local Government Areas of the state, Dickson emphasised that the projects were to enhance the people’s living standard, adding that the people would not be abandoned by his administration.
He said: “Our policy is not to abandon any project. No project that will make life more meaningful for our people will be abandoned. For the light in Sagbama, work is going on at the sub-station. We have awarded that contract. Already, the investment we have made is to take light to Ofoni community, because we are connecting all the areas in Bayelsa.”

According to him, communities such as Ogbogoro, Akaba, Ogu, Ayama, Famgbe in Yenagoa council, communities in the axis of Kolokuma-Opokuma council to Trofani in Sagbama council, as well as Amassoma, Southern Ijaw council, Ogbia council areas are benefitting from the on-going power projects across the state.
He explained that contract had also been awarded to resuscitate the power sub-station at Angiama in Southern Ijaw council as part of the initiative,  geared towards linking the entire state to the national grid and make life more meaningful to the people of the state.