Botched $16b Gas Project, President Jonathan Love Delta Dtate - Gov. Uduaghan.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State (Middle) Commissioner for Information, Barr. Chike Ogeah (Right) and the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Delta State chapter, Comrade Norbert Chiazor (Left).

At the opening ceremony of the 2014 Press Week of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, in Asaba, Governor Emanuel Uduaghan emphasize that the Gas City Project was sited in Delta State despite several interests, because of the love President Jonathan has for the state.

Uduaghan strongly condemned the recent kidnap of the fourteen journalists in the creeks of the state following the botched groundbreaking of the project by President Goodluck Jonathan, stating that President Jonathan was worried as a result of the incident and has charged security operatives to unravel circumstances surrounding the abduction.

According to the governor, the project was originally billed for Koko but had to be relocated to the present site at Ogidigben because of the shallow nature of the waters at the initial location, noting that if Mr. President had ulterior motive he could have taken it to another state.

“This is a $16 billion project which was approved by Mr. President to be located in Delta State, the initial place the project was to be located at Koko but because of the need for a deep sea port, it was relocated to Ogidigben.