Siminalayi Fubara has assured residents of that ongoing infrastructure projects across the state will be completed despite the lingering political crisis in the state.
The governor gave the assurance on Friday during an inspection tour of the ongoing Airport Road Bypass project in , insisting that his administration remains committed to governance and development.
Speaking during the inspection, Fubara disclosed that the road project had reached about 65 percent completion and expressed confidence that it would be delivered before October 2026.
According to a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Onwuka Nzeshi, the governor said his administration would not abandon any project already initiated.
“I want to assure our people that notwithstanding the situation of things, one thing that I can promise everyone is that every good work that we have started, by the special grace of God, will continue and we will complete them. We’re in high spirits. Like we always say, Rivers First,” he stated.
Fubara explained that the Airport Road Bypass was designed to serve as an alternative route to the Port Harcourt International Airport whenever protests or disputes involving host communities disrupt movement along the main airport road.
According to him, repeated blockades of the major access road had negatively affected economic activities within the state.
“We’ve always had these issues where the community may want to express their anger or dissatisfaction over some activities of the airport authorities, and in the process they block the airport road,” the governor said.
“We thought that in this modern society, such actions are no longer necessary because whenever it happens, it affects the economic activities of the state. So we liaised with the community and created this bypass.”
The governor, who was conducted around the project site by contractors handling the construction, expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work.
Fubara’s comments came barely 24 hours after the reportedly declared as its governorship candidate for Rivers State ahead of the 2027 elections.
Chinda was said to have emerged unopposed after Fubara, businessman and other aspirants withdrew from the party’s primary election.
The Rivers governor has remained at the centre of a prolonged political battle with his predecessor, , a crisis that has continued to shape the state’s political landscape ahead of the 2027 general elections.
