Bayelsa State government has donated a three-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, which is to serve as Centre for Conflicts Resolutions in the Niger Delta Region and situated in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa, used to be headquartered in Lagos.
In a handing-over ceremony on Thursday, the state governor, Douye Diri, asserted that his administration decided to donate the building, which was originally designated as the state Ministry of Finance, to the NUPRC to further promote peace in the region.
The governor thanked Mr. Government Tompolo and relevant stakeholders who contributed in making sure that the relocation of the centre to the state came to reality.
Diri maintained that his administration would continue to pursue things that would engender peace in the state for the common good of its people and the nation.
Earlier at the programme, the Executive Commissioner, Health Safety Environment and Community (HSEC), Mr. Captain Tonlagha, who led the NUPRC team on behalf of the commision’s Chief Executive, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, thanked the state governor 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.
