Fubara Inaugurates Legacy Impact Projects Across Rivers

In what appeared to be a final push to showcase the achievements of his administration, the Governor of Rivers State recently embarked on a 10-day project inauguration of legacy projects, which began with the unveiling of the reconstructed Buguma-Degema-Abonnema Road.
The projects included the 19.79-kilometre Buguma-Degema-Abonnema Road; 33.5-kilometre Elele-Egbeda-Omoku dual carriageway; 14.5-kilometre Agba-Ndele Road and bridge; reconstructed Bonny National Grammar School; Omoku Zonal Hospital; upgraded Neuropsychiatric Hospital and new General Hospital at Rumuigbo, as well as major infrastructure at Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic.
Fubara also inaugurated the rehabilitated runway at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Port Harcourt, while using several of the occasions to articulate his administration’s priorities in education, healthcare, security, fiscal discipline and rural connectivity.
“We want to say it publicly here that it’s not about the number of days, but what matters in the life of every administration is the value that is added. So, please, nobody should lose any hope. We will continue to add value till the last day,” Fubara said while commissioning the Omademe internal roads in Ikwerre Local Government Area.
The 8.6-kilometre Omademe road project, executed by Setraco Construction Limited, comprises 10 internal roads, side drains and an outfall drainage system designed to address flooding and improve connectivity within the community.
At the Buguma-Degema-Abonnema Road, Fubara recalled the deplorable condition of the 19.79-kilometre corridor before his administration awarded the rehabilitation contract to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in September 2024.
“I made a promise to myself that even if it is remaining one week, we must make sure that we fix this road. Today, to the glory of God, the road has been fixed,” he said.
The Amanyanabo of Abonnema Kingdom, King Desrael Gbobo Bob-Manuel, recalled that residents previously had to embark on what he described as “a one-day fasting and prayers” before travelling to Port Harcourt in the past.
The 33.5-kilometre Elele-Egbeda-Omoku dual carriageway was also commissioned by Vice President Kashim Shettima, who described roads as “the most democratic instruments of development.”
The highway, constructed by Craneburg Construction Company, features drainage works, a 99-metre bridge at Ubimini and street lighting along its length.
Fubara described the road as a “promise kept”, saying it had transformed a route previously associated with kidnapping, bunkering and man-hour losses.
Similarly, the governor commissioned the 14.5-kilometre Agba-Ndele Road and bridge linking communities in Emohua and Abua/Odual local government areas.
He acknowledged that the bridge was initiated by an earlier administration but said his government completed it because governance should be treated as a relay race.
“When you see something that will benefit the people, it doesn’t matter who started it. What is important is you complete it and put it to use,” he said.
In Omoku, Fubara unveiled a remodeled and fully furnished 105-bed Zonal Hospital, describing it as a strategic facility for communities across Rivers West Senatorial District.
The three-storey hospital has accident and emergency services, theatres, intensive care, laboratories, radiology facilities, maternity and paediatric wards, a newborn intensive care unit and other specialist services.
The Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Health, Dr Vincent Wachukwu, said the hospital would serve as a referral centre for primary and secondary health facilities in parts of Ahoada East, Ahoada West, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Emohua and Ikwerre local government areas.
At Rumuigbo, the governor commissioned both a new General Hospital and an upgraded Neuropsychiatric Hospital.
The latter includes a 100-bed rehabilitation centre for people battling mental health and substance abuse challenges, while the General Hospital has emergency, maternity, surgical, laboratory, radiology and intensive care facilities.
Fubara said the intervention was informed by the need to address emerging mental health challenges and improve access to healthcare in Obio/Akpor.
At Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Fubara commissioned three major projects, including buildings for the School of Engineering and Entrepreneurship Centre, as well as the Governing Council Building.
The governor used the occasion to advocate a stronger emphasis on vocational and technical education, arguing that Nigeria’s preoccupation with certificates without corresponding practical skills was contributing to unemployment.
He said the Entrepreneurship Centre was designed to equip young people with skills that could make them employers of labour rather than job seekers.
In Bonny, Fubara commissioned the reconstructed Bonny National Grammar School, which now boasts renovated classrooms, science laboratories, technical workshops, an ICT centre, hostel facilities, staff quarters, library, sick bay and sports facilities.
The governor’s commissioning tour also extended to the security sector with the rehabilitation of the runway at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Port Harcourt.
Fubara described the project as a demonstration of the state government’s partnership with the armed forces and said it would enhance aerial operations, rapid response and efforts to combat crude oil theft, illegal refining and pipeline vandalism.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, commended the state government for the intervention, saying the rehabilitated runway would strengthen Air Force operations, training and disaster response in the South-South.
While commissioning the Agba-Ndele Road and bridge, Fubara openly said his administration’s projects would give the All Progressives Congress an advantage during the forthcoming elections.
He argued that APC candidates would be able to point to completed projects when campaigning at the grassroots.
The governor, however, has consistently framed the projects as fulfilment of his responsibility to the people rather than an electoral campaign.
The scale and pace of the commissioning programme have inevitably drawn attention to the financing of the projects, particularly coming at a time when the 2026 Rivers State budget was yet to be passed.
The concentration of major road, healthcare, education and security projects being commissioned within a short period suggests significant financial and administrative mobilisation by the government.
Rather than dwell on the funding challenge, Fubara has repeatedly emphasised the need to deliver value to the people before leaving office.