PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria — Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, assured residents on Friday, May 22, 2026, that ongoing infrastructure projects across the state will be completed despite recent political developments.
A statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Onwuka Nzeshi, detailed the governor’s inspection of the Airport Road Bypass project. Okay News reports that Siminalayi Fubara stated the road project has reached approximately 65 per cent completion.
The governor stated that the administration remains focused on governance and project delivery. “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 said.
He explained that the bypass provides an alternative route to the Port Harcourt International Airport when protests or disputes in surrounding communities obstruct movement along the main airport road. He said, “We’ve always had these issues where the community may want to express their anger or dissatisfaction over some activities of the airport authorities, in the process they always block the airport road. We thought that in this modern society, such actions are not necessary anymore because whenever it happens, it affects the economic activities of the state. So we liaised with the community and created this bypass.”
Contractors conducted a tour of the project site for the governor, who expressed satisfaction with the pace of work and disclosed that the project would be completed before October 2026.
The inspection occurred one day after the All Progressives Congress declared Kingsley Chinda as its governorship candidate for Rivers State ahead of the 2027 elections. Chinda emerged unopposed after Fubara, businessman Tonye Cole, and other aspirants withdrew from the primary following a prolonged political crisis involving predecessor Nyesome Wike.
