Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson on Wednesday dismissed insinuation that construction giant, Julius Berger sacked about 108 workers in Yenagoa, because the state government breached contractual agreement and owed the company N18 billion.
Governor Dickson described the report as “Mischievous” and “politically sponsored”.
According to him, preliminary findings from the position of the management of Julius Berger to the State Government showed that the workers were sacked due to the reduced load of work available on the project.
He however, assured that the state government was committed to contractual responsibility and committed to silent infrastructural revolution of the State.
Governor Dickson spoke while handing over a Bank Draft for the sum of N2billion to representatives of Julius Berger during the State Transparency Briefing in Yenagoa, the state capital.
“When these ‘Bad Belle’ people see Julius Berger working, they claim they cannot see them.
“They claim the Sani Abacha road contract initiated by us and awarded by us was not our work.
“These people are products of bad belle people.
“They have not seen anything yet. Our business is to make the state more developed.”
He said those involved in the alleged blackmail and campaign of calumny against his administration have also been identified as sponsors of violent youths to sabotage the various road construction projects in the state, saying “they have paid boys to stop work on the project or slow us down, but they failed.”
