Inauguration Of Ultra Modern Mechanic village Asaba, Nigeria's business destination -  Gov Okowa

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says Asaba, the state capital has become a hub for businesses in the last eight years.  Okowa made this known during the inauguration of the Ultra-modern Mechanic Village, a puplic private partnership project in Asaba,.the Delta State Capital. He said the partnership between the government and private investors was yielding results and called for further investments in different sectors of the state economy. The Governor remarked that the Ultra-Modern Auto-mechanic village was constructed to bring some reasonable level of sanity into the Asaba capital territory and ensure that everything was well structured to make the town work for the people.  He acknowledged that the partnership has worked because with about 900 units of spare parts shop and 82 units of mechanic workshop and other auxiliaries; there is a lot put in place in the mechanic village. The Governor also lauded the partnership with the Nigerian Auto-mechanic Technician Association (NATA) and called for the maintenance of the facility.  Earlier, the Commissioner for Transport Chief Mike Okah said the project was developed under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model to build and and sell outrightly spare parts shops and mechanic workshops.  The Commissioner disclosed that the cost of the project was estimated at N3billion including 900 units of spare parts shops, 82 units of mechanic workshops, fire service building, police post and security building, perimeter fence, internal drainage system, toilet facilities, potable water, asphalted roads, landscaping, Union House, Banking Hall Restaurant and Power generating set.  The Executive Assistant Governor Okowa on Investment and Promotion, Paul Nmah revealed that  it is one of the foremost projects on Public Private Partnership Model attracted to Delta State in 2016 and Benard Okeke of Rehomes Property Development Company Limited highlighted that the project was anchored on the SMART Agenda of Governor Okowa in achieving a transformed state through comprehensive urban renewal. Quest Charles Kosipre reports that the signature project offers Deltans and Nigerians a befitting one-stop auto market where they can purchase all auto parts as well as repair their automobiles with the latest state of the art technology and equipment in a most convenient, secured, serene and world-class environment.