Delta plans $250m Leisure City

THE huge number of unemployed youths in Delta State may soon be reduced if the recent agreement between the state government and a United Kingdom (UK) company is faithfully implemented.

The agreement between the state government, which was signed by the Commissioner in the Directorate of Culture and Tourism, Mr. Richard Mofe-Damijo, and Sarner PFM is for the building of a world class tourism village and will, among other things, provide 10,000 jobs.

At the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), Mofe-Damijo explained that the project, a two phased $250 million Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with Sarner PFM, was to build the tourism village in Udu, near Warri.

Tagged Delta Leisure City, Mofe-Damijo said that the project would also include a top class animals games reserve to be known as Delta Hill Top Games Reserve and would be located in the Asaba area of the state. He explained that the tourism village would occupy a combined 500 acres of land when completed and would no doubt provide jobs for about 10,000 persons.

Presently, Mofe-Damijo said that there were only five world-class tourism villages across the globe and the state was lucky to have the sixth.