Bayelsa to employ 30,000 workers in fertilizer-petrochemical firm

The Bayelsa State Government is set to employ no fewer than 30,000 workers, particularly indigenes, in its $3.5bn fertiliser and petrochemical company, State Development and Investment Corporation, has said.

The Deputy Managing Director, BDIC, Mr. Tam Alazigha, in an interview with journalists in Yenagoa on Wednesday said the $3.5bn Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical project to be sited at Odioma in Brass Local Government Area is expected to generate a turnover of $1.5bn.

He, therefore, predicted a prosperous future for the people of the state as the corporation intensified action on restructuring the state economy and expanding economic opportunities.