Mr Babafemi also said 5.1 million pills of opioids, especially tapentadol 225mg, worth N3.5 billion were recovered.
Mr Zabbey said the committee’s formation marked a major step towards making the hospital operational within the proposed timeline.
Mr Nkot, while commending the navy’s fight against oil theft, pledged the community’s continued support, particularly against maritime-related crimes.
Rivers was created in 1967 by a military head of state, Yakubu Gowon, and Alfred Diete-Spiff served as its first military governor from 1967 to 1975.
Mr Babafemi said NDLEA operatives intercepted the drugs at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers and the Apapa Seaport, Lagos.
The scheduled maintenance and “sustainability assessment” will commence on Saturday.
Mr Ogalla emphasised that civil-military cooperation initiatives like the project contributed to national development.
The commuters, who spoke to journalists at Oyigbo, said the Oyigbo to Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway junction was a death trap.
Mr Sawyer said the statistics showed a low registration rate, with 3,000 applications from the University of Port Harcourt and 1,500 from the state university.
He said the illicit drugs worth N2.1 billion in street value were intercepted in one of the containers watch-listed by the agency based on intelligence.
