The Bayelsa Development and Investment Corporation said the $3.5 billion Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical project to be sited at Odioma in Brass Local Government Area is expected to generate a turnover of $1.5 billion and employ about 30, 000 workers, especially indigenes.

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

The Deputy Managing Director of BDIC, Tam Alazigha, in an interview with journalists in Yenagoa, said the new offices that were opened in South Africa, United Kingdom and Atlanta, United States, would “take Bayelsa to the world and bring the world to Bayelsa” by opening outposts in strategic locations in the various key markets in order to leverage on opportunities that the markets offer to drive the restoration of the Bayelsa economy.

He said, "The 3.5 billion dollar Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical project at Odioma, which is expected to generate turnover of $1.5bn dollars and employ about 30,000 Bayelsans. This high-impact catalytic project is expected to produce 5,000 metric tonnes of Methanol per day, 2,200 metric tonnes per day of Ammonia and 7,700 metric tonnes per day of Urea for domestic and export markets.

http://bsieforum.org.ng/blog/35-billion-brass-fertilizer-petrochemical-firm-employ-30-000-bayelsans-says-bdic

Okay good idea for the people of bayelsa..lets see it turn to reality...