By Nelson Egware Unlike most states in Nigeria, Delta State, which was carved out of the defunct Bendel State in 1991, is made of an estimated 60 percent upland and 40 percent riverine or coastal communities. This composition and the attendant topography across the state makes it extremely difficult to develop infrastructure especially in the riverside areas, which includes marshy creeks, because of high cost of construction. The coastal and shoreline areas in the state...