Work commences on Benin-Abraka road project
The Federal Government on Wednesday in Benin
flagged off the first phase of the Benin-Abraka road reconstruction
project with a call on host communities in the area to cooperate with
the contracting firm, Reynolds Construction Company (RCC).
The 30km road project was part of the contracts
approved for the 2010 budget, with the sum of N9.75 billion allocated
for the project which will be supervised by the Ministry of Niger Delta
Affairs.
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe
who performed the flagging off ceremony un-behalf of President Goodluck
Jonathan, said the road construction will be completed within three
years. He assured the people that the construction company handling the
project will do an excellent job.
On his part, the Minister of State
for Works, Chris Ogiemwonyi, disclosed that the federal government road
project will cut across Edo and Delta States, adding that the first
phase cuts across three local government areas of Orhiomwon,
Ikpoba-Okha and Oredo in Edo State.
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