The Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that N19.67 Billion be released immediately to fast track the completion of the section I-IV of the East-West Road project by 2021 to address the deficient infrastructure in the region and boost the economic life of the people.
Senator Akpabio stated this during a meeting he had with contractors handling different sections of the road projects in Abuja recently.
“The project which starts from the Delta Steel company Roundabout in Delta State, transverses through Kaiama in Bayelsa State, goes through Ahoada in Port Harcourt in Rivers State, down to Eket and from Eket to Oron in Akwa-Ibom State, is to complete the Section I-IV being part of the two sections that had previously been completed. Section–V which covers 23km from Oron to Calabar is still under process.
Considering the disposition of the region to the stability of Nigeria’s Economy, the project will not only redress infrastructural deficient in the region, its completion would assist the oil industry in terms of moving goods that will facilitate oil production, movement within the area, restiveness and boost the economic life of the people and the Nation at large” he said.