Buhari authorises N19.67bn for completion of East-West road
Mr Buhari had, in his Democracy Day address, said the funding of the sections of the road project would be duly released to better the lot of his people and would be followed by a forensic audit.
At a meeting with contractors handling the road project, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, said Thursday that the project was transferred to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs with the mandate of fast-tracking its completion in April 2009. The Buhari administration, he said, had undertaken more infrastructural development projects than any other government, adding that the East-West road would be one of the legacy projects of this administration.
The Minister of State, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Omotayo Alasoadura, in his remarks, urged the contractors to work hard to fulfill the president’s mandate. East-West road project is reportedly the largest infrastructure project in Nigeria as it is a very strategic road connecting the country’s 2 busiest and foremost commercial cities, Port Harcourt and Warri.
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