The Federal Executive Council has approved the award of contracts worth N169.74 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of 10 roads across the country just as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) stated that the projects would enhance Federal Government’s objective of improving transportation infrastructure and restoring the nation’s road network to support the federal government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
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The approval, which was sequel to a memorandum presented to the Council by the Minister on May 2nd, 2019, covers the rehabilitation of the Umuahia(Ikwuano)-Ikot Ekpene road, Umuahia, Umudike in Abia State, rehabilitation of Calabar-Oban-Ekang road (section1) in Cross River state, construction of Yola-Fufore-Gurin road in Adamawa state, rehabilitation of Ado-Ekiti -Igede-Aramoko-Itawure road in Ekiti state and Rehabilitation of Funtua-Dandume-Kaduna state and Border road in Katsina state.
Others, according to the memorandum, are the rehabilitation of Makurdi-Gboko-Katsina-Ala road (Yandev-Katsina-Ala Section) in Benue state, rehabilitation of Old Enugu-Onitsha Road (Opi junction-Ukehe-Okpatu-Aboh Udi-Oji to Anambra border), rehabilitation and dualization of the 74KM (Approximately) Aba-Ikot Ekpene road in Abia/Akwa Ibom States, construction of 4 kilometre township road in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano state and rehabilitation of Billiri-Filiya-Taraba state border Road in Gombe state.
Stating that his Ministry, towards the realization of Federal Government’s objectives of restoring growth and investing in the people, decided to initiate the new road reconstruction and rehabilitation projects in some states of the Federation to open up settlements, provide access for evacuation of goods and services as well as improve the socio-economic lives of the people within the stretch of the different communities in the project areas, Fashola said the projects would create between 2000 to 2500 jobs with 90 per cent of the jobs for Nigerians and 10 per cent for expatriates.
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