FG flags off N2bn road project in Uromi

[MrVan]

BY SIMON EBEGBULEM

BENIN CITY – THE Federal Government, yesterday, flagged-off the construction of the N2.22billion 18-kilometre Ada-Okere-Ukoni-Aendokhian Road  in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.

Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolomemen, who commissioned the project in company of his Minister of State for Works, Bashir Yuguda, Chairman Senate Committee for Works, commended President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the federal executive council for what he described as his "foresight in approving the contract," which he put at N2.22 billion.

Onolememen,  said flag-off of the 18-km road was indicative of President Jonathan's commitment to fulfilling his promises to improve on the socio-economic condition of Nigerians.

He said: "It will help to oil the wheels of the nation's economy as part of the on-going transformation of the road sector in Nigeria. For the records and response to the allegation by mischief makers who said this road was smuggled into the 2012 budget of the Federal Government, I wish to state that this project was first introduced into the federal government's budget in 2009 after series of site inspections by officials of the federal ministry of works."

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