FG needs five soldiers to guard one expatriate on East West road
….Secures N120 billion for East-West Road project
Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs says it requires five soldiers to guard one expatriate worker working on the East West road. The Minister recalled that even at that some six expatriates were kidnapped and many injured in the months of November and December 2012.
The Minister also said the sum of N120 billion has been secured for the road project in 2013. A statement by Osammor Fidelis, the Deputy Director of Press in the ministry, in Abuja on Wednesday stated that the amount left a gap of N60 billion to complete the road in December 2014.
It stated that Godsday Orubebe, the Minister made the disclosure while meeting with the members of the House of Representative Committee on Niger Delta and contractors handling the East-West Road.
The statement also quoted contractors as expressing the opinion that if the ministry had been supervising the East-West Road project since 2006, the road would have been completed.
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