Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said the rehabilitation of the Lokpanta to Enugu and the Aba to Rivers State boundaries on the Enugu –Port Harcourt expressway, would be completed, July.
Fashola, who was represented by the Abia State Controller, Federal Ministry of Works, Mr Onuoha Bede stated this while commissioning a 2.1km road constructed by the Ministry at the National Institute for Nigerian Languages, NINLAN, Aba, explained that the Lokpanta axis to the Enugu border is 98% completed and would be delivered before the end of April while work on the trailer park is also ongoing.
The Minister further disclosed that the Aba to the Rivers State boundary is almost 40% completed and would be ready before the July completion deadline.
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He said “At Lokpanta axis, the one to the Enugu boundary is 98% competed while the one on Port Harcourt boundary is almost 40% completed. Before July which is the deadline for completion, they would have made appreciable progress. The one at Aro-Ngwa is still lagging, we are held in a court suit and we are appealing if the Abia state government can intervene to get a resolution to that problem so that we can enjoy the benefits others are also enjoying. We seize this opportunity to appeal to the Abia State government to resolve the issue with the Aro-Ngwa trailer park so that construction work can begin.”
