President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and the companies under it to make sure section 4 of the East-west Road is completed.
The road spans from eleme Roundabout to Onne junction.
President Buhari said the road should be fixed without delay through the Tax Credit Scheme.
He said that the East-West road project currently handled by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing is the largest infrastructure in Nigeria,and very dear to his administration.
Buhari stated this on Thursday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State while delivering a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the meeting of the fifth National Council on Niger Delta held at Ibom Icon Hotel and Suites
The event was with the theme, ‘Harnessing 21st century Development Initiatives and Strategies for Greater Development in the Niger Delta’.
The President who was represented by the Minister of Environment, Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, said the completion of the project is a” top priority for this administration”.
He said, “The East-West Road project which is now being handled by the federal Ministry of Works and Housing is the largest infrastructure project in Nigeria, as it’s very strategic road, connectors the country’s busiest and foremost commercial cities in the region.
“Considering the priority this administration places on the completion of this project, the Ministry of Petroleum has directed NNPC and it’s subsidiaries to step in and fix section 4 of the East-West road (Eleme Roundabout to Onne Junction), through the Tax Credit Scheme.”
He stated further that his administration had undertaken critical reforms in the Niger Delta Development Commission, adding that the implementation of the recommendations of the Forensic Audit Report which is being implemented in phases would bring about the constitution of the new board, which according to him is the desire of the most stakeholders in the region.
