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Thursday, October 7th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page FG approves N5.8b for repair of 1,000 roads, Niger Bridge By Chesa Chesa State House, Abuja   The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N5.8 billion for the Works Ministry to enable it  start work on the rehabilitation of 1,000 federal roads in the country. The approval was made at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja. The move is to ensure that roads become motorable for people that will be travelling during the Christmas and New Year when traffic is expected to increase on the highways. Briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, said government would rehabilitate all the 32,200 kilometres of roads in bad state simultaneously. The ministry would also commence the construction of four bridges, including the second Niger Bridge at Onitsha; Mfon Bridge in Cross River State, Ibi Bridge in Taraba State and Loko Bridge linking Benue and Nassarawa states. Ogunlewe praised the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency for successfully handling the 500 roads earlier flagged-off for rehabilitation in the country, saying the rehabilitation work was halted because of the rains. “We now have N5.8 billion to do massive road repairs because during the Christmas, Sallah and New Year festivities, people would go home and it would be gladdening to appreciate the effort of Mr. President and the ministry of finance on this. All Nigerians will be very happy during the dry season,” he stated. On the state of federal roads in the South-East, especially the Owerri/Onitsha road, the minister doubted the capability of the firm handling the project to do a good job. The firm, Messrs CCC, had been paid about N6 billion but not much progress had been made on the project, Ogunlewe said, adding that he is not comfortable with the work done so far.             Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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