The Federal Government has approved the some of N100 billion for the completion of sections 1 to 4 of the East West highways finalisation project.
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani stated this at a meeting with the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, led by its National Chairman, Chief Style Tamaranebi, in Abuja, Wednesday.
It will be recalled that the findings from a Presidential Inter-Ministerial team on assessment tour of Sections 1 to 4 of the East West Road from Warri in Delta State to Oron in Akwa Ibom State, in the year 2018, showed that contractors would require about N100 billion to complete the four sections of the flagship project in the Niger Delta region.
The Minister said the submission from the committee culminated in the said approval of the fund.
