Akpabio said this is to address the deficient infrastructure in the Niger-Delta and boost the economic life of the people.
Senator Akpabio stated this during a meeting he had with contractors handling different sections of the road projects which starts from the Delta Steel company Roundabout in Delta State, transverses through Kaiama in Bayelsa State, goes through Ahoada in Port Harcourt in Rivers State, down to Eket and from Eket to Oron in Akwa-Ibom State.
The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs said considering the disposition of the region to the stability of Nigeria’s Economy, the project will not only redress infrastructural deficient in the region, its completion would assist the oil industry in terms of moving goods that will facilitate oil production, movement within the area, restiveness and boost the economic life of the people and the Nation at large.
