Eket youths protesting
Akwa Ibom State Government says it is set to dualise Eket-Ibeno Road in Eket Local Government of the state.
The government’s promise is coming on the heels of protests by Eket youths.
Reports said that the youths protested the death of some pupils on the road allegedly due to its dilapidated state.
The government in a statement on Thursday by Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Aniekan Umana, stated it did not neglect road as speculated in some quarters.
Umana said the government understood the pains and discomfort the road was causing the people.
However, he explained that the project had been awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission.
He said in a recent inspection tour of the road by Governor Godswill Akpabio in company with NDDC leadership and ExonnMobil helmsmen, the governor was not satisfied with the pace of work.
He said the development made the governor request that the project be handed over to the government for immediate completion.
Umanah said, “Although the contractors seemed to have abandoned the project on account of various issues with the NDDC, it is difficult for the government to mobilise to the site because there is a subsisting contractual obligation and liabilities between the NDDC and the contractors
“The governor, in demonstration his interest in the road project, only last week, called a meeting between the NDDC and other stakeholders in the project.
“The allegation of abandonment of the project by the government does not arise at all.”
He said Eket would soon benefit from the phased urban renewal initiative of the state government.
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