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Minister Tasks Team On Technical Analysis Of Section 5 Of East-West Road Project

By
Marshal Gundu
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April 8, 2016
Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani has directed a team of experts to carry out a critical analysis of the design of section five of the East-West Road Project from Oron to Calabar, in three weeks before commencement of work on the project. He said that the Ministry could not afford any further delay in delivering the project to the end-users, given its inherent benefits to the people.
The team comprising of experts in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs,  the consultants  of  the  project,   representatives of Akwa Ibom and Cross River State Governments  was to analyse the existing design of the project and also to consider alternative designs  for  alignment  for  cost  efficiency.
The Minister gave the directive at a Stakeholders meeting on the extension of the East-West Road Project from Oron (in Akwa Ibom State) to Calabar (in Cross River State), organized by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, in Abuja on Thursday.
He said: “This Confab is organized in the interest of the people who are stakeholders; we are here as a government living on very meagre resources to achieve results.”
“This meeting was organized so we could be educated on the existing design of the project and not for ulterior motives; my interest is the success of this administration in projects delivery,” he stressed.
In his remarks, the Honourable Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Omoleye Daramola expressed happiness that the initial four sections of the East-West Road Project from Warri to Oron were almost   completed.
He reiterated that the award of section five of the road from Oron to Calabar which was the subject of this forum was part of the success story of this flagship project.
Prof. Daramola assured the stakeholders of Federal Government’s commitment to carrying them along in project execution in the Niger Delta region. “Let me reassure you that the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will ensure that host communities and end-users were carried along in projects execution for the maximum benefits of all.”
He also said: “The Ministry will try hard to look at all possible options and choose the cost effective ones in executing this project to a logical conclusion within the current constraints of cash flow”.
In her goodwill message, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita who was also a stakeholder at the forum, commended the good gestures of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs in organizing the meeting, saying it has enabled the people concerned to air their views.
“We need to be guided as representatives of the government so we can advise our principals appropriately,” she stressed.
Other speakers at the meeting included among other prominent stakeholders,  the Honourable Commissioner for Works in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, representing the state governor, Udom Emmanuel  was  of  the  view  that  the  project  should  continue  with  the  present  design.  Mr. Inyang-Eyen  argued  that  diverting  the  road  from  the  existing  design  would  cost  government  more  funds.  His Cross River State counterpart, Engr. Dane Osim-Asu, who also represented the state governor,  Prof. Ben Ayade  was  of  the  view  that  there  should  be  a re-design  of  the  road  project  to  minimise  destruction  of  the  cultural  heritage  of  the  people.
There  was   divergence  of  opinion  as  regards  the  present road  design   of  section  five   of  the  East West  Road,  Oron  to  Calabar among  the  stakeholders  at  the  meeting  which  necessitated  the  setting  up  of  the  technical  committee  to  analyse  the  design  of  the  road project  by  the  Minister  of  Niger  Delta  Affairs,  Pastor  Usani  Uguru  Usani.
The  Obong  of  Calabar  and  the  Paramount  Ruler  of  Oron  sent  representatives  to  the  stakeholders  meeting.
Earlier, the  Director  of  Infrastructure Development  Department  in  the  Ministry  of  Niger  Delta  Affairs,  Engr. Bukola  Musiliu  Adisa  disclosed  that  the  contract  for  the  section  five  of  the  East West  Road  from  Oron  to  Calabar  was  awarded  to  China  Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)  in  September  2013.
 
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Marshal Gundu
Head, Press and Public Relations
Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs
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