Works Minister Inaugurates N3.2 Billion Benin To Ondo Road Project

On friday,the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, inaugurated the construction of the N3.2 billion Benin-Adumagbae-Egba-Akure Road in Edo and Akure.The road will be constructed by Enerco Nigeria Limited and is to be completed within two years.
Speaking at the event,the Minister said upon completion, the road would enable communities to access direct inter-state transportation of products to enhance socio-economic activities in the various states.
“It would be recalled that the communities along this road corridor were known for mass production of raw materials and other farm produce.
“But the deplorable state of the only road linking them to major cities for the sale of their products hampered their development.
“The Federal Executive Council at its meeting on Dec. 4, 2013, awarded the construction of this road to enhance social and economic emancipation of the people in the area.
“The project was awarded at the sum of N3.2 billion and would on completion serve as an alternative route for travellers from the Western part to the South-South and the South-Eastern zones,’’the Minister said.