Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the Julius Berger Nigeria PLC has a matching order to complete the 9.7km Ogbakiri Town (Clan) road project within the stipulated time of eight months.
Fubara said the socio-economic importance of the road to the people cannot be over-emphasised.
The road dualisation project begins from the Emohua spur on the East-West Road-Tema Junction, connecting about six communities within Ogbakiri Town and terminates at the waterside of Egbelu-Oduoha-Ogbakiri communities.
Fubara, who undertook an inspection ride on the road to the waterside on Tuesday, explained that his administration awarded the project at the cost of about N15 billion and had paid a 30 per cent mobilisation fee to the contractor in order to provide the people with a comfortable motorable road.
He said, “If you could see, when we were coming in, at the centre of…