Taking newsmen on a tour of the entire stretch of road on Tuesday, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Ita Enang said the road was awarded to Julius Berger at N54b, CCECC at N52.2b to CCECC and Sermatech at N79b.

In his words “From Ikot Ekpene with Spurs in Ididep- Ibiono Ibom to Mbak Ekid Itam in Itu has been awarded to CCECC, a section from Mbak Itam to Oku Iboku Junction has been awarded to Julius Berger, from Oku Iboku Junction to Ikot Nyong by Power Plant in Odukpani, Cross River State has been awarded to Sermatech and from Power Plant to Odukpani Junction, is still awarded to Julius Berger.

“I initiated this project when I was Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters. We had difficulty accessing funds for the road. But now His Excellency the President has asked me to come and assure you that we have raised money from the Tax Credit Window granted by the Federal Inland Revenue Service to the NNPC to fund critical Infrastructure.

“A great part of the N600bn raised from NNPC as a tax credit has been dedicated to this road. The road was awarded in three tranches, the first was at 54b to Julius Berger, the second at N52.2b to CCECC and the third was at 79b to Sermatech Engineering. I want to assure you and confirm that it is for dualization, not rehabilitating, not reconstruction.

Remember that this road was designed for dualization in 1972 and its fulfillment is only coming during Buhari. The road is so far motorable. i want you to give a lot of cooperation and support to the construction companies”. He said while addressing the Village Head of Ikot Abiyak in Oku Iboku who sought confirmation that the road was truly awarded for dualization.

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May Nigeria succeed

Biafran4life:
This guys are not serious. What is the distance of this road that they have to share it like ground nuts to 3 different company.The only reason is for blame game on one or two of the companies.Is that how they award the roads in the north. They should add more companies per kilo.And why didn't they start the road all the way from umuahia .

extol1:
How can these people make heaven when they keep talking about billions of naira that the citizens hardly feed

Biafran4life:
This guys are not serious. What is the distance of this road that they have to share it like ground nuts to 3 different company.The only reason is for blame game on one or two of the companies.Is that how they award the roads in the north. They should add more companies per kilo.And why didn't they start the road all the way from umuahia .

Ayade001:
https://www.sunnewsonline.com/calabar-itu-road-dualisation-to-be-completed-before-buharis-exit/

Biafran4life:
This guys are not serious. What is the distance of this road that they have to share it like ground nuts to 3 different company.The only reason is for blame game on one or two of the companies.Is that how they award the roads in the north. They should add more companies per kilo.And why didn't they start the road all the way from umuahia .

Smartini:
Why and how is Julius Berger and CCECC responsible for over 99.9% of all state and federal construction works in Nigeria? This monopoly is insane and is one of the major factors for construction project delays - how do you expect the construction company to deliver projects on time when they're working on a thousand federal roads at the same time?

There are reputable Dutch and Belgian construction giants that would rival the quality of Julius Berger and CCECC for half the money and time - Imagine abandoned road and bridge projects everywhere in Nigeria (especially in Ogun State) because these companies have to shift workers and machinery everywhere

Why the greed?

Jonegonu:
from your conclusion I notice that you dont no the road you are talking about. Where did the road connect to umuahia

MEGA4BILLION:
You stood at the section of the road that was repaired by Akwa Ibom state government some years ago and snap picture telling people the road is motorable. Why not do a drive video down to Odukpani to buttress to point.

Biafran4life:
This guys are not serious. What is the distance of this road that they have to share it like ground nuts to 3 different company.The only reason is for blame game on one or two of the companies.Is that how they award the roads in the north. They should add more companies per kilo.And why didn't they start the road all the way from umuahia .