NNPC PRESENTS CHEQUES WORTH 621 BILLION NAIRA FOR CRITICAL ROAD REHABILITATION INCLUDING OYO-OGBOMOSO ROAD, AND OTHERS.

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The NNPC had handed over a symbolic cheque of N621.24 Billion for the rehabilitation of 21 critical roads across the country through the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme under the Executive Order 7 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

INSIDEOGBOMOSO, reports that the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said, “NNPC is not taking over our roads, NNPC is not constructing roads, NNPC is only putting forwards its tax liabilities to fund the [rehabilitation of the] roads,".

Babatunde Fashola, pointed out that the critical roads, which are major routes for the distribution of petroleum products across the country by the NNPC include:

The roads in South West, roads chosen are rehabilitation and the expansion of Lagos-Badagry Expressway (Agbara Junction-Nigeria/Benin Border) in Lagos State and the dualization of Ibadan - Ilorin Road (Route A2) Section II   in Oyo State (Oyo - Ogbomosho) which aggregate to 114.00 kilometres.

 Roads in the North Central totaling 791kilometres which are the dualization of Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa/Bokani Junction Road Section I: Ilorin-Jebba In Kwara State, dualization of Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa/Bokani Junction Road Section II: Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani Junction In Kwara/Niger States and dualization of Suleja-Minna Road in Niger State.
 INSIDEOGBOMOSONEWS, gathered that, also in the zone are the dualization of Suleja-Minna Road in Niger State Phase II, Reconstruction of Bida-Lambata Road in Niger State, Agaie - Katcha - Baro Road, Emergency Repairs of failed section of Mokwa - Makera - Tegina - Kaduna State Border in Niger State, Minna - Zungeru - Tegina road and Bida - Minna Road. 
 
In the South-South, three roads totaling 81.90 kilometres which are under the scheme include rehabilitation of Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Road in Cross River State Section I: Odukpani-Itu Bridge Head in Cross River/Akwa Ibom States, dualization of outstanding portion of Odukpani-ltu-lkot Ekpene, and dualization of Oku-Iboku Power Plant Section of the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot-Ekpene Road in Cross River/Akwa Ibom States.

The roads chosen in the South East, aggregating to122 kilometres, include rehabilitation of Umuahia (Ikwuano)-Ikot Ekpene Road: Umuahia-Umudike in Abia State and the dualization of Aba-Ikot Ekpene Road in Abia/Akwa Ibom States. 

In the North East, roads involved total 117 kilometres. They include rehabilitation of Cham-Numan Section of Gombe-Yola Road in Adamawa State, construction of Bali - Serti Road in Taraba State and rehabilitation of Gombe - Biu Road in Gombe/Borno State 

In the North West the roads chosen, which aggregate to 283.5kilometres, include Rehabilitation of Outstanding Sections of Gada - Zaima - Zuru - Gamji Road Phase II in Kebbi State and Rehabilitation of Zaria-Funtua-Gusau-Sokoto-Birnin Kebbi.
 
-InsideOgbomosonews

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