Nigerian Govt Approves Commencement Of Work On Nigeria-Seme-Benin Road

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government has approved commencement of work on the Nigeria-Seme-Benin Republic road project.

Mr Hakeem Bello, the Special Adviser to the Minister on Communication, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Fashola was quoted as disclosing this at the 12th Ministerial Steering Committee and Experts Meeting for the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Programme in Lome.

The minister, who is also the chairman of the committee, said that the project would be executed in a flexible manner to improve commuter servic.

He said that work on the project would be done in a manner that would make it adaptable to the results of the feasibility and technical studies.

Fashola expressed delight that, while the personnel of Presidents and Ministers who launched the initiative had changed, commitment to the project has remained unchanged.

He said that the committee had put in place, a system where meetings would now be held Quarterly.

from dailypost