LACK OF ACCESS ROAD, AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEVELOPMENT IN N’DELTA..... MOMOH, OTU DECLARE

Sen. Prince Bassey Otu Receiving Engr Abubakar Momoh, Niger Delta Development Minister to his Office

"Lack of access road is militating against the development of the region, called on the Governors of the region to collaborate with the NDDC to move the region forward." Momoh.

"We in the Niger Delta Region don't enjoy the dividends of oil extraction from this region," Otu.

..... The bad state of roads in the Niger Delta Region, is making life unbearable for citizens especially farmers in the hinterland.'

The Honourable Minister, Niger Delta Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh and the Governor of Cross River state, Sen. Prince Bassey Edet Otu have identified the lack of access roads as a major set-back to the growth and development of the oil rich region.

The duo made this observation when the Minister paid a courtesy call to the Governor in his Office located at the Government House in Calabar, the capital city of the state.

Speaking, Governor Otu who was represented by his Deputy, Rt. Hon Peter Odey decried the bad state of roads in the Niger Delta Region, lamenting that the development was making life unbearable for citizens especially farmers in the hinterland. 

"We in the Niger Delta Region don't enjoy the dividends of oil extraction from this region," Otu lamented.

Speaking earlier, the Minister who lamented that lack of access road was militating against the development of the region, called on the Governors of the region to collaborate with the NDDC to move the region forward.

While on an inspection visit to the University of Calabar, Momoh commended the quality of the 3 kilometres access road project executed within the campus. 

The Minister, in a statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations Department, Chindaya Ahmadu A.A, said the quality of works on the roads was contrary to what he saw in Rivers and Bayelsa states respectively.

The Vice chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Florence Banku Obi applauded the Ministry and the Minister for the intervention. 

"I am extremely happy for the access road project in the campus which before now, was a big source of concern to both the students and the lecturers.

Other completed projects on the campus was the Town Hall Complex, the 500 bed capacity Students Hotel, awarded since 2004 and had become an abandoned project. 

Similarly, the Honourable Minister inspected an uncompleted and abandoned internal road within the campus.

The Akim--Qua Community Road within the metropolitan City of Calabar was also inspected by the Minister. 

He rounded his project inspection by visiting the State Office of Ministry of Niger Delta Development in Calabar.