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‘Bad Roads, Bane of Business Dev’
Bad roads in the country have been described as the bane of business development, especially the movement of goods and services, from one part of the country to the other.
Speaking in a chat with The Tide in Port Harcourt, a transporter Mr. Daniel Eke who has 15 years experience in transportation business, said bad roads are fully responsible for the hike in the prices of goods in the country.
He noted that bad roads push transporters to increase their charges which inturn affect the prices of the products, even when the original prices are cheap.
The transporter also noted the resultant effect of bad roads to the life span of vehicles, stressing that “drivers in Nigeria have become regular customer to mechanics and this is why we have most vehicles that are suppose to be off the roads still plying and causing accidents everywhere.
Eke who also doubles as a distributor of cosmetics commended President Jonathan who has promised to work on all the federal roads in the next four years, adding that if this is done, it will bring a great development in the economy of the country.
It will be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan last week in Yobe assured that the Federal Government will in the next four years work on all federal roads across the country as part of measures to guarantee free movement of goods and services, in order to boost the country’s economy.
The President also said that the Federal Government would exploit all available avenues to generate wealth for the benefit of the country.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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