NDDC Hands Over N3bn Road Project

The Niger Delta Develop ment Commission (NDDC), has handed over the N3 billion Adiabo-Esuku road to the contractor handling the project.

The representative of the commission in Cross River State, Mr Dominic Edem said  that the 15 km road project had been handed over to the contracting firm, John David Construction Company.

Speaking during the ground-breaking and handing over ceremony, the Deputy Governor, Mr Efiok Cobham, said that the construction of the road in Odukpani Local Government Area would benefit the people of the area.

He said that when completed the road would provide easy link between Calabar, the state capital and communities stretching from Esuku to other parts of the local government area.

He urged the people of the area to cooperate with the construction company considering the advantage they would derive when the road was completed.

Efiok urged the construction firm to deliver quality work and commended the NDDC representative, Mr Dominic Edem and his predecessor, Ntufam Ekpo Okon for attracting the project to the state.

Earlier in his address, Cross River representative in the NDDC, Mr Dominic Edem, said that the road project was not only “dear’’ to the people of Odukpani but very important to the government.

He said that the road would provide alternative bye-pass to Odukpani council and bring about the desired development to the area.

Also speaking, the State Director of NDDC, Mr Osmond Adiele, who represented the Managing Director, Dr Chris Obar described the occasion as “historic’’.

He said that the road would cut across the five communities that produced the Deputy Governor and Ntufam Ekpo Okon, the immediate past State Representative at the NDDC.