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Road Maintenance: Rep Spits Fire Over Neglect Of Rivers

Unhappy with the lopsided maintenance of federal roads where some states are given adequate attention and others neglected, the lawmaker representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency, Dunamene Dekor, has vowed to find out why Rivers State has been neglected.
He said he was going to take up the issue of why Rivers State suffers neglect with the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and possibly push for a reversal.
According to him, he could not understand why the road maintenance agency has shown such disregard in maintaining federal roads in Rivers State, whereas states like Kano are being given adequate attention.
Dekor, who heads the House Committee on FERMA, in a chat with aviation correspondents on Tuesday, noted that a total of four road maintenance works, valued at N34 million was undertaken in Rivers State, while in Kano, the least cost of each of the 10 roads being executed by FERMA is N34 million.
“I wonder why such take place. Are we not one Nigeria? And why would some states suffer such neglect? And I am still asking the DG of FERMA on how they arrived at that.
“I will not keep quiet over that neglect because I represent a people, I will take up this issue to ensure that projects are evenly distributed, and we must not lag behind”, he said.
On the Ogoni clean-up project, the federal lawmaker said the House of Representatives committee that recently visited Ogoni was determined to ensure that the clean-up project was executed to the end.
According to him, the committee is not after monetary gain but to ensure the general welfare of the citizenry, adding that as a grassroots politician, he can not afford to disappoint or betray his people.
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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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