FG Assures 338km East-West Road Completion, 2022

The 338 kilometre East-West 6 lane-carriageway currently under construction in the Niger Delta area is to be completed by the end of 2022.
The road, which will have 43 bridges and 2 flyovers, runs from Warri through Port Harcourt to Oron to Calabar.
Briefing newsmen on the level of progress on the project, the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who said the project began in 2006, explained that it was currently at an average of 80% completion.
He said the ministry had undertaken and completed the construction and rehabilitation of some intra and inter-state roads in the region, which would soon be commissioned.
The minister said 9 Jetty projects had been designed and that the construction of one was ongoing in Nembe, Bayelsa State, to improve water transportation.
Similarly, he said the ministry had built vocational and educational centres, including a library, ICT/ CBT/institutional buildings, health centres, markets, town halls, civic and recreational centres, public convenience, abattoir, and state offices to ensure the health, security, and socio-economic wellbeing of the people.
Akpabio also said the government had gone far in its electrification drive, and hope to expand it to remote areas.