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NDDC MD, Dr Samuel Ogbuku
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said it has commenced emergency repairs of the failed sections of the East West-Road between Ahoada and Ula-Okobo town in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, while inspecting the ongoing repair works at the failed sections of the East-West Road between Ahoada and Ula-Okobo town in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, appealed to motorists to cooperate with the contractor undertaking the repairs.
This information was made available via a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Seledi Thompson-Wakama, and made available to newsmen.
According to Ogbuku, the emergency repairs would restore the link between Rivers and Bayelsa states, but noted that the contractor was having challenges with taking construction materials to the bad spots that needed to be fixed.
The NDDC Chief Executive Officer, who was accompanied by other Directors of the Commission, was given an on the site briefing by the engineers of Webster Global Ventures, the construction firm handling the project for the Commission.
Ogbuku, observed that the deplorable state of the road, necessitated the emergency measures the NDDC was taking to immediately restore the road and make it motorable.
The MD apologised to road users, especially truck drivers, who had been stuck at the bad spot for several days, assuring them that the NDDC would support the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Works, which was constructing huge culverts at the sections that were washed away during the 2022 flood.
He assured that the interventionist agency would complement the efforts of the construction company working for the Ministry of Works to urgently fix the failed and unmotorable sections of the road to restore the links between Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states.
He said: “We were here a week ago and we saw it was impossible for any vehicle to ply between Rivers and Bayelsa States. After that visit, we promptly engaged a construction firm to urgently fix about 1.5-kilometres that were virtually impassable. Our inspection today has shown that we need to work on more sections of the road.”
The Managing Director of the construction firm handling the repairs, Opeoluwa Adara, assured the NDDC that the company would expedite action on the repair work.
