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Ebonyi roads get facelift

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    Two stretches of road in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria, will soon be rehabilitated using more than 7.9 billion naira (US $70-million) allocated by the federal government, ‘The Vanguard’ newspaper reported on Thursday.

    The project includes the rehabilitation and re-asphalting of the 62-km Abakaliki/Afikpo road and the rehabilitation and widening of the 66-km Okigwe/Afikpo road. Drainage structures, the extension of existing culverts, kilometre posts, road signs and marking and handrails on existing bridges will be included in the project, the daily reported. The Minister for Information, Jerry Gana, and state Governor Sam Egwu urged the contruction company to start work quickly to alleviate the problems faced by local people. Gana said that the federal government would not hesitate to withdraw the contract of any contractor who fails to meet the deadline, the daily added.

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