The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday said it estimated about N2 billion to fix some bad portions on the Calabar-Itu Federal Highway.
Mrs Ibim Semenitari, the acting Managing Director of NDDC, gave the estimate in Ikot Nyong, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River during inspection visit by members of the Senate Committee on NDDC.
Semenitari also told the Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi-led committee members that NDDC decided to intervene when some failed portions on the road posed serious challenges to commuters.
She said that the estimate covered about 75 kilometres of the road from asphalt to complete intervention.
According to her, the commission has also provided various projects and similar intervention in nine Niger Delta states within its mandate.
She said that the commission engaged about four contractors to fix some dilapidated portions on the road, which required major intervention, to make it motorable.
Semenitari, who also took the committee to the 15-kilometre Adiabo-Okurikang Road, said that construction work on the road was abandoned by the contractor after collecting about N1.56 billion.
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