Umahi made the announcement in a statement signed by Mohammed Ahmed, Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry.
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Akpabio made the remarks during an emergency meeting with contractors handling the various sections of the East West Road, led by the new Managing Director of Reynolds Construction Company, Engr. Nader Yusuf, on Thursday
The Minister disclosed this at a meeting with the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, led by its National Chairman, High Chief Benjamin Tamaranebi, in Abuja on Tuesday
The Delta State Treasurer of the APC, Hon. Ebiakpo Ezebiri, confirmed the incident
The lawmakers made the position known on Friday at a news conference addressed by the Spokespersons of the Senate and House of Representatives, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi and Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, in Abuja
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and that of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure when they briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting, which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
This was revealed by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, at a media briefing to clear the air on recent media reports on the project
Speaking to State House correspondents, Usani said he updated Buhari on the current development at the Niger Delta Development Commission
The position of the Federal Government was restated by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani
The decision of MEND to pull out of PANDEF came on a day the Clark-led body condemned the quit notice issued to Northerners and Yorubas to quit the Niger Delta by the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators
The meeting, presided over by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), was attended by the Ministers of the Environment, Niger Delta Development Affairs, State for Petroleum and the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba
The Federal Government obtained N50 billion from the AfDB for the project
The contract for the 50-km stretch from Oron-Eket-Onna axis of East-West Road was awarded in 2006 and completion date was 2010.
The completion date of the road was, however, extended to February 28, 2016, but up till this November, the work is at 96 per cent completion stage
The SOS was contained in a congratulatory message to Fashola by the Rivers State APC
He said that with the provision of the “very low and unrealistic capital ceiling of N6 billion for 2015”, about 90 per cent of the Ministry’s ongoing capital projects will not be funded
Ningi made the remark at a meeting to verify the implementation level of the 2014 SURE-P budget on Tuesday in Abuja
The supervising Minister of Information, Dr. Nurudeen Muhammed, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, which was presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan
Oru said that the ministry planned to extend the East-West Road from Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Calabar in Cross River State
Oru said that part of his plans in the ministry was also to ensure effective human capital development and empowerment of the youth, through local and overseas training programmes
Ishaku said the Federal Government has, therefore, ordered the contractor to ensure completion by the first quarter of 2015