Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- Akpabio accuses the Ogoni people of stalling the East-West Road project
The week began with a report on a controversial statement by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, blaming the Ogoni people of Rivers State for the non-completion of the East-West Road project.
Mr Akpabio said he had secured N75 billion to complete the project when he was the minister of Niger Delta Affairs but that the Ogoni people told the then President Muhammadu Buhari to transfer the road contract to the Ministry of Works and Housing, in apparent show of lack of confidence in his capacity to deliver the project.
We also reported that the Niger Delta Development Commission has launched a Youth Internship Scheme aimed at equipping youths in...
Click here to read full article from source
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.