Communities living within the surroundings of Ayakoromo/Egbo-Ideh Bridge have been reassured of the commitment of the Delta State Government to complete the bridge within the shortest possible time.
The reassurance was given by the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr. Kingsley Emu, during a meeting held at Asaba with a coalition of Civil Society Groups, Riverine communities within the Ayakoromo bridge area.
Giving a synopsis of the Ayakoromo/Egbo-Ide Bridge project, the commissioner stated that the project entails the construction of a 612 metres long bridge across the Forcados River with 200 metres of approach road at a total cost of N6.5 billion. Dr. Emu emphasised the importance of the project to the government, while informing the gathering that the stoppage of work was due to the drastic shortfall in revenues to the state government
Earlier, members of the coalition had advocated for the immediate resumption of work on the bridge through supplementary budget as this will reassure the communities who voted massively for the governor in the last election.
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