Edo State Government has flagged off construction work of the sixteen point seven kilometres Ikpako-Ajoki road project which will ease movement for indigenes of the interior communities in Ovia North East and Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Areas of the State.
The ceremony was done at Obateru Community by the Chief Executive Officer/Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari and Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The sixteen point seven kilometres Ikpako-Ajoki road project is a joint venture between the Edo State Government who is contributing thirty percent of the funds with the State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission, EDSOGPADEC, giving another thirty percent while a private oil firm working with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is coming up with forty percent.
The construction work was flagged off by the Chief Executive Officer/Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari who was joined by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
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The GMD noted that the construction work is one of the ways the NNPC is giving back to host communities.
For Governor Godwin Obaseki, the road will serve as a major access route for residents of the communities in two Local Government Areas namely Ikpako, Obateru, Evburokho in Ovia North East and Abiak, Ajoki, kolokolo, Ajamokha in Ikpoba-Okha.
The Governor noted that a similar collaboration was done with the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) in another part of the State which he said failed to materalise.
The indigenes appreciated the joint effort which they said will open up their areas to meaningful development.
A design for the road to link Gelegele, Ikpako, Ughoton and Igbine communities through Ekenwan to Benin City has completed by the State Government.
Editor, Omor Bazuaye
