The Rivers State Executive Council has approved the sum of N6.7billion for the reconstruction of the 5-kilometre long Okania-Ogbogoro Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
The approval was given at the 7th meeting of the Council presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The meeting which is the second to be held this year, took place at the Executive Chambers of Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Atemea Briggs, explained that the road stretches from Okania through Ogbogoro to Ozuoba.
Briggs said that the original contract for the road was abandoned leading to its collapse and making it completely impassable and constituting a major traffic challenge to motorists, especially now that works have intensified on the Port Harcourt Ring Road that traverses part of Ozuoba.
Also briefing newsmen, the Commissioner of Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson said the State Government hopes to fund virtually all its projects from Internally Generated Revenue without borrowing because of its prudent application of scarce resources and funds to deliver good governance to Rivers people.
The information commissioner also explained that the State Government has begun the distilling and clearing of the Nta-Wogba Creek to check flooding in the Port Harcourt City centre in the State while rehabilitation work will soon begin on the failed sections of the Igwuruta-Chokocho Road to assuage the discomfort experienced by the people in the area.