The old Enugu-Onitsha Road project’s revised budget of N49 billion has been approved by the Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council.
After the FEC meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola met State House reporters.
Fashola said that his ministry requested and received two council approvals.
he said “We presented two memoranda to the council; both were approved; the first is with regards to contract cost revision by way of augmentation for the old Enugu-Onitsha road from Opi junction all the way to Udi-Oji to Anambra border in Enugu state.
“The augmentation was in the sum of N17 billion which revised the contract sum to N49 billion with an additional completion time of 42 months.’’
The second contract, according to the minister, was a brand-new agreement for the upkeep of the third mainland bridge’s pavement.