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Imoke Inspects Road Projects in Ikom, Boki Local Govt Areas - 16/5/08

 

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has intensified an on the spot inspection of the first phase of road projects in the state with visits to Ikom and Boki Local Government Areas.

While in Ikom, Imoke, who was accompanied by the Commissioner for Works, Hon Edward Ogon, inspected the ongoing Okuni – Okoroba – Ekang Road and later in Boki inspected the 65 kilometre Boki Road Network Project which included the Nkum – Iso Bendeghe Road and Okondi – Bodje Road.

The Project Manager of Bulletine Construction Company Nigeria, the firm handling Okuni – Okoroba - Ekang road, Eng Bello Bashir said they intend to surface the first phase of the road terminating at the first bridge by end of the year.

Basir said they had surface dressed six and a half kilometre of the road and had slowed down because the area is a virgin forest, explaining that surface dressing which is an aspect of compacting the road could have been extended beyond that point but for an advice from the Governor that they should hold on until further discussion is completed

Receiving Imoke at Mkum, the Project Manager of Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), the company handling the project, Eng. Chou Jianwu said a portion of the road has been asphalted and another surface dressed under phase two, while three kilometre out of the 12.5 kilometer Okundi – Bodje road has been asphalted.

According to Jianwu, construction work on Onitsha Farm– Iso Bendeghe – Bodje road has reached an advance stage, stressing that pace of work on the road has been slowed down because of the terrain of the area.

He, however, assured the governor that work has moved on schedule while thanking the people of the area for their cooperation to see that the project is completed and commissioned.

It was a sight to behold seeing benefiting communities of the road project turning out enmasse to cheer Imoke as despite its agricultural importance, the area has been without an asphalted road and bridges thereby impairing the movements of farm produce from there to other areas.

 

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