Jonathan flags off N34bn Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway rehabilitation

President Good­luck Jonathan has flagged off the N34,047 bil­lion rehabilitation of the Aba-Porthacourt point of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, awarded to CCECC Nig. Ltd, a Chinese construction firm.
The contract will last for 30 months, having been awarded on December 11, 2014.
The Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, who stood in for the president, conducted the flag-off cer­emony, which took place at Alaoji, Aba in Abia State. The Minister was, however, represented by the Director of Highway Planning and Devel­opment in the Federal Minis­try of Works, Bala Damshehu.
Speaking through the min­ister during the flag-off, Presi­dent Jonathan expressed de­light for the rehabilitation of the Section IV of the dual car­riageway, stating that he was aware that works were already going on at other sections of the road, which had been awarded for rehabilitation.
He said the project was in keeping with his avowed commitment to the develop­ment of road infrastructure in the country, under the trans­formation agenda of his ad­ministration.