Vice President Kashim Shettima and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, have commissioned the 33.5-kilometre Elele–Egbeda–Omoku Dual Carriageway.

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Shettima arrived in Rivers earlier on Thursday to represent President Bola Tinubu at the commissioning of the strategic road project.

He was received at the Port Harcourt International Airport by Fubara, members of the State Executive Council, federal lawmakers, ministers and other senior government officials.

The development was announced by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice President, in posts on X.

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Nkwocha said the road traverses Ikwerre, Emohua and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Areas.

He said the project was expected to “improve connectivity, ease movement of goods and people, and support economic activities across the benefiting communities.”

Speaking at the commissioning, Shettima said infrastructure development was critical to expanding economic opportunities and improving the lives of Nigerians.

“Roads are the most democratic instruments of development. They serve the farmer carrying produce to market, the trader seeking customers, the worker travelling to employment, the student going to school, and the patient seeking Medicare,” he said.

Shettima said the road had previously been characterised by deep gullies, a deteriorated carriageway, difficult journeys and security concerns.

“Today that memory gives way to a modern dual carriageway illuminated for safer movement by day and night,” he said.

📰 Source: Punch Nigeria