• Gives five-year timeline for completion of water projects• Ex-minister laments abandoned Anambra roadMinister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that the Federal Government will begin reconstruction of the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa expressway next month.He stated this during an inspection of ongoing federal road projects in Osun State yesterday. Fashola, who was represented by Director of Highways, South West, Funso Adebiyi, said the road, like every other road in the country, was of economic importance to government. On the 34-kilometre Illa-Orangun-Kwara boundary road, Fashola said the project would cost the Federal Government N5.1b, adding that government had spent N1.5b to complete 10 kilometres of the road. Also, the minister said the ongoing Efon-Alaye-Iwaraja-Ilesa 21-kilometre road construction would cost the government N4b, pointing out that the Federal Government had spent N2.9b to complete 12 kilometres of the road. Besides, Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has urged management of the ministry and heads of River Basin Development Authorities to prioritise completion of all water projects within five years.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2020 04:07 UTC