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The Federal Executive Council, FEC has approved the reconstruction of 21 roads covering a total distance of 1,804.6 kilometers across the six Geo-political zones.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, announced the approval on Wednesday while briefing newsmen at the end of the FEC meeting held at the State House in Abuja.
Fashola said these projects are to be undertaken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, through the deployment of its own tax liabilities.
The Minister revealed that out of the 21 roads, nine are in North Central, others are in the South-West, three in the North-East, two in the North-West, and two others in the South-East, including the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot-Ekpene road has now been fully covered to resolve the problem of financing regarding the execution of the road projects.
