The Federal Ministry of Works has awarded the contract for the construction/ rehabilitation of Abuja-Keffi Expressway to a company known as Messrs China Harbour Engineering Co. Nigeria Limited.
This followed a two-year advocacy championed by an Abuja-based human rights and public interest lawyer, Vincent Adodo.
This positive development was communicated to Adodo by the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in a letter dated December 12, 2024.
Adodo had, in September 2022, addressed a letter to the Managing Director of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) demanding urgent repairs of the failed portions of the Abuja Keffi Expressway especially at the Abacha Road – Nyanya Checkpoint axis.
The lawyer contended that the situation of the dilapidated portions inflicted untold sufferings on commuters.
In October 2022 when the dilapidated situation of the road continued to pose more difficulty to commuters on the Mararaba Nyanya Road, the lawyer again addressed a demand to the Managing Director of FERMA calling on the agency to repair the failed portions of the road.
Reprieve finally came for thousands of commuters plying the road on a daily basis with the award of the contract for the rehabilitation of the road.
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