Residents of Palace Road, in Uteh Community of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, on Wednesday called on the State Government to prevail on the management of the Niger Delta Development Authority (NDDC), to complete the road they contracted for construction since 2014.
The residents made the call during a protest over the abandonment of the road by the contractor handling the project.
The protesters which are made up of residents, Keke riders, bus drivers, and others blocked the ever-busy Upper Mission Extension, with placards bearing different inscriptions like: “NDDC should rise up to its responsibility”, “NDDC should wake-up from slumber”, “Project not done to specification” among others.
The leader (Odionwere) of the community, 74-year-old Robert Owen, said the road was contracted by NDDC in 2014, but was abandoned halfway by the contractor.
“This road leads to 12 communities and was awarded for rehabilitation to a contractor by NDDC in 2014. They did it halfway and abandoned it. Till now, there is no action, you can see the gully and no attention from the NDDC that stopped the work.
“We are calling on the Edo State Government to prevail on NDDC to come and complete the job. The road was done halfway and substandard,” he said.
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