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Governor
Ben Ayade of Cross River State shows President Buhari the Architectural
design/plan of the Project during the Ground Breaking Ceremony of 260Km Super
Highway Double Carrier Road from Calabar to Northern Nigeria on 20th Oct 2015.
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President Muhammadu
Buhari, yesterday in Calabar, said the superhighway being constructed by the
Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, was a project that would expand
the economic frontiers of not just the state, but the entire country.
According
to the President, the road would give access to markets in Chad, Niger and
other parts of the region.
President
Buhari, who spoke in Obung village of Akamkpa Local Government Area of the
state, while on a working visit to Cross River State to conduct the ground-breaking
of the 260 kilometres superhighway, said the Federal Government would assist
the Cross River State Government to ensure completion of the road.
Vanguard report continues:
He
said: “That I am personally here to perform the groundbreaking shows the
importance my government attaches to this project which is a significant
milestone in the economic development of not just Cross River State but the
entire country. The road will open up a new vista of economic
opportunities for Nigeria as it will bring multiplier effect to the economy and
more importantly this is happening under my Presidency. I assure my
brother and governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade, of my
commitment and that of the Federal Government, to ensure its completion
and that of the Deep Sea Port.”
In
his speech, Professor Ayade said the road would serve as an evacuation corridor
for equipment, goods and personnel from the Deep Sea Port in Bakassi in the
southern part of the country, to the northern part of the country and would be
completed between four and five years.
He
said at present it took between four and five hours to move from Calabar to
Katsina Ala, a border town between Cross River and Benue states, explaining
that with the super-highway, it would take just one hour thirty minutes to make
the journey.
According
to him, the Bank of Infrastructure and several commercial banks had already put
together 500 million Euros to fast-track the construction of the road.
The
governor said the road would have digital internet connectivity all through the
260 kilometre distance, speed cameras and toilet facilities, among others.
Ayade disclosed that the
Benue State governor had promised to construct a similar highway from Katsin
Ala junction, to its border with Nasarawa State, hoping that the Nasararwa
State Government would extend it to Abuja and gradually it would get to Chad,
Egypt and Morocco.
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