A Chinese contractor is to build a major expressway link in Nigeria.
March 15, 2012
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A Chinese contractor is to build a major expressway link in Nigeria. The contract is for a 15km section of highway. The work will be handled by 890 China Railway Construction.
The tender process is now being opened for the feasibility study into the planned highway project to link Nigeria’s commercial centre Lagos with Abidjan, the commercial centre for Ivory Coast.
A new highway link is planned for South Eastern Nigeria. The US$154.4 million project will connect Odukpani Itu in Cross River State with Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibome State. Approval for the project has been given by Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC). The link will provide a major new highway connection for Nigeria’s South Eastern region, improving transport between Calabar through to the rest of the country. This will provide a major economic boost to the Efik/Ibibio/Anang-speaking language group of N
