The immediate-past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, said on Thursday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo had no intention to actualise the East-West Road project.
Orubebe stated this in Asaba, Delta State, at a rally where he declared his intention to contest the governorship of the state.
The former minister has been severally criticised of failing to complete the East –West Road, considered to be the most vital infrastructure in the Niger Delta, during his tenure as minister.
He said the road had no drawings or design when Obasanjo awarded the contract for its construction.
“It was a road that was meant not to see the light of the day. It was a road that had no hope,” he said.
He said that it was not until he became the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs under the government of President Goodluck Jonathan that the design of the project was done.
The ex-minister said, “This was what we did. The President told me to go ahead. I went to African Development Bank to take a loan. And when SURE-P came, I took some money from SURE-P. I sat down with the contractors and we started building.
“Today, over 20 percent of East-West Road has been completed. And there is nothing that will stop East-West Road from being completed in the next few months.”
Orubebe added that he already had the action plans with which he hoped to develop Delta State and would “hit the road working” as soon as he becomes governor.
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Obasanjo intended East-West Road to fail – Orubebe
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