Contractor returns to *Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road project
Contractor returns to *Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road project By Leonard Okachie Hartland Nigeria Limited, the contractor handling the reconstruction of the 50-km Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road in Abia, officially returned to site Thursday to resume work on the project.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government first awarded the N13.2 billion contract to the company in 2019 but the job was stalled by the paucity of fund.In 2021, the Federal Executive Council re-approved the project for funding by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) through the Road Tax Credit Scheme.Speaking with newsmen after inspecting the site, the company’s Managing…