{"id":18455,"date":"2018-04-30T20:02:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18455"},"modified":"2018-04-30T20:10:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:10:19","slug":"east-west-road-designed-was-outright-fraud-niger-delta-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18455","title":{"rendered":"EAST WEST ROAD DESIGN WAS &#8220;OUTRIGHT FRAUD&#8221; &#8211; NIGER DELTA MINISTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18350\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cngbf-0-0\">The Minster for Niger Delta, Pastor Usani Usani, has reiterated the East West Road is designed to fail.He stated this at the weekend in Calabar during the maiden edition of the Pragmatic Leaders Good Governance symposium.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"bohkd-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bohkd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bohkd-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"beoug-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"beoug-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"beoug-0-0\">Usani said the road, which was originally designed to pass through Oron in Akwa Ibom to Urua Watt in Calabar South, Cross River State, was not a transparent project.He said: \u201cImagine somebody saying they are going to supply sand and you are going to pay in dollars. Is that real in Nigeria? So, it was outright fraud, which is why I said publicly that the road was originally designed to fail. Otherwise, why would you award a contract of less than 400 kilometres since 2006, over one decade, and it is not finished? But I am correcting the situation and ensuring that the project works. It doesn\u2019t matter whether I remain in office to complete it or not. Such mentality is why we keep failing.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"ekgoh-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ekgoh-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ekgoh-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"edh0t-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"edh0t-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"edh0t-0-0\">Speaking on the theme, \u2018Cross River State Yesterday, Today and the Way Forward\u2019, the Minister said: \u201cGood governance is about not hunting the opponent, which means we must be tolerant and accept people\u2019s criticism. Rather than quarrel with them, we should use that as input to improve and further our performance.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16105&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"33knu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"33knu-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"3btva-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3btva-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3btva-0-0\">The Director-General of Pragmatic Leaders, Elizabeth Usani, said the organisation was a non-governmental agency, ready to work with all progressives, with the aim of mobilising Cross River\u2019s people to vote and be voted for.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cvrte\" data-offset-key=\"4d3j3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4d3j3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4d3j3-0-0\">Guardian<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eastwest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18456\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eastwest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eastwest.jpg 960w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eastwest-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eastwest-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minster for Niger Delta, Pastor Usani Usani, has reiterated the East West Road is designed to fail.He stated this at the weekend in Calabar during the maiden edition of the Pragmatic Leaders Good Governance symposium. \u00a0 Usani said the road, which was originally designed to pass through Oron in Akwa Ibom to Urua Watt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[4614,201,4615],"class_list":["post-18455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-elizabeth-usani","tag-niger-delta","tag-usani-usani"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eastwest.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-4NF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18459,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455\/revisions\/18459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}