{"id":2049,"date":"2017-11-09T03:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2017-11-09T03:35:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:35:07","slug":"lagos-abidjan-highway-fg-signs-financial-agreement-for-the-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/lagos-abidjan-highway-fg-signs-financial-agreement-for-the-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos-Abidjan highway:\u00a0FG signs financial agreement\u00a0for execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<p class=\"post-meta clearfix\"><span class=\"fa-calendar\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highways.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Abidjan-to-Lagos-Highway.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Lagos-Abidjan highway\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-post-content\">\n<p>News Agency Report:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fa-calendar\">NOVEMBER 8, 2017<\/span>\u00a0:\u00a0The Minister of Power, Works and Housing,\u00a0 Babatunde Fashola, said the Federal Government has signed financial agreement for the execution of Lagos-Abidjan highway.\u00a0Olusegun Ogunkayode, a Senior Information Officer in the ministry disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday November 8, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The statement quoted Fashola as making the disclosure at the 19th Steering Committee and Experts Meeting of the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor Highway Development Programme. \u00a0He said the signing of the financial agreement was a demonstration of the Federal Government commitment to the realisation of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that road development was crucial to the economic growth of any nation, adding that the meeting was important considering the need for West African countries to join the league of developed nations.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, West African countries must emulate South American and Asia countries, who have used road development to drive their economies. \u00a0Fashola said that the Lagos-Abidjan corridor would propel rapid integration of the region, boost commercial activities, improve social development, create employment windows and reduce social vices among the member states.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africatopsuccess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/autoroute1.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Lagos-Abidjan highway\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Agency Report: NOVEMBER 8, 2017\u00a0:\u00a0The Minister of Power, Works and Housing,\u00a0 Babatunde Fashola, said the Federal Government has signed financial agreement for the execution of Lagos-Abidjan highway.\u00a0Olusegun Ogunkayode, a Senior Information Officer in the ministry disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday November 8, 2017. 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