The Enugu State Executive Council has approved the contract for the reconstruction of a bailey bridge over Ivo River in Okpanku, Ani Nri Local Government Area to be awarded to the works unit of the Nigerian Army  for the sum of N54m.

Speaking to journalists on decisions taken by the council, the commissioner for information, Dr. Godwin Udeuhele, said the army got the contract based on the engineering expertise it had garnered over the years.

The commissioner also announced a planned collaboration between the state’s Ministry of  Education and the Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) towards the implementation of Literacy Enhancement and Achievement Project (LEAMP) in three local government areas namely Udenu, Oji River and Enugu South Local Government Areas. He disclosed that the education ministry has as a result, been directed to express the state’s interest to the World Bank towards attracting the project.

Udeuhele revealed that the council further approved a review of rural electrification projects in Igbo-Etiti and Igboeze North by ten percent of the project sum valued at N80,506,545m and N75,589,686m,

respectively. This review was informed by the need to ensure speedy and efficient completion of the projects, he explained.