The Cross River Government says it received N250 million refund from the Federal Government for the rehabilitation of federal roads in the state.

Mr Dane Osim-Asu, the Commissioner for Works, disclosed this in an interactive session with journalists on Tuesday in Calabar.

Osim-Asu said that the amount was too meagre, when compared to the amount the state government spent to rehabilitate the roads.

The commissioner declined to state the amount the state was demanding as reimbursement from the Federal Government.

But reliable sources told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the state is demanding N25 billion reimbursement from the Federal Government.

The commissioner said: “If you go round the entire South-South region of Nigeria, you will discover that the state of federal roads is worst in Cross River.

“ I have mentioned this and taken it up in several fora and met the Minister twice on this, and he has promised to visit and see things for himself.

“The problem of access of Calabar-Itu highway has become incessant. In most cases that road is rendered impassable for months either by heavy rains or heavy traffic.

“As a result, the state government has moved in repeatedly to provide palliatives to rehabilitate that road,’’ he said.

Osim-Asu said that the Gov. Ben Ayade’s administration desired to take over the Calabar-Itu Federal Highway by means of a tolled Superhighway.

“We thought that we should be able to take over the Calabar-Itu Federal Highway by means of a tolled Superhighway. We wrote for that to the President through the Minister,’’ he added.

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