12/05/2010
The government of Benin has allocated 35 million euros to complete the 77 km road Ndal-Nikki-Chicandou, the main artery along the Atlantic coast that connects the southern part of the country to Nigeria.
The investment, explain some of the executive officials of the Cotonou Agreement, will allow to improve the transport of people and goods between the two nations, with a significant benefit to both economies.
The stretch of road to be completed is part of the axis road which comes from Lagos to Togo and is one of the main trunks of the continental corridors.
The work, in fact, contributes to the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Benin has participated since 1972, to 81 projects with total funding of 800 million.
