Akwa Ibom ex-Lawmaker urges FG to commence 5th portion of East-West Road On By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo A former Chairman of the South-South Parliamentary Caucus in the House of Representatives, Dr. Esio Oquong Udoh has urged the federal government to commence work on the fifth portion of the East-West road which starts from Oron to Calabar, Cross River State. Udoh who said the recent promise by the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to complete the East-West road by next year was quite commendable, noted that the road cannot be completed without the fifth portion. He said the economic benefits of the fifth portion of the road to the Ibom Deep seaport and the economies of the states which it traverses could not be over-emphasized.