People stranded for days on dilapidated Nigerian highway
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- The Benin-Agbor-Asaba road, one of Nigeria's critical highways, deteriorated for years before traffic ground to a halt for days.
- Al Jazeera spoke with people stranded on the road about the country's infrastructure crisis.
People were stranded for days after traffic on Nigeria's deteriorating Benin-Agbor-Asaba highway ground to a complete halt.
The road is described as one of the country's most critical highways, but its condition has worsened for years. Al Jazeera asked people on the route how they view the infrastructure crisis.
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