Henrietta Ashikodi, Umuahia…
The governor of Abia state, Dr Alex Otti has flagged of the reconstruction of 67km Umuahia-Uzuakoli–Ohafia-Abiriba road as jubilant residents described the governor as the messiah of their time.
The roads serves as a major link to Abia North Senatorial district of the state which over the years has remained dilapidated and caused so much hardship to passengers and farmers who have been unable to move from one place to another.
The road project which is divided into three major sections will be handled by three contractors, Craneburg, assigned to
Umuahia-Uzuakoli, Ferotex assigned to handle Uzuakoli- Isuikwato -Akara and CCECC to oversee Akara junction- Abiriba -Ohafia axis.
Speaking while flagging of the road construction, Governor Otti said that his government in a hurry to deliver as it wants to recover lost ground.
He said the government cannot afford to waste time as that informed the choice of 3 contractors, Craneburg,Ferotex and CCECC to undertake the job simultaneously.
The Governor said he wants the project to be completed as quickly as possible and must be delivered to specification within record time, adding that it is his desire that Abia people move on motorable roads, and to be able to easily evacuate their farm produce.
“We want our people to move on roads that are motorable. We want people who are doing business in all the nooks and crannies of Abia to be able to evacuate their products and come to the townships to sell them.
“We want all our leaders to feel free, those who live in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Aba and all parts of the state to feel free to come back to their villages, spend time, spend money and stimulate the economy in the villages, so that our people will also have a good life. That is how economy moves, “Governor Otti stated.
He called on well to do Abians who reside outside the State to begin to visit their communities more frequently, as a way of stimulating the local economy.
Governor Otti said that the whole idea for embarking on the road project is to strategically open up the communities, so that the people can begin to enjoy good life, stressing that all his administration is doing is to maintain the State’s position as the first.
“How can you be first when your roads from every nooks and crannies are in serious dilapidation? How can you be first if your hospitals are now where people go to and don’t come out alive? How can you be first if your schools are in serious state of disrepair? How can you be first if your people can not sleep with their two eyes closed? How can you be first if the environment is littered with gabbage?”
“Any time you breathe, you breathe in foul air,so those are the things we decided to deal with as quickly as we took over office and we are very intentional about that.”
The Governor thanked Abians for their support and implored them to discharge their civic responsibilities of paying their taxes and other legitimate levies to enable government do more for them.
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