REHABILITATE OWERRI-UMUAHIA EXPRESSWAY: MOTORISTS CRY OUT

Motorists and Commuters plying Owerri-Umuahia expressway have continued to appeal to relevant government agencies to save lives and property by reconstructing the road.

The commuters, who spoke with Radio Nigeria in Owerri, stressed that since the commencement of the rainy season, many spots on the road had become a nightmare to motorists.

One of the motorists, a civil servant, who operates from Mbaise, Mr. Alabi Onyemaechi, lamented the fate of commuters and called on government to intervene to reduce the exorbitant cost of transportation since the dilapidation of the Owerri-Umuahia motorway.

He explained that transporters had arbitrarily increased transportation fares as a result of the terrible condition of road.

Some commercial motorists, including Mr. Obinna Nwete and Mr. Christian Oparaocha, decried the incessant vehicle breakdown on the road and the attendant high cost of vehicle repairs, adding that the tortuous situation has affected profit margin for businesses.

Another commuter, a business woman, Mrs. Onyiyechi Egbufor lamented that  the cost of conveying food stuffs from rural areas to Owerri metropolis had doubled and urged the Imo State Government to give special attention to the bad spot close to Heartland FM, Awaka Ezeogba and Nkwogu, which worsen after every rainfall .

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