SOLUDO INAUGURATES 12KM ROADS IN OGBARU LG, THREATENS TERMINATE OGWUIKPELE ROAD CONTRACT
REPORTER: BEN ILECHUKWU
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has inaugurated the already asphalted 12km Okpoko roads in Ogbaru Local Government Area.
The joy of the people of Okpoko knew no bounds as they witnessed Governor Soludo inaugurate the Okpoko-Obodoukwu roads.
Addressing the people, Governor Soludo recalled with nostalgia the historical significance of the Okpoko road with about half a million people deprived of basic facilities, including pipe borne water, street lights, and general hospitals.
Worried about the situation, the Governor maintained that the area constituted the major urban regeneration agenda of his administration but had been hampered and devastated by perennial flood.
He stressed that his administration would not relent in providing the needed infrastructural facilities such as pipe borne water, street lights, good road network to the area.
The Governor observed that Okpoko was the first place he visited immediately after his inauguration in office, stressing that people used to spend hours moving by the obodoukwu road due to its deplorable condition, which affected commercial activities in the area.
Governor Soludo described Okpoko as one of the largest urban slums in the South East, expressing the hope that the road would stimulate the economy and improve the life of the people of the area.
The Governor further hinted that the Atani -Ozubulu road, which is ongoing, would soon be completed even as he sent strong warning to the contractor handling the Ogwuikpele road to expidite work or risk his contract been terminated.
Earlier in a remark, the Transition Committee Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Mr.Paschal Aniegbunam, and the member representing Ogbaru constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Mr. Noble Igwe, commended the Governor for fulfilling his campaign promise to the people and they pledged continued support for his administration.
They added that since 1999, the people had been neglected by successive administrations.
The Speaker, Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr. Somtochukwu Udeze, explained that the roads were completed in record time.
The Governor later stopped over to inspect the level of work at the General Hospital in Okpoko, already installed street lights, pipe borne water, assuring the people of a liveable and prosperous homeland.
EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU
