Ebonyi State government says Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has completed a total of 29 roads while 20 others are at various stages of completion across the State within one year and six months.
The State Commissioner for Works, Engr Stanley Lebechi Mbam who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abakaliki, explained that the aforementioned roads are the ones under works ministry alone.
According to the Commissioner, there are other infrastructure projects including roads across the State being handled by other line Ministries such as Infrastructure for Concessions; Housing and Urban Development, among others.
He specifically mentioned that Governor Nwifuru’s administration is constructing 2km roads in each of the autonomous communities across the State.
This was even as Mbam noted that Governor Nwifuru has initiated other numerous life touching projects across the State, that are at different stages of completion and chided those who criticize government without facts to have a rethink.
He listed some of the completed and ongoing roads to include:1.2km mile 50 new layout internal road, Abakaliki, 2.1km main water works road with spurs, Ishielu, 7.23km section 2 Iziogo-Ndiokeda pipe production company road, 10km Ezillo -Ezzagu road, 11. 823km Oferekpe Agbaja internal road, 10.180km Obvudechi road, 12.239km Okposi-Ojigwe road, among others.
Engr Mbam further disclosed that the state government would soon commence the 2nd phase of rehabilitation of internal roads across the capital city.
Speaking on the alleged slow pace of work at the ongoing Vanco junction flyover, Mbam urged the people to be patient as the project was progressing according to specification.
He assured that the flyover project would be completed within 18 months in line with the project timeline.
“Works are going on at vanco junction. The potholes that are there is as a result of the construction ongoing there.
“You don’t expect a road that is under construction to be made comfortable before its completion.
“Let me use this opportunity to inform the general public that by Wednesday this week, we are going to divert vanco road.
“The road users will not be making use of that road anymore because we are introducing next stage of work there and that is the tunnel and we are going to start excavation from the design on the already existing road.
“So, we are going to let the public know about it and the announcement will soon start so that road users will begin to use other roads that are not close to that vanco junction to get to their destinations”, he said.
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