Otti inspects road projects in Aba, assures on their quick completion
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on Port Harcourt Road and other road projects currently going on in Aba, assuring that some of the roads would be commissioned soon.
Governor Otti made the promise while addressing a mammoth crowd of enthusiastic residents who trooped out to receive him during the road inspection to ascertain the progress of work on the projects.
Addressing the crowd which chanted solidarity songs in his honour, the Governor assured that Omuma Road, which he said will be dualised, would link the Old Express Road, Cemetery and Osusu roads, adding that once the relocation of the electricity line was completed, work on the road would progress.
The Governor urged Aba people to cooperate with the contractors to enable them to complete the job on record time, as well as to imbibe good sanitary habits.
“We will like to assure you that very very soon, all these roads will be commissioned for use.The contractor has also told me that you people have been very kind to them, giving them water, giving them drinks and some of you are cooking and bringing to them.This is the way it should be. If you cooperate with government, government will cooperate with you.
“So, one more thing I will like to plead with our people, because this road has been in disuse for a long time, people have been used to littering everywhere. I want to appeal to you in advance because as we complete these roads, we are not going to tolerate people littering it with rubbish. So we are providing bins for households so you will have somewhere to drop your litter and then we will come twice in a day to cart them away,” Otti said.
At Ndoki Road, the Governor promised that the road would be completed before the end of this year.
According to him, there would be a marked difference on the road before this year’s rainy season sets in.
Dr Otti said reconstruction of the road would extended to Good Morning market and connect the the Old Court and other adjourning streets.
He disclosed that Ndoki Road, in addition to a number of other roads in Aba, was being handled through direct labour by the Abia State Ministry of Works and enjoined investors to make haste to invest in Aba to enhance their economic fortunes.
The Governor who also inspected the Port Harcourt Road, Aba, and Old Court by Ngwa Road.
A release by Government House Press Unit stated that Governor Otti was accompanied to the inspection by the Commissioner for Works, Engr.Otumchere Otti and was conducted round the sites by contractors handling the various road projects.
