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The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has emphasized the need for close supervision of ongoing projects to deliver quality roads to Nigerians.
He said government at all levels must come up with strategic action plans to tackle Nigeria’s inherited accumulation of road infrastructure challenges for a prosperous nation.
Umahi made the remark when he visited some of the federal government’s ongoing road projects on the Aba axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, which Arab Contractors Nigeria Ltd handles.
In a release by his Special Advisor on Media, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi, who the Governor of Abia State received, Dr. Alex Otti, appreciated the synergy between the state government and the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Umahi noted that the synergy had resulted in the major road infrastructure facelift in the state just as he lauded the governor’s decision to prioritise road infrastructure development among his strategic development programmes.
He added that this was key to enhance commercial activities, which is a catalyst for local economic growth, and a precursor to self-actualisation by the enterprising people of Abia State.
Umuahia also commended the Governor for his sense of purpose and power of supervision, which have made a difference in his state’s infrastructure development history.
Umahia said, “Governor Otti has, through the help of the president, made a lot of improvements in the state’s road infrastructure, especially Port Harcourt to Enugu Road. He is always on that road, supervising and inviting me. So, we have gone around some of his projects. And I can assure you, as an engineer, that this man is God sent. With the volume of work and the quality of work he is doing, I can say only God brought him at a time like this. I say to him, if you had this in the past 12 years, Abia would not have been the same. But you know, the Bible says that he makes all things beautiful at the time of God.”
On his part, the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the progress made in rehabilitation of the Enugu—Port Harcourt Expressway while describing the minister’s efforts in supervising progress of work as motivated by passion and determination to revolutionise road infrastructure development and realise the president’s vision of national economic growth and sustainable prosperity.
Meanwhile, some of the federal road projects visited by the Minister include the Rehabilitation of Enugu – Port-Harcourt Expressway Section III: Enugu-Lokpanta, Enugu State, and the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway, Section II: Umuahia Tower-Aba Township Rail/Road Crossing in Abia State.
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