Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said that the overriding goal of his administration was to turn every community in the state into a safe and secured investment destination with suitable supporting infrastructure. Otti stated this in Nunya, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state while flagging off the construction of 11.5Km Nunya-Eluama-Isuikwuato Road.
Otti, while flagging off the project at the Nunya Junction along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, said the road, upon completion, would provide support for farmers in the area to evacuate their farm produce.
He said that the road was important to the social and economic growth of the people, disclosing that the road would be completed within one year.
The governor also disclosed that the choice of China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) Limited for the project was based on competence and ability to deliver in record time.
“I am particularly happy because I know the importance of this stretch of road to the various economic and social groups who in about 12 months when this project is billed to be completed will spend less to move their agricultural produce to the urban centres for better returns. “This project links into our general strategy of opening up our rural communities for greater prosperity through quicker access to urban markets and increased investments which ultimately would yield massive employment opportunities for thousands of our young people.
“As I mentioned last week when we flagged off the reconstruction of the Arochukwu-Ndiokereke-Ozuabam road, our over-riding goal is to turn every community in the state to a safe and secured investment destination with suitable supporting infrastructure.
“This project links into our general strategy of opening up our rural communities for greater prosperity through quicker access to urban markets and increased investments which ultimately would yield massive employment opportunities for thousands of our young people,” he said.
Otti equally assured that all the road projects going on across the state would be completed in record time. “We are very strategic in our approach. First, let me announce that all our road projects are proceeding as scheduled and would be delivered and commissioned as such, rather than delay, we are actually getting signals that many of the road projects would be completed in much earlier time than scheduled,” he said.
Also speaking, the Member representing Isuikwuato State Constituency at the State House of Assembly, Lucky Udoka Johnson and the Mayor of Isuikwuato LGA, Air Vice Marshall Chinwendu Onyike (Rtd) expressed their joy that the road, which had been long abandoned, was being reconstructed by Governor Alex Otti, and assured of their maximum support to the governor to enable him achieve his goal in the governance of the state.
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