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Okezie Ikpeazu: I have delivered more than 150 roads in Abia

Abia's governor, Okezie Ikpeazu , claims that in the last seven years, his administration has built the state more than 150 roads to help wi...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief August 27, 2022
Updated August 27, 2022 at 1:21 PM
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Okezie Ikpeazu: I have delivered more than 150 roads in Abia
Abia's governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, claims that in the last seven years, his administration has built the state more than 150 roads to help with socioeconomic growth.

In a state broadcast on Saturday to mark the 31st anniversary of Abia, Ikpeazu made the assertion.

Abia was founded on August 27, 1991, under the control of retired general Ibrahim Babangida's military regime.

The governor referred to the road construction projects as monuments that will stand as a testament to his administration's efforts.

According to Ikpeazu, the roads will also contribute in halting rural-urban drifts.

“We have delivered many pioneering and indelible landmark infrastructural projects across various sectors of Abia.

“A project like the Osisioma Interchange has forever changed the traffic narrative at that junction.

“Other roads we have built around Umuahia are all of immeasurable importance to the continued economic vibrancy of Abia,’’ he said.

Ikpeazu said that 48 roads projects were on-going and efforts were being made to complete them before May 29, 2023.

He said that the state government had evolved a long-term development plan and industrial policy as part of efforts to encourage sustainable development of Abia.

He added that the state government had introduced programmes that improved primary school enrolment from an initial 150,000 in 2015 to about 700,000 in 2022.

The governor lamented, however, that his administration faced challenges, especially in the area of security and management of workers payroll, wage bill, pensions and other emoluments, adding that efforts were being made to resolve the issues.

Ikpeazu charged the people of Abia to participate in the 2023 general elections with decorum and respect for the unity of the state.

He said security agencies had been put on high alert to ensure that the peace and unity of the state was not jeopardised in the name of politicking and electioneering.

“There can never be meaningful development in an atmosphere of rancour and strife.

“We must remember that we have no other place to call home than Abia. We will not set our own home ablaze to spite our brethren.

“Nobody’s ambition is worth the disruption of the peace of Abia and we will work with security agencies to enforce this,’’ he said.

Ikpeazu also called for the support and cooperation of the people of Abia to make the state an investors’ haven in the days ahead.
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