Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has given assurances of rehabilitating failed federal roads and constructing new ones in the state, to alleviate the suffering of the masses.
Governor Soludo gave the promise when he flagged-off road construction of Ogidi flood section of Awka-Onitsha Old Road.
According to the Governor, most Federal roads in the state are in life threatening horrifying situation, saying that while constructing new roads, his administration will continue to rehabilitate failed ones as they wait for the federal government to intervene in the long term issues.
He recalled that through a few savings by his government, they have been able to do the federal road at Isuigbo, boundary between Enugu and Anambra which has been fixed, the fixed portion opposite Chisco park, promising to continue making such emergency interventions.
The Commissioner for Works, Engr. Ifeanyi Okoma who recalled that it is the first project the Governor will flag-off after his inauguration, saying that the perennial flood in the axis is not only peculiar to Ogidi, but the entire state.
Traditional Ruler of Ogidi, Igwe Alex Onyido and a host of notable Ogidi indigenes and beyond, attended the event.
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