Bad roads: Abia House of Assembly begs FG for urgent intervention
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News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the call was part of the resolutions taken during Tuesday’s plenary session of the house, presided over by its Speaker, Mr Chinedum Orji.
The house listed the dilapidated roads in the state to include the Umuahia-Ikwuano Road, Umuahia-Bende Road and Ohafia-Arochukwu Road, among others.
The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Mr Stanley Nwabuis, representing Ikwuano State Constituency.
He regretted that the road, which serves as a major economic access point linking the state to Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Cross River, had completely collapsed.
He said that the poor road condition posed a serious challenge to evacuation of farm produce from the area.
He said that the federal government in May approved N13.2 billion for the reconstruction of the road but regretted that work had yet to commence on the project.
Nwabuisi acknowledged the efforts of Rep. Sam Onuigbo, representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Consitiuency, toward the reconstruction of the road.
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