Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, announced that the state government would intervene in the rehabilitation of some erosion-devastated federal road projects in Ezeagu local government area of the state to save the people from harrowing experience they have passed through since 2013.
Governor Ugwuanyi said the state would intervene through the options of meeting with the federal government on the issue of funding or embarking on remedial work during the dry season, among others.
Governor Ugwuanyi gave the assurance when he visited Obinofia Community, in Ezeagu LGA for the inspection of the erosion-ravaged federal road project (Ozoechine Road) which was abandoned for lack of funding.
The governor, accompanied by a team of engineers from the Highways Department of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, led by the Chief Engineer, Engr. S.T. Oluwadun, and the State Project Manager of Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), Barr. Vincent Obetta, was informed by Engr. Oluwadun that the road was being constructed by the federal government since 2013 but was abandoned because of lack of funding.
On his part, the State NEWMAP Project Manager, Barr. Obetta, disclosed that Gov. Ugwuanyi had on March 16, 2019, commissioned the agency to assess the road with engineering experts, adding that they realized, after scooping of the road, that it was a federal project under the Exclusive List of the Federal Government.
But Governor Ugwuanyi, who asked the people of the community to mention their most pressing need, approved the sum of N5 million for equipping the community’s maternity hospital after the people called his attention to it.
Gov. Ugwuanyi was received by the Chairman of Ezeagu LGA, Hon. Chukwudi Ani and jubilant sons and daughters of Obinofia, including the clergy, traditional ruler, President General of the Town Union, and the immediate past Council Chairman, Hon. Fred Chukwudi Ezinwa, who all expressed their deep gratitude to the governor for coming to the rescue of the people of the community.
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