The Anambra government claims to be taking a comprehensive approach to road infrastructure development in the state.
The Commissioner for Works, Mr Ifeanyi Okoma, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka.
According to Okoma, the government awarded a contract for 148 kilometres of road with no regard for rural, semi-urban, or urban status.
He stated that the contractors had been mobilised to the extent of 50% and would proceed to their various sites as soon as the rains stopped.
He said the designs of the roads were of high quality and that the contractors would guarantee them for 20 years.
Soludo Wants A National Solution To Flooding
Okoma regretted that the ongoing flood had impeded the progress of work on the urban renewal project around Onitsha and Ogbaru areas, which had been largely submerged by flood.
“We are barely seven months in office and so far we have awarded contact for about 148 kilometres of road across the state, and the contractors have been substantially mobilized by about 50 percent, which has not happened recently.
“We believe that in six months’ time, we must have started seeing the effects.
“Again, flood is another challenge, seven out 21 Local Government Areas are affected and you cannot build where there is flood,” he said.
Okoma said the governor is doing a lot in the face of paucity of funds, which affected federal allocation from Abuja.
He said whatever fund is available will be distributed evenly to connect communities, especially those that had no tarred roads or had been cut off.
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