Tinubu Committed to Fast-Tracking South-East Road Projects, Says Minister

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Friday affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s resolve to swiftly complete major infrastructure projects in the South-East to improve connectivity and drive economic growth. 

Speaking during an inspection of the ongoing construction of the 88-kilometer Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja Federal Road, Idris highlighted the project as a key part of Tinubu’s development agenda for the region.

“As a matter of fact, we want to ensure connectivity, especially in the Southeastern Region. President Tinubu is delivering the dividends of democracy to people of the Southeastern part of the country.

“He is working hard to ensure that the people of the Southeast are not left behind in his march towards ensuring that there is massive infrastructural development across Nigeria. This is just one of it.

“We have seen it yesterday. We saw what happened in Enugu State. We saw the massive flyover of about 350 metres.

“We saw all the roads in Enugu. Now we are beginning to see what is happening in the neighbouring states. Subsequently, We will go to other parts of the Southeast to see what is also happening.

“What is important is to indicate that President Tinubu will ensure timely completion of all these massive projects, especially in the Southeastern part of the country,” Idris reiterated.

Also speaking, the site engineer handling the project, Mr Wasiu Femi, said the activities involved massive earthworks, but due to the incessant rains, not much work could be done until after the rainy season.

“They are doing concrete works now and a little bit of work on the carriageway, but they cannot do much on earthworks now until the rains go.

“However,  we moved to the paving with the stone base, which falls within the aggregate envelope. Now, we are waiting for the moisture content to be at the optimal level. Then when we run our institute test, we start with our rigid pavement.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister and his team started the project tour and citizens engagement on Thursday with a visit to Enugu State Governor, Mr Peter Mbah.

NAN