Member representing
Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West federal constituency of Imo State, Hon. Goodluck
Opiah, has cried out over the non inclusion of railway lines currently being
reviewed by the federal government.
The lawmaker explained that the
federal government was reviewing railway infrastructure across the federation
to make railways transportation viable, but had excluded that of the Southeast.
He lamented the continued
marginalisation of the South East by the Federal government of Nigeria, adding
that the people have virtually been left behind.
“If you go to the South East, every
federal government infrastructure is in decay. The Airport, the Seaport and
even the railway that is in constant review now did not capture South East,” he
noted.
He further expressed concern that
the two oil producing States in the South East neither have oil based
industries nor have oil headquarters cited for the people to have a sense of
belonging.
According to him, the current
administration was deliberately paying deaf ears to the plight of the people,
wondering how such infrastructure were located in some states in the North,
where there were no raw materials.
“You cannot find an oil base in
the South East or a refinery cited in Abia or Imo which are among the oil
producing States,” he explained.
He pointed out that government
could fix infrastructure in the region and run an all inclusive administration
as a way of checkmating agitations in the zone.
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That's Apc for you. One sided government
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