The Deputy President of the
Senate Chief Ike Ekweremadu, weekend said the people of the South-East were
making serious efforts to recover from the devastating effects of the three
years civil war which ravaged the area.
The lawmaker equally lamented
that successive governments did not help matters as they left the
infrastructures in the zone in the same critical condition.
Ekweremadu spoke while inspecting
federal projects he attracted to Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State.
While thanking the contractors
their expertise in executing the projects, he said, “moments such as this are
our best moments, when we see the transformation of our various communities and
we are satisfied that things are going the way we planned.
“We in the South East suffered
devastation of the war and successive Federal Governments have neglected our
people.
“So, we decided to go to Abuja to
change all that and be able to network with our friends in Government to be
able to address these infrastructural deficits of the people of the South
East.”
Ekweremadu thanked the federal
Government for making available funds to commence the projects, adding that
each time, “we always liaise with our communities to identify projects that are
dearest to them.”
He tasked fellow lawmakers to
always remember that the major focus of representation was the welfare of
constituents.
The Senator used the opportunity
to announce the commencement of a regional project for Udi North, which will
connect eight communities comprising of Umulumgbe, Okpatu/ Ahum/ Ukana/ Egede
etc.
Ekweremadu frowned at situations
where road projects attracted are started midway in the interest of certain
stakeholders and directed that all roads attracted by him in Enugu West
Senatorial District should start from the beginning of the road to the end.
The Senator said that the roads
will open up Economic corridors for the people of the zone, which will
integrate the people the more, and expressed satisfaction with the contractors
handling the various road projects for working according to the specifications
of the contracts.
He said that the Federal Government
had approved the award of contract for the 9th mile/Obollo Affor/ Orokam road,
which he said will turn the area into an economic hub that will attract
enormous economic investment to the area and the entire South East.
Ekweremadu expressed joy on the
level of work at the 15 billion Naira Nkwe/ Ezere/ Awgunta/ Obeagu/Mgbidi/Mmaku
road attracted by him to Enugu West Senatorial District, remarking that the
road was one his greatest accomplishments as a politician.
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