Activist Exposes Silent Infrastructure Revolution Under Gov. Soludo
Some residents of Anambra have commended Gov. Chukwuma Soludo for the infrastructure revolution going on under his administration.
The residents expressed their admiration when an Activist, Mr Osita Obi took some journalists on a tour of some completed and ongoing projects in the state on Friday.
Osita Obi is the Convener of Recover Nigeria Project, a Civil Society and Pressure Group.
The projects visited were the completed Amansea-Ndiukwuenu-Awa-Ufuma road measuring about 23km and Anansea-Ebenebe-Ugbenu-Awba Ofemili road measuring about 26km, the Government House/Lodge, Ifite road link bridge, Ekwueme Square and Solution Fun City.
The Amansea-Ndiukwuenu-Awa-Ufuma road has now reduced travel time between Awka and Umunze through Nibo-Awgbu-Amaokpala-Oko from 2h:30 hrs to about 35 mins while the communities on the route are opening up to development.
Some residents of Awba-Ofemili in Awka North Local Government Area, the termination point of the Anansea-Ebenebe-Ugbenu-Awba Ofemili road described Soludo as Godsend.
The people of the agrarian community said life was terrible before the road was constructed.
Mr Ambrose Nweke
said the community was far away from modern civilisation as the road leading to it was impossible.
According to him, we will vote Sudo 10 times if he stands for election 10 times, this road has brought life and light to us.
Also speaking, Chinedu Orekie, a community leader said the access road was not done because of their effort as a people but for the benevolence of Prof Soludo.
According to Orekie, a lot has happened in this community since this road was completed, development has come in, our land has appreciated tremendously and people are coming in.
“I am 47 years old now, this is the first time I am seeing a tarred road in Awba Ofemili, We thank the governor for this, he has promised to link this road to other communities around us,” he said.
The team also visited the ongoing Ifite road flyover across the Awka-Enugu expressway.
The project will connect the traffic from Nibo, Amawbia, Eke Awka, and Agu through Zik Avenue to Ifite and divert unnecessary traffick from the popular Aromma Junction.
The massive Anambra Government House/Lodge which has been abandoned for over 20 years is another wonder in waiting.
The project, sitting on 23 hectres of land, promises to be one of the biggest and best government houses in Nigeria.
It houses an executive council chambers, presidential lodge for diplomatic guests, banquets hall, a chaplaincy, governor’s lodge, green area with over 3.2 km of internal roads and well paved flood channels.
It is worthy to note that the site of the Government House/Lodge is part of a reclaimed gully erosion site because it sits at the lowest point in Awka with high susceptibility to flood and erosion.
When completed, Soludo would have succeeded in giving Anambra a befitting and permanent governance edifice that will not only her proud but enhance efficient service delivery in the public sector
The Alex Ekwueme Square, the outdoor state event centre is not spared of the infrastructure transformation going on under Soludo.
The arena is undergoing massive remodeling with conversion of one of the pavilion to a state-of-the-art state box, refurbishing of another as well as the construction of a new one.
According to an engineer on site, the project is nearing completion and would soon be handed over to the people of Anambra.
The Solution Fun City within the premises of Old Awka Township Stadium which will have a Water Park and other leisure facilities will be the most preferred tourism destination when completed.
Speaking to journalists, Osita Obi, a good governance advocate said he initiated the project tour to confirm some of the claims himself and communicate his findings to the masses.
Obi said he was overwhelmed with what he saw, and pleaded with people of Anambra to give Gov. Soludo more time to drive his ‘vision of radical transformation’.
We must not disrupt this progress, Anambra is on the part to sustainable, development,
