IN 2 YEARS, GOV EMMANUEL HAS CONSTRUCTED MORE ROADS THAN ANY GOVT

– WORKS BOSS

With a total number of One thousand seven hundred (1,700) kilometres of road under construction in Akwa Ibom State, Commissioner for Works; Mr Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, has opined that the Udom Emmanuel led government has surpassed other States of the Federation in this important sector.

According to the Commissioner, the least duration for any road constructed by the Akwa Ibom State government is twenty five (25) years and they are done in accordance with international standards and specifications.

The works boss who made the remark on Tuesday after an on-the-spot assessment of project sites in Uyo, Ikot Ekpene and Etinan Local Government Areas expressed satisfaction on the quality of job done by contractors handling various projects and however gave them marching order to speed up work during the current dry season.

Some of the construction sites visited were; the Nsikak Eduok Avenue in Uyo, where the state government is constructing double cell culverts to take out flood water from Ewet Housing and its environs.

The Commissioner who was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works; Elder Effiong Essien, alongside Engineers from the Ministry also inspected the 3.5 Km Ring Road 2, which begins on Aka Roundabout, crosses Akpa Ube Road, Information Drive and terminates on Abak Road, handled by Qumecs Nigeria Limited, as well as the 6.1Km Atan Offot Road. Others were; the 19.5 Nnung Oku Ikono - Etinan Road as well as the 25km Uyo-Ikot Ekpene road handled by the construction giants; Julius Berger.

Stressing that the present government has made considerable progress in the road sector, Mr Inyang-Eyen explained that Uyo metropolis alone has no fewer than forty five (45) roads located in different areas still under construction.

He expressed happiness that despite the current economic recession where other States were struggling to pay salaries of their workers, Governor Udom Emmanuel was paying workers’ salaries up-to-date including pensioners and was also laying a solid foundation for industrialization through massive infrastructure development in the State.

Revealing that next year will witness what he termed “a harvest of completed roads” to be inaugurated for use by the State governor, the commissioner added that by the time Mr Emmanuel return to office for his mandatory second term, “focus may no longer be in road infrastructure, it will be pure industrialization, because there would be sufficient infrastructure on ground to support whatever level of industrialization of government”.

While pleading for an undiluted support and cooperation from all quarters to the present government, Mr Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, expressed the readiness of the Udom Emmanuel led government to take development to every ward, village and Local Government Area in the State.

Are the indigenes happy with him?

Richard self