It's no gainsaying that many bad and unnavigable roads in Aba have so far been reworked and the city is gradually (albeit slowly) coming off from the slum city that it was.
I was in Aba last month to visit a cousin, and to be frank, I was surprised to see so many unchartable roads before now become better than it was. Also, I give it FG for commencing the Enugu - Port Harcourt Road at the Aba section.That road is really changing the landscape in Aba.
I just hope the incoming government get to take the army out of those roads with their unnecessary roadblocks.
As we can see, planting trees and greeneries in our environment helps to make it look better!
WOw. Nice one, I will advise the developers to ensure the allottees start building in their alloted space to encourage people to buy into the second phse of the project.
Anambra is going to grow rapidly this I forsee, but the only proble that may affect this is IPOB and thier wanton destruction of life and prpoperties.
MasterJayJay: I reiterate, are you okay? It is not government property. Our family have 3 shops in Aline. It is not government property. It belongs to traders. You have no clue about Ariaria market.
You asslickers just use phone to post nonsense.
You dey talk like clown, so traders just came together and built a market in a free land and owned it?
Hotfreeze: This one said Ikpeazu is the best Governor Abia has produced. Imagine this level of mental poverty. Well, Ikpeazu knows you guys will swallow any poo thrown at you, that's why he bought iron beds for your isolation centre during Covid. That's why he was justifying giving your mothers 500 Naira for childbirth. If Ikpeazu is the best Governor Abia has produced, Abia is cursed.
Among the others, he is the best. Stop sounding as if you know Abia more than people that lives there and from there.
My mum is from ABia so I know what I am saying. He did more projecs and critical infrastructures than the othes. THat sti does not mean he is the best that ABia will ever have. We mean compared to others he perfomed beter. He has his shortcommings, but he is definetely not the worse
[quote author=MasterJayJay post=116265161][/quote]Person go think say u get sense dem no go know say na mumu u be. So this shows that the whole Ariaria is a swimmin gpool?
Amb1045: Ikpeazu was better than orji kalu and TA orji combined. The only problem he had was lack of social media handlers. He built most roads in ABA.
Sure. That one is fact.
But my problem with him is the mediocrity with his projects.
THe oly project he has initiated that I love is the Enyimba Economic City Project
odduduwa: Wait let me snap the swimming pool near it , there is a beach close to it , you don't need a car to pass but canoe , just wait let me go and snap
Phase renovation of the long-abandoned Ariaria International Market is ongoing
As stated by the commissioner of Information, John Okiyi Kanu.
Note that these pictures were taken this week and the flooded area in the market is within the project site. Other areas of the market are open for business with trading activities going on daily.
Only about 5% of traders were initially displaced as a result of the ongoing remodelling effort because we deliberately decided to do the work in phases. The displaced traders were accommodated in hitherto vacant shops within the same market environment.
Personally, I don't like the design, I think it's mediocre. But then, it's better than what's on the ground and it's a fair start
VoteTinubu2023: Not bad. At least some of the dollars he stole from Anambra state coffers which he stacked in Pandora tax haven is been put to good and commendable use.
Vote Tinubu 2023. Vote APC.
Tinubu built this ; (for those asking)
Lol.
Please read this before you further disgrace yourself
Latakia: Abia is more developed than Anambra. Obi did nothing in Anambra. Ngige even try small while Obiano was the first governor to build street light in the state.
Go and verify.
CLown Anambra has 2 major owns and a city (Onitsha).
PROUDIGBO: Let's showcase some highbrow areas of Port Harcourt with a view to seeing if there are a few takeaways we can use to improve our major cities in the south-east....Enugu, Abakaliki, Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Owerri, Umuahia and Aba.
One thing i've noticed by watching these YouTube clips or Port' is the necessity for our cities to incorporate underground/covered drainages and sidewalks. As well as giving the city a nice and scenic ambience, they also help in eliminating the dumping/gathering of refuse in gutters. Going forward, our cities in the south-east need to incorporate underground drainages and sidewalks in urban development.
Notice also the well maintained greenery and trees.....which Port Harcourt has always been known for, hence earning the tag, Garden City! Besides looking nice, trees help cool down the streets they line as well as help mop up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Owerri and Aba have similar rainforest climates like Port', but what they lack is commitment from their gov'ts to do thr needful. Where you do see greenery in these cities...especially Owerri, they're usually overgrown and lack maintainance. Just check recent clips of Owerri and Aba to see what i'm talking about.
Also, notice how the streets of Port' are swept of sand/sediment/rubbish and marked as well. This shows a presence of gov't and enforcement of sanitation initiatives and rules. Coming over to the south-east, our state capitals are trying a bit in this regard, but any discernable effort tends to concentrate mainly in just small parts of the city.
Also, i noticed there's less clutter and illegal structures on the streets shown in the clips when compared to streets in cities in the south-east. What you see in old GRA, Port Harcourt is well swept and marked roads...then the sidewalks with street/traffic lights....then well trimmed carpet grass....then the perimeter walls of properties! This is how low-density highbrow areas should look like! Only Enugu tries to replicate this in Independence Layout!
Or course, Rivers state has an advantage over states in the south-east in that they have a much larger allocation from the federation account, and only have one city they focus on, while states like Anambra and Abia have three and two respectively! However, states like Anambra have a lot going for them with which they could use to make up for their comparative low position in federal allocation, and this is their wealthy and massive diasporan business, academic and professional class! But even more than this, they have a family spirit that could help pool resources together and drive a common developmental initiative! Rivers doesn't have this family spirit....and even if they do, it's certainly not as strong and cohesive as that of Anambra. Other south-east states, to varying degrees, also have this disapora and cohesiveness which could help drive development in their states, and this is where leadership is key! Governor Soludo is on the right track, but more needs to be done by way of taking advantage of the states massive, wealthy and global diaspora...developing financial tools and schemes that could help pool their resources and efforts together to help drive the states economic agenda.