Ex-lawmaker hails APC, Tinubu for reconstructing South-East road bombed during civil war

A former member of the House of Representatives, Sam Onuigbo, on Tuesday in Abuja, commended President Bola Tinubu for the reconstruction of the critical Achingali-Udo-na-Obizi-Umuwawa-Ubakala road.
The road linking major communities in Imo and Abia states is important in the agricultural and commercial activities in the region.
The bridge linking the roads on the Imo River was destroyed by a bomb dropped on December 25, 1969, during the civil war.
Mr Onuigbo represented Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and presently represents the South-East on the Board of the North-East Development Commission.
Mr Onuigbo said it was gladdening that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government was keenly interested in reconstructing the road more than five decades after its destruction.
Mr Onuigbo said the move was an indication that APC was not selective in the infrastructure development of the country as being perceived in some quarters.
He said, “For decades after the war, the road was not reconstructed, and it is being reconstructed under this administration. President Bola Tinubu has shown extra interest in the project.
It is a step in the right direction because the road is one of the most important roads in the South-East.’’
He noted that it was also interesting that the APC-led federal government was constructing a federal secretariat complex in Abia, following the failure of previous administrations to do so.
“You can see that 34 years after Abia was created, the construction of a Federal Secretariat Complex is commencing under this administration as funds and efforts for its take-off have intensified,” he said.
The journey for a federal secretariat complex in Abia started on October 23, 2019. As a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Housing, Mr Onuigbo raised the issue among the lawmakers.
(NAN)
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