Govt, LG Partner On Road Rehabilitation

Chairman, Igbo-Eze North Local Government, Hon Chijioke Ugwu has said efforts were on by the council to partner with the state government on rehabilitating bad rural roads in the area.

Noting that the state of dilapidation of the roads have made transportation difficult for the rural dwellers in the area health centres, Ugwu said his administration was determined to ensure that the problem is addressed by partnering with the state government.

He disclosed that the road rehabilitation would be in line with the ongoing road reconstruction in the state capital being embarked upon by Governor Sullivan Chime.

Ugwu who spoke with THISDAY shortly after the commissioning of projects executed by his council said a number of community roads requiring urgent attention has been identified and would soon be tackled.

"We are also proposing to construct the border road between Igboeze South and North which hopefully I intend to seek the assistance and partnership of the state government, and if possible not just grading the road but asphalting it so as to make it more solid", health centres he said.

Chime had during the commissioning of the projects in the local government charged council chairmen to always make the state government's 4-point agenda their guiding principles.

The governor who was represented on the occasion by the Commissioner for Local Government , Prof Frank Asogwa on the commissioning ceremony expressed satisfaction with what he saw on the ground in the local government.

He however charged the council chairman to keep the flag flying, adding that council chairmen have no excuse not to perform since they have been receiving their federal government monthly statutory allocations untouched.

Among the projects commissioned by the governor were newly constructed and renovated health centres, primary school classroom blocks and electricity projects.

Chime reiterated the commitment of his administration towards transforming the entire state including the rural areas health centres.

Ugwu attributed his achievements since assuming office as a result of non interference of the state government with their monthly federal statutory allocations.