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Enugu govt rehabilitates intractable Etudo/Awkunanaw street

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The Enugu State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, in step with the directives of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has carried out the rehabilitation of the favored Etudo/Awkunanaw Road, Achara Structure, Enugu South Native Authorities Space, which was hitherto in a deplorable state.

Gov. Ugwuanyi had paid an unscheduled go to to the Etudo/Awkunanaw Road, about six weeks in the past, previous to the rehabilitation of the highway, to establish its true state for speedy intervention, and consequently directed the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, to start procurement for its reconstruction and rehabilitation.

Talking throughout the governor’s go to, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Greg Nnaji, disclosed that the highway was captured within the 2021 funds deliverables as one of many particular intervention initiatives for pressing consideration due to its socio-economic significance to residents of the world.

Engr. Nnaji, accompanied by the Deputy Chief of the Enugu State Home of Meeting and member representing Enugu South (Rural) Constituency, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Data, Barr. Steve Oruruo, defined that the governor’s go to was in furtherance of his tour of challenge websites to make sure that the deliverables within the 2021 funds had been met.

Addressing newsmen when he inspected the final lap of the highway rehabilitation, on Monday, the Works Commissioner stated that “this highway is being accomplished in step with the governor’s directives and dedication to the wellbeing of the individuals of Enugu State in addition to his administration’s start-to-finish coverage”.

Engr. Nnaji added that different remedial works might be carried throughout different adjoining streets of Awkunanaw Road, stressing that he was on the website with the Honourable Members representing, Enugu South Rural and City constituencies, Rt. Hon. Onyinye Ugwu (Deputy Chief of the Home) and Hon. Sam Ngene respectively and the governor’s Particular Adviser on Data, Barr. Steve Oruruo, to make sure that due diligence and the usual specification had been adopted to the letter.

“That is in step with His Excellency’s coverage on supply of infrastructural initiatives in Enugu State, well timed completion generally known as start-to-finish coverage which signifies that when a challenge is began, it have to be completed on a file time”.

Additionally talking, Barr. Oruruo identified that “that is the newest within the collection of interventions by the state authorities, being marshaled by our proactive Governor of Enugu State by way of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure.”

Noting that the highway was “an important challenge that touches the socio-economic lives of the unusual individuals within the society, the Governor’s aide stated: “You may attest to the proficiency and dexterity by which the job has been dispatched underneath six weeks according to the ideology of the governor to mitigate the struggling of the lots”.

On her half, the Deputy Leader of the House, Rt. Hon. Ugwu, thanked Gov. Ugwuanyi for his swift intervention within the highway which she stated was uncared for by earlier administrations for many years.

Hon. Ngene who was represented by Comrade Ugochukwu Nnaji, additionally expressed gratitude to the governor for rehabilitating the highway which he stated was throughout the ambit of his constituency.

He maintained that the individuals of the world are delighted that the hitherto deplorable highway has been reconstructed for straightforward entry, saying: “We’re joyful at present; His Excellency is a promise keeper and has the power to actualize initiatives inside a restricted time”.

Appreciating Gov. Ugwuanyi for sticking to due diligence and customary specification in highway development and different infrastructural developments, the Contractor dealing with the challenge, Ndubuisi Menakaya, equally applauded him for his dedication in the direction of paying contractors for licensed works accomplished.

He revealed that “a variety of drawback in Nigeria about failed and uncompleted projects is because certified works usually are not paid in some states however in Enugu State, His Excellency, the governor at all times pays his licensed works on time”.