The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has described the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway as part of the Federal Government’s priority projects.
Umahi said this on Sunday while addressing newsmen after inspecting the Aba section of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Port Harcourt Road, Aba and other federal roads undergoing rehabilitation in Aba and its environs.
He commended President Bola Tinubu for his commitment to the completion of the project.
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He said: “First is to commend the President very highly because this project is part of the priority projects.
“We have so many projects ongoing but the interest that the governor of Abia has shown; he has met with the president several times, it puts us on our toes.
“That is why we prioritised the project and it is quite very commendable.”
The minister also said that the road had four sections, with two sections falling within Abia, which are the remaining sections.
He said that the Port Harcourt to Aba section was being done by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation.
He also said that an average of about seven kilometers of the road within the Aba axis was being done by another contractor.
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Umahi commended the Abia Government for its efforts in rehabilitating the Port Harcourt Road, Aba and the choice of the contractor handling the project.
He said: “I have also witnessed the roads. Incidentally, I was told it is a federal road, the famous Port Harcourt Road.
”I want to say that I watch the social media and Abia broke record when Julius Berger was off loading its equipment.”
He said that as a young engineer, he worked as the project engineer for the Ndiegoro Flood Control project in Aba “and, unfortunately, the city has not witnessed significant development”.
Umahi expressed the confidence that the rebuilding agenda of the Gov. Alex Otti’s administration would greatly transform Aba and the entire state.
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