Governor Soludo
By Alphonsus Nweze, Onitsha
The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo has been urged to immediately revoke the contract for the ongoing construction work at Zik Avenue in Fegge, Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Onitsha South Elders’ Forum (OSEF) in a statement to newsmen in Onitsha after they inspected the construction work weekend.
They said the contracting firm handling the work was using substandard materials which will make the road fail in no distant time when completed.
Investigation, according the group revealed that the butimen and asphalt used were of low quality.
In the statement signed by the chairman of the group, Dede Uzor A Uzor, they called on the Governor to direct the contractor to do a standard job or have the contract revoked if the contractor fails to carry out his directive.
The group recalled that Governor Soludo had revoked the construction work at Niger Street to Main Market when the contractor was said to have become so slow and was using substandard materials.
“Now work is progressing on the road.They have laid the concrete base. And work on the pedestrian area is equally progressing. So, if the contractor handling the Zik Avenue refuses to do a good job, His Excellency should not hesitate to revoke the job” the group said.
They however lauded the Governor for awarding contracts for the reconstruction of major roads in Onitsha South especially in Fegge, saying that no Governor in the past had remembered Fegge in this manner.
Some of the roads under construction in Fegge are Niger Street, Porthacourt Road, Miss Elems, Creek Road.
They noted that contractors handling these other roads were trying, hoping that they would continue to maintain the standard or even improve upon it.
The group urged the Governor to award other important roads in the area in the second phase of his contract awards.
They mentioned the roads which need attention as Uga Street, Mbonu Ojike, Creek Road by Bida Road, Arondizuogu among others.
We plead with the governor to use this opportunity to install gates in different strategic entrance leading to Fegge.
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