Eke Town Union Executives Visit Damaged Road In Eke During Familiarization Tour
Eke Town Union Executives Visit Damaged Road In Eke During Familiarization Tour
The Eke Town Union Caretaker Committee led by Ozo Prof. Chinedu R. Aguba has visited the damaged portion of road in Eke, along Ama – Eke – Oghe – Iwollo – Olo – Umulokpa road.
Speaking during the visit at the site, the chairman Eke Town Union Caretaker Committee, Ozo Prof. Chinedu Aguba commended the executive governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah for reconstructing the once dilapidated road leading to communities where food production is high. He thanked the governor for restoring the hopes of the people who once felt abandoned.
Appealing to the state government, Prof. Aguba called on Barr. Peter Mbah to hasten up the contractors to return to the site, to fix the road to avoid casualties, he sited that “maintaining the restored hope of the people should be sacrosanct.
Prof. Aguba also called on government officials in the national Assembly, state Assembly, local government, and well spirited individuals to support the government in restoring the hopes of the people.
In his own remark, the secretary, caretaker committee Eke Town Union, Prof. Obiora Anichebe called on the state government and relevant authorities to hurry to the site to forestall impending dangers erupting from the damaged road, he also lamented on the bad state of the new diversion route, through Enugu Eke, he said that being the only diversion, the road is being subjected to overuse, heavy duty trucks fully loaded with goods, thereby causing damage on the road.
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A security personnel who spoke on anonymity disclosed that several crashes had occured on the bad road, recent was a Lexus 350 Jeep that ran through another pit beside the erosion damage, he said the vehicle ran through the pit and stopped at Eke Junction, he said that there would have been more casualties if people were around the arena.
Others who made related comments include; Mr. Augustine Ugwu; member, Mr. Ben Ude; member, Hon. Anthony Ozoagu; member.
Recall that the road was reconstructed by Gov. Peter Mbah, the reconstruction which commenced after a loud flag off ceremony at Eke Junction. The reconstruction restored the hopes of the actual users of the road. The flag off tagged the construction of the 44.8km Ama – Eke – Oghe – Iwollo – Olo – Umulokpa road traversing the Udi, Ezeagu and Uzo Uwani local government areas and also with a spur from Akama Oghe to Aguobuowa, the intention was to reopen the economic corridors of the state, according to Gov. Peter Mbah.
Performing the groundbreaking at Eke, Udi LGA, on Tuesday 29th October, 2024, Mbah stressed that the flag-off was also a symbolic event for the numerous other roads awarded in Enugu West Senatorial District, noting that beyond Umulokpa, his administration had equally awarded the contract to make it possible for the people to travel seamlessly from Adani and connect to Nsukka.
The broken road has cut Udi Local Government Area from Ezeagu local government area and other communities that share common interests, it has also caused crashes and cut off water supply to Eke, as the pipes supplying water which was passed under the road has been destroyed by water.
Other highlights of the tour includes, hand over ceremony, visitation to churches, homes and villages in Eke.
