The governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, has said the whooping sum of 771 million was spent for payment of compensation to owners of 130 structures marked for demolition to enable the expansion of Okpara Square Ossah road in the state.
Recall that the 3.5 kilometers road was awarded to the Craneburg Construction Company to expand from four lanes to six lanes last week Wednesday.
Otti made this known on Saturday, during the median edition of his monthly media interaction with the residents in Umuahia, the state capital.
He pointed out that the decision to expand the road to six lanes was to unlock the economic potential of the state capital as well as open up the city to greater economic opportunities
Otti added that three other roads have been awarded to contractors in Aba, the commercial hub of the state in addition to eleven roads already awarded and three commissioned since inception of his administration.
He said, “Penco Avenue, Omuma Road and another around Clifford Road, resources are scarce, Port Harcourt road is not forgotten, the road requires a lot of design and in the next few weeks you will see what will happen.
“With the little resources the state gets, our government will improve on infrastructure as much as we can, and our people will continue to see the changes in the coming weeks.
“Our government is making efforts to ensure that our people have adequate security with the procurement of Hilux vehicles and engagement of various security agencies in the team code-named “Operation Flush.”
He stated that criticisms from the opposition political parties are welcome while noting that the residents are wiser, judging from what his administration has offered in the past four months.
He pointed out that the decision to expand the road to six lanes was to unlock the economic potential of the state capital as well as open up the city to greater economic opportunities
Otti added that three other roads have been awarded to contractors in Aba, the commercial hub of the state in addition to eleven roads already awarded and three commissioned since inception of his administration.
He said, “Penco Avenue, Omuma Road and another around Clifford Road, resources are scarce, Port Harcourt road is not forgotten, the road requires a lot of design and in the next few weeks you will see what will happen.
“With the little resources the state gets, our government will improve on infrastructure as much as we can, and our people will continue to see the changes in the coming weeks.
“Our government is making efforts to ensure that our people have adequate security with the procurement of Hilux vehicles and engagement of various security agencies in the team code-named “Operation Flush.”
He stated that criticisms from the opposition political parties are welcome while noting that the residents are wiser, judging from what his administration has offered in the past four months.
