The project commissioning galore of the Dr Alex Otti-led administration to mark the third year anniversary has continued with the 22.5 newly reconstructed Umuahia -Uzuakoli -Abiriba -Ohafia road section 3 named after a prominent Son of Abiriba Kingdom Late Chief Otusi Kalu and others.
Other roads commissioned in Abia North include the newly reconstructed 7-kilometer Abiriba Ring Road, the 2.35 kilometre Obilohia -Amune -Ovim Umuakwu road, Isuikwuato, the Nunya -Eluama road, Isuikwuato, the Chris Uche Road, Igbere, newly constructed Internal roads in the NYSC Orientation Camp, Umunna Bende and the Eluoma road Uzuakoli.
Speaking at the Abiriba junction while Commissioning the 22.5 kilometre Umuahia -Uzuakoli-Abiriba-Ohafia road section 3, Governor Otti noted that the sections and 2 of the road named after Late Professor Joe Irukwu were commissioned last year by a former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
The Governor said he decided to name the section 3 of the road after Late Chief Otusi Kalu as one of the pillars of the movement, describing him as a man whose ingenuity in physics overshadowed his name.
He commended the China Civil Engineering Construction Company Limited (CCECC) for completing the road to required specifications and for bringing to his attention the underground situation that delayed the earlier delivery time.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Works,Mr Otumchere Oti noted that the section 3 of the Umuahia- Uzuakoli -Abiriba -Ohafia road would have been completed alongside sections 1 and 2 last year if not for the underground situation noticed by the contractor, pointing out that the road is now completed and ready for public use.
Speaking at the Commissioning of the 2.35 kilometre Obilohia -Amune -Ovim Umuakwu road Isuikwuato, the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development Dr Uche Ogah and a former military Governor of Old Imo state, Retired General Ike Nwachukwu said Governor Otti’s project -driven leadership has redefined Governance, assuring that he has through his projects secured second term in office.
Speaking in Igbere,a stakeholder and Bende federal House of Representatives hopeful,Dr Chima Anyaso while appreciating Governor Otti for his eventful 3 years in office ,added that the Umunna Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Center when completed will create jobs,save lives and give the entire Abia North a sense of belonging in health related matters.
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Engineer Dave Umahi, the deputy Governor Chief Ikechukwu Emetu and host of other government functionaries joined the Governor to the road Commissioning.
