Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, has flagged off a flyover project at Osisioma
Ngwa junction on the Enugu- Port Harcourt expressway in Aba.
Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony, the governor stated that the
Osisioma Ngwa interchange was borne out of the need to ease traffic at the
junction to make life easy for the people, stressing that his
administration is determined to rebuild road infrastructure to boost trade
and commerce and growth of SMEs in the state.
Ikpeazu pledged that similar projects would be replicated in the three
senatorial zones of the state, added that the Osisioma Ngwa flyover
project is being funded by a bank guarantee and would not be stalled by
funding.
According to him, “We are running on the pillars which revolve around
trade and commerce and development of small and medium scale Enterprises,
SMEs. We have to leverage on what we have to help our shoe and garment
makers. We have decided to focus on road infrastructure.
“We want to shorten the time it takes from Enugu or Umuahia to access Port
Harcourt, Aba and the hinterlands. We want to ensure that our people who
are traders can take their products from Osisioma Ngwa North, Isiala Ngwa,
Obingwa and get into Aba to market them. Whatever we are doing at Aba to
boost trade and commerce will not be complete without the influx of buyers
from Akwa Ibom and Rivers States; this is the main reason for the flyover
project.”
He disclosed that another flyover projects would be built at Asa Nnentu to
ease traffic in the area and urged Abia people to continue to support his
administration to deliver more dividends of democracy.
Earlier, the State Commissioner for Works, Hon. Eziuche Ubani, who said
the flyover project, would link the Osisioma Ngwa industrial layout to the
city and open up access road to the Port Harcourt International airport in
Rivers state, assured that the contractors would deliver quality jobs.
The Commissioner warned roadside traders in the area to relocate to the
Ekeakpara market, as government would deal with anyone stalling the
progress of work at the flyover site.