Abia State Governor,Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu said he was optimistic that at
least 80 percent of the road projects will be completed within the first
100 days of his government.
Ikpeazu gave the assurance while answering questions from newsmen after
inspecting the progress of work on some road projects in Aba and Umuahia .
Ikpeazu said that his government will run on 100 day cycles to be able to
take a retrospective view of its performance said the inspection visit was
meant to find a mid mark.
According to him, his administration will roll out new policies on the
maintenance of public facilities in the state to prevent the
bastardization of public facilities, pointing out that the era of washing
cars on the roads is over in the state.
 He disclosed that all the roads under construction will come with street
lights and markings explaining that having light on the roads has an
economic importance as it will help traders on night trading.
The governor said the emphasis on the roads in Aba was on drainage to
ensure that they last and charged the contractors handling the project to
hasten work so as to complete them in the next 50 days.
Among the roads inspected by the governor were Udeagbala Road,
Omni,Umuojima, Kamalu, Old express and Ukaegbu Roads all in Aba as well as
Agbama, Low cost, International conference centre Road and the Abam by
Niger Street in Umuahia.