Rivers State Governor Chibuke Rotimi Amaechi has said the
Federal Government is owing his state N105 billion spent on rehabilitation of
federal roads within Rivers State.
Amaechi made the disclosure while taking some journalists on
inspection tour of some projects embarked upon by his administration, especially
during his second term in office.
The governor said the stretch of the road that leads to the
boundary of Imo State from River State was in a total mess, until he decided to
put the road in good shape “for the sake of my people, who are the direct users
of the facility.”
He spoke further: “The purpose of the mandate given to me by my
people was to enjoy dividends of democracy. Putting the road in good shape is
part of the social responsibilities I owe them as their servant.”
Meanwhile, the state government has intensified work on a
10-kilometer road that would serve as a bye-pass to decongest traffic within
Port-Harcourt metropolis.
While conducting journalists on a tour of the project, Amaechi
explained that it would “make access to the airport quicker apart from the
decongestion of traffic in the metropolis,” adding that “the capital intensive
project would be completed before the end of my tenure in office.”
The six-lane dual carriage road being built at a cost of N49bn has
three flyovers and six bridges with pedestrian walkways and very wide median that would make future expansion convenient without disturbing people’s buildings.
“We want to leave behind an enduring legacy that coming
generations would be proud of,” Amaechi enthused, saying, “that informed why we
are determined to make our second term in office better than our first term
despite all the needless distractions.”
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