A cross section of traders in Oyigbo, Rivers State, has commended the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and urged him to use the opportunity of his victory to fix the dilapidated Eleme – Oyigbo axis of the Port Harcourt – Aba Expressway.

The portion of the road had been in bad shape since 2009 as residents said that some of the road users had died and goods worth millions of naira destroyed in the last ten years.

Mrs Comfort Chike, a trader in fabrics in Mile one Market, said the dilapidated road often wastes a lot of useful time, energy and money, which could have been expended on more productive ventures.

According to her, the Federal Government cannot be talking about growing the economy either through manufacturing, agriculture or industry, without first fixing bad roads.