As part activities lined up to mark his twenty four months as Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has commissioned the two – point three kilometre Niger Street and two – point – eight kilometre Port-Hacourt road both in Onitsha.
Niger Street is a link road from Bridge Head Onitsha axis to Main Market, Onitsha, which is the biggest market in West Africa.
The roads are part of the over twenty completed roads across the state, representing 247 kilometers out of the 450 kilometres, so far awarded and under construction.
Governor Soludo disclosed that the roads have been completed for some months now and explained that his administration is deliberate about breathing life back into Onitsha, which had been unfortunately down for a long time, due to decades of neglect.
The Governor noted that Onitsha is the biggest city in the state, pointing out that if the city doesn’t work, Anambra and the South East will not work.
While describing the roads as both critical and strategic, Governor Soludo recalled that the roads used to be muddy during every rainy season before the intervention of his administration.
He stated that concerted efforts against touts and touting are yielding positive results as people are finally coming back to Onitsha to d
o business.
Governor Soludo stressed that everybody has the duty to protect and preserve the road by keeping it clean at all times,stressing that government should be for the poor and more suffering should not be inflicted on the poor through heavy taxation, reiterating that the days of collection of levies from hawkers and others are gone.
Earlier, the Chairman of Anambra State Market Amalgamated Traders Association, ASMATA, Chief Humphrey Anuna said that the Governor is doing well and described Niger street as the major road into main market noting that the road is qualitative and assured that as market people, they will keep playing their part to support the present administration.
For the Commissioner for Special Duties, Hon. Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche who is also an indigene of Onitsha South Local Government Area where the two road projects are sited, said the two roads have made the people of the areas to heave a sigh of relief, adding that the economic impact of the two roads are already being felt.
Also speaking, the contractors of the projects, FCC and TEC Engineering Ltd guaranteed that the roads will last and appreciated the Governor for the opportunity to construct the road.
Cutting of the tape by Keke riders, shuttle bus drives and the clergy, formed the highpoint of the event.
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