BANDITORY NOT HINDERING PROJECTS- UMAHI
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The Minister of Works, David Umahi, stated that bandit activity in some areas of the country has not stopped work on federal roads.
Umahi made this comment on Saturday in Enugu while checking the Enugu–Onitsha highway and the Eke Obinagu mega flyover, along with other projects in the region.
He said projects remained unhindered because President Bola Tinubu directed security agencies to provide adequate protection for contractors handling federal road works.
“The President directed the National Security Adviser, service chiefs and related authorities to support us with adequate security on project sites.
“There are no security issues at various project sites, as most security agents stay inside bushes and are not seen.
“Work is therefore going on at various sites in accordance with the President’s directives,” he said.
To demonstrate progress, Umahi said concrete was being applied on many roads at night, especially in northern states experiencing extreme heat.
“The weather in the northern part of the country is presently above 45 degrees Celsius, and you cannot apply concrete under such conditions.
“Applying concrete at night shows there is adequate security on our sites, and anyone who tries anything funny will have himself to blame,” he said.
The minister expressed satisfaction with the pace of work, urging the South-East to appreciate the President’s infrastructural drive in the zone.
“The Eke Obinagu flyover has attained 99 per cent completion, while sections of the Enugu–Onitsha road are nearing completion.
He said, “They will all be inaugurated by the President in May.
“This is the time for Igbos to appreciate President Tinubu, and we will secure over 80 per cent of votes for him from the zone.
“It will take someone like myself from the South-East to replicate President Tinubu’s unprecedented strides in the zone’s annals.”
Mrs Chioma Nweze, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-East), thanked the President for the projects, saying the region owed him gratitude.
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