Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has threatened to takeover the Construction of Ohanku and Obioha Roads from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over the abandonment of the Ohanku road project by the contractor.
Ikpeazu called on the commission to, as a matter of urgency, look into the plight of the residents of Ohanku Road with a view to alleviating their pains and sufferings caused by the commission’s inability to ensure the completion of the road which it awarded before the coming of his administration or the Abia State Government will have no other option than taking over the Road Project.
Governor Ikpeazu who made the threat when he received in audience on the Thursday members of the of Abia State Amalgamated Teaders Association who were on a courtesy visit to the Governor at the Government House in Umuahia where they reiterated their unalloyed support to the Governor in 2019.
Governor Ikpeazu who described the current condition of Ohanku anf Obioha Roads as ‘very very bad’ lamented that the popular road is in such a deplorable state because of the bad performance of the NDDC contractor who was awarded the road but has long abandoned the project and left the people in a difficult situation.
