Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), Anambra State chapter has made an appeal to Governor Charles Soludo to re-award contract for completion of abandoned Ugwuakwu-Ibughubu-Achalla road that links to Umunze in Orumba North LG and others.
The CLO recalled that the road was awarded by former Governor Willie Obiano to decongest ever busy Nkwo Umuchu-Osete road which it said had caused incessant road accidents.
It said that was to give the community a sense of belonging as the road was then inaccessible.
“After completion of nearly forty percent of the project, it was abandoned due to paucity of funds.
“As a result of torrential downpour, some sections of the dilapidated and deplorable road have become nightmarish and inaccessible to indigenes, commuters and visitors alike, “CLO said.
The appeal was contained in a press statement issued to newsmen by Comrades Vincent Ezekwueme and Chidi Mbah, Chairman and Secretary of the organization in the state, respectively.
The statement tagged “when one suffers directly everyone suffers indirectly”, called on Governor Soludo to swing into action and dispatch his Commissioner for Works and Transition Committee Chairman of Aguata Local Government Area, Hon Chibuike Offorbuike for on-the-spot assessment of the road for prompt and immediate solution.
“It is of prime importance to note that if urgent and immediate step is not taken by the government to ameliorate the predicament of the road users, it will disconnect the village from the Council Area. It has caused a great havoc in the area with a devastating erosion already staring at us.
“The pains and sufferings it has inflicted on the people are excruciating.
“We equally commend a philanthropist and indigene of the town, Chief Abraham Oti (Mighty Mighty) for single-handedly constructing Achalla-Umuchu road and building eight bungalows for eight families from different villages in Umuchu and numerous poverty reduction and eradication programmes he has executed.
“We appeal to other affluent individuals to emulate his humanitarian and patriotic gesture.
“Worthy of commendation to Your Excellency also is the massive roads construction and rehabilitation needed especially on Niger street, Iweka, Ziks Avenue in Onitsha and others. We solicit an extension of such kind gesture to Ugwuakwu-Ibughubu-Achalla and Obinna Iloh street in Nkwelle to Nkpor, “the CLO concluded.
