Umahi inspects Nasarawa, Enugu road projects
By Amarachi Ehia, Abakaliki
The federal minister of works, Engr. David Umahi has called on southeast people to fully embrace President Ahmed Tinubu.
He made the call at 9th mile,Enugu during the inspection of ongoing 264km road project from Nasarawa to Enugu state.
Umahi noted that the project which has two phases was about 528kms and would gulp 15trn.
He said, “the project is 264km by 2. So, you are getting about 528kms. We have 15km by 2, 30km in Nasarawa and that is Nasarawa by-pass and then we have a flyover in Makurdi, Benue State.
“And so, the entire section of 250 is divided into five and China Habo has sections 1,2,3,4,5.
“Sections 1,2 and 3 are in Benue State and sections 4 and 5 in Enugu State. We have seen the quality of work they are doing, very encouraging.
Satisfied with the pace of work Umahi said, “the speed of the work is also very encouraging. I was actually coming to quarrel but I found nothing to quarrel but to commend China Habo very highly because each time they brought their evaluation, I never believed it but today, I have seen and I have believed that they are working and they are working very well.
“We have every reason to thank Mr. President. 528km road of about 1$bn which is 15trn and that is what this project is and I want to beat my chest to say that we have a very good bargain with China Habo. We are not losing and they are not losing and the quality of work is very good.
“So, we thank the President very highly and I want the South East people to embrace Mr. President with two hands.’
“A lot of projects are going on in the South East. This section alone, if you multiply it by two, it is close to 200km. So, we have every cause to thank Mr President, we have every cause to support him. We have every cause to be wise
“We need to be wise, I have been telling our people to be wise. We cannot engage with sentiment, we have to engage base on realities and I think President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has remembered South East very well. We have no reason to complain.
“And so, we have every cause to stand with Mr. President. We will change the narrative in South East, we will educate our people, we will take our people straight to the center which the President has started.
“By this infrastructure engagement, we are already at the center. We are no longer the last, God has remembered us through President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”.
