The All Progressives Congress, (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Tony Nwoye, has expressed delight over the decision by the Federal ministry of Power, Works and Housing to order the contractors handling the abandoned Onitsha – Enugu Expressway, back to site.
Speaking after a courtesy call on the minister, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, on Monday morning, Nwoye said the ministry has ordered the contractors to move to site within two days to resume work on the road which had been abandoned for some time now.
“I have the assurance of the minister that the contractors would move to site within two days,” Nwoye was quoted as saying in a statement issued by his spokesman, chairman Media sub-committee of his campaign organisation, Nonso Madu.
“Even before I became the candidate of the APC, that road had been on my agenda and it was by God’s grace and with the assistance of my colleagues in the House of Representatives that I was able to put it in the 2017 budget of the Federal Government.
“The importance of that road to the socio-economic well being of the people of the South-east cannot be over-emphasised and it is my hope that once the road is completed, business and other socio-economic affairs that had been affected by its terrible conditions would be boosted,” Nwoye added.
He further said that “the minister received me because I was the central player that pushed the project into the 2017 budget and also because I have an enhanced platform as a governorship candidate and for this I am grateful to the people and also to the minister.
“This also is a demonstration to all those who have confidence in our political project that as governor I would be able to do more for our people.”
Daily Sun recalls that at the flag off of his campaign penultimate Friday, Dr. Nwoye had asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to order the contractors handling the project to immediately go back to site.
