Anambra State House of Assembly Members have decried the present state of the Onitsha-Enugu expressway, noting that the contractors have absconded from work.
The lawmakers further requested that President Muhammadu Buhari order the construction company back to site.
They further said that the President’s intervention is bound to save millions of the road users from sufferings associated with the distasteful condition of the road.
The call for action followed a motion sponsored by the Majority Leader of the House, Dr. Nnamdi Okafor during plenary.
Okafor said: “the contract for the road reconstruction was awarded to Messrs Reynod Construction Company (RCC) in November 2018 with a completion period of forty two months.
“The construction company had already completed works on the dilapidated Umunya -Awkuzu axis of the expressway and embarked on the Amawbia -Awkuzu section and was doing well at a very good pace until the lockdown and state boundary closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic occurred.
“We call on President Muhammadu Buhari, through the Minister of Works and Housing, to direct the contractor reconstructing the Anambra section (RCC), to return to site to complete the good job it started on the road to alleviate the sufferings of the road users.”
Contributing to the motion, the Speaker, Uche Okafor, also emphasized on the importance of the highway to the socio-economic activities of the South-East, including the South-South geo-political zone.
However, he expressed confidence that the Federal Government would do the needful and direct the contractor back to site.
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