The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has reviewed some of the achievements recorded by his administration since assuming office on May 29, 2023.
Speaking in an interview with Arise Television’s Rufai Oseni, the governor said the allegation by the opposition that the state’s money was been wasted and that his administration was not doing much is a mere imagination and does not hold water.
Citing the case of the strategic Port Harcourt Road which serves major businesses across the commercial city of Aba, Otti said the opposition while in power abandoned the road for over three decades.
He said, “I would like you to go to Port Harcourt Road after this interview and talk to people, that road has been abandoned for over 30 years, and nobody could fix it except Julius Berger.
“And everybody knows, and if you go to Aba and make this allegation, you’ll probably not come back.
“The road is 5.8 kilometres, it’s a dual carriageway, it is something else and I would like you to just go there.
“So the allegation of the so-called opposition is because they couldn’t fix it and somebody has come to fix it. Every other person is very happy and Julius Berger is handing over the project to me next week,” the governor said.
Speaking on the cost of the project, Otti said it has gone beyond the initial approved N30 billion.
“It has gone beyond N30 billion, it’s actually somewhere around N36.5 billion,” he noted.
Continuing, Otti said the Port Harcourt Road in Aba is one of the most important parts of the Southeast not just for the metropolitan city.
This particular road connects the town, especially, the popular Ariaria International Market to the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and is key for ease of transportation of goods and services within the region.
He said, “Virtually everything is made in Port Harcourt Road, It is a very long stretch of road and I would like you to see it. And everybody is happy, even the opposition is happy.”
