…Challenges Gov: Name, publish said roads with specific locations .
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State Chapter has challenged the Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma to list the 120 roads which his administration claims to have done so far.
Imo PDP equally challenged Uzodinma to
mention the specific locations of the 120 roads, his administration said it has constructed.
This is contained in a release from the party signed by its state Publicity Secretary, Lancelot Obiaku.
Imo PDP alleged that the 120 roads claim by the present APC administration in Imo remains “fictitious.”
The party further alleged that the 120 roads “bogus claim” by the Uzodinma administration could have been motivated by the desire to create the “impression to outsiders that his administration has improved Imo roads over the past five years.”
In the words of the party, “Imo PDP along with the entirety of the Imo people, have been taken aback by the recent comment from Governor Hope Uzodinma that his administration has constructed “over 120 roads” in the state.”
“The party wonders what could have motivated the governor to make such a bogus claim if not to give a false and deceptive impression to outsiders that his administration has improved Imo roads over the past five years.”
Continuing, the party alleged that “Uzodinma regime has failed to make any meaningful impact on road infrastructure, as the state remains the worst in the South-East in terms of road network, with a plethora of dilapidated, impassable roads littered across the state.
“Importantly, we challenge the governor to name and publish the 120 roads he claims to have constructed in state and national tabloids, with verifiable addresses, so that both Imo people and outsiders alike can verify them. ”
“Additionally, he should disclose the cost of constructing these imaginary roads, as well as the construction companies awarded the contracts.”
Imo PDP urged the governor to unravel the “the mystery of how the state government resurfaced a 6 Kilometre, non-priority Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Road with much fanfare, while the just nearby, Rapour Junction/Standard Shoe/Mechanic Village/Works Layout ring roads and the Amakohia Flyover–Orji Flyover Road remain impassable and abandoned. What about the Akwakuma–Hardel Junction Road leading to Timber Market, Umuonyeali, the Umuguma Road, the Nekede–Ihiagwa Road, and the various impassable roads in New Owerri, and World Bank estate which have become death traps?”
