Abia State Governor,Alex Otti has said that the state government has reached an agreement with the Federal Government to jointly rehabilitate the federal roads in the state.
Governor Otti said this on Saturday at the Government House, Umuahia, during a media parley organised by the state government to brief journalists on the achievements of the present administration, since its inception.
The governor said that plans were underway to commence the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt and Ohanku Roads in Aba.
He said that state government is working closely with the Federal Government to reconstruct the Umuahia – Bende -Ohafia Roads and other federal roads in the state.
He said the state government had commenced palliative work on Umuahia -Ikot Ekpene Road to put an end to the hardship experienced by motorists on the road.
“We are working closely with the Federal Government to ensure that these roads are maintained and rebuilt, so that the bad name that we get from those roads will be a thing of the past,” he said.
Otti said that the decision to embark on the Ossah-Mission Hill Road expansion project was informed by the desire to open up the state for economic development.
He said that 130 buildings had been marked for demolition and the payment of compensation to people whose buildings were affected by the ongoing exercise was in progress.
“The last time I checked the total amount of money for compensation was about N771 million and that has already been paid.
“Some people have not received theirs because of the discrepancies in the account details they provided.
“Some others have not received because of family contention about whose account would be used to receive the money,” he said.