The Federal Government has unveiled the three legacy projects of President Ahmed Tinubu.
The project traverses Cross River, Southeast -North Central —APO-Abuja Superhighway —spur of Lagos -Port Harcourt —Crossing Enugu State, passing through Ebonyi to Ogoja, in Northern Cross River State.
President Tinubu represented by the Minister for Works David Umahi disclosed this At the stakeholders’ engagement meeting held in Exco chambers, new government house, Abakaliki, Ebonyi.
According to Umahi, the African Tran-Saharan highway when completed, will boost the economy of South East and the country in general.
He then urged South East and other people of the country to support it to ease the perennial problems encountered by farmers in the evacuation of agricultural produce.
“It’s an economic agricultural viable route that will enable Ebonyi State to now bring a lot of their rice within this corridor.
“There is a lot of rice production here, potatoes and yams and there is no road to transport them. So, this is going to help us to bring out our agricultural produce to support Mr President’s policy on food sufficiency. So, it’s an agricultural economic corridor.
“Let me on behalf of Mr. President unveil the three legacy projects of Mr. President. Let me emphasize that these legacy projects are not just mere projects,” he stated.
Responding the State Governor Francis Nwifuru described the project as a signature project and prayed for its timely completion.
“Listen to your feedback and concerns regarding the inclusion of Ebonyi State in the 477km road which traverses Cross River, Southeast -North Central —APO-Abuja Superhighway —spur of Lagos -Port Harcourt —Crossing Enugu State and passing through our dear Abakaliki, then to Ogoja, in northern Cross River.
“It is indeed a huge signature project, we pray to God it comes to timely fruition ; Foster collaboration and partnerships by identifying opportunities for innovation and investment in the project given its associated socioeconomic potentialities. Our people are predominantly agrarians and this wonderful initiative we are going to benefit from will further assist our rural farmers in evacuating their farm produce to viable markets
“This engagement this afternoon— I repeat is predicated on our belief that effective infrastructure development— requires a collective effort from government, private sector, and civil society. This administration is committed to creating an enabling environment for investment and ensuring that our infrastructure meets the needs of our citizens.
“Once again, I thank Mr. President for this wonderful show of love not only to Ebonyi State but to the entire Ndigbo. We are indeed very grateful for a number of Federal projects being executed in our dear State which are in tandem with our resolve to make life easier for the people”, Nwifuru stated.
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