The lawmaker representing Enugu West, Senator Osita Ngwu has declared that under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, the South East geopolitical zone no longer feels marginalised as it now occupies key positions with infrastructure transformation taking place across the axis.
Ngwu stated this while addressing senior journalists and government officials on an inspection tour of federal government projects organised by Renewed Hope Ambassadors in collaboration with the Presidential Media Team in Enugu.
Some of the key federal projects inspected include the completed 23-span Eke Obinagu Flyover Bridge on the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, the rehabilitation of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and the ongoing Abakpa Interchange project.
The lawmaker said the Eke Obinagu Flyover Bridge on the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway had addressed a longstanding transportation challenge along the corridor linking Ebonyi and Enugu states.
Osita noted that the rehabilitation of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway had drastically improved travel time, and reduced a journey that once took five to six hours on deteriorated roads to just over two hours.
Ngwu said perceptions that the South-East had been sidelined by the Federal Government no longer reflected realities on the ground.
“To be honest, I was among those who previously felt that Enugu and the South-East had been neglected by the Federal Government. But that is now a thing of the past. Under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, we have been carried along.
“How can we be marginalised when we have the Honourable Minister for Work for the first time? And who is performing? We cannot be marginalised.
“How can we be marginalised when we have this flyover? How can we be marginalised when we have Enugu-Port Harcourt road done? How can we be marginalised when we have Enugu-Onitsha done? How can we be marginalised when we have Enugu going to Makurdi done? What else do you want from the government to do?
“The only thing we have to do is to continue to support the government so that these projects will be sustained. Our own governor in Enugu is collaborating very well. You know, when people ask why we joined the APC, you can see it here. Because the projects are coming. The governor is
performing wonderfully well.
“The projects from the federal government are coming perfectly well and that is the reason for democracy. The dividends are coming. The other parts can be done. Rome was not built in a day. So I urge Nigerians to be patient with the government. Things will always get better,” he added.
Speaking at the Abakpa interchange project, the engineer, Kanile Raphael Nkoko, said the 100-metre flyover and service roads being executed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) would ease congestion and reduce travel time when completed.
