RELIEF is coming the way of motorists and commuters plying the busy but deplorable Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road following the flag-off of palliative repairs on the road by the Federal Road
Maintenance Agency, FERMA. Greater part of the Abia end of the road is ridden with dangerous and deadly potholes. The condition of the road got so bad that motorists abandoned it and opted to use rural roads which often pitched them against youths in the rural communities, who demanded tolls for the damage the vehicles inflict on their fragile community roads. Some vehicles were trapped in some bad portions for weeks and months during the rainy season due to the deplorable condition of the roads. Ikot-Ekpene-Aba road Worried by this, communities in the area through their representatives in the National Assembly, Senator Theodore Orji and Sam Onuigbo, cried for help and sent a ‘Save -Our-Soul’ message to the Federal Government to rescue them from the hardship they pass through on the road. The ceremony was performed at Okwe, one of the communities in the area that has very deplorable portions on the road and was witnessed by Senator Theodore Orji, Sam Onuigbo, traditional rulers in the area and other community leaders as well as hundreds of cheering women and youths. Addressing the gathering shortly before flag-off, Senator Orji lamented what the people of the area and other road users suffered on the road but commended the Federal Government for the decision to give the road palliative repairs pending when thorough rehabilitation would be done. Reiterating the importance of the road, Senator Orji expressed joy that the Federal Government had also realized the importance of the road, noting: “Almost all the trailers that go to Akwa Ibom and Cross River States pass through this road; so it needs good maintenance.” Orji, however, charged the contractor, Ferotex Construction, to do a good job and condemned the shoddy work done on the road by FERMA in the past. Okogba
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