Abia @31: See List Of Ikpeazu’s Achievements In 7-Years | READ MORE
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, has given insight into his achievements since he came into office.
Dolling out his administration’s achievements, Ikpeazu during a state broadcast marking the 31st anniversary of Abia on Saturday, said;
“we have taken Abia State further than we met it 7 years ago.
We have delivered many pioneering and indelible landmark infrastructural projects across various sectors of Abia State.
We have over 150 roads which our administration has commenced and delivered in the course of our tenure.
We are strongly advancing work on another 48 roads and we have a target to finish them before we hand over to the next administration by May 29, 2023.
A project like the Osisioma Interchange has forever changed the traffic narrative at that junction. …..there is now guaranteed seamless flow of traffic along the axis in addition to the aesthetic uplift of the general environment.
The adjoining Aba Owerri Road which also hitherto used to be a nightmare has been rebuilt and expanded with relevant road furnishings installed.
Roads abutting the Aba Owerri road have also been opened up to ventilate the city of Aba.
We have a solid Abayi Umueze-ABSUTH road built with our signature rigid pavement technology that is a beauty.
The perennial swamp along that axis leading to recurrent road failure has been decisively resolved. Kamalu , MCC and Eziukwu roads are all our signature projects.
Down Okpu Umuobo road, we are completing and bringing back the old road that leads to Mgboko Obingwa LGA Secretariat from where motorists can join the new Obikabia – Obikabia Road and emerge at the Enugu – Port Harcourt Expressway.
Osusu, Imaculate, Milverton, Azikiwe, Ukaegbu, Ehere, Umuola, Ebenma, Egege, Opobo, Okigwe, Chima Nwafor Road and other roads we have built around the city are all of immeasurable importance to the continued economic vibrancy of Aba.
We have advanced work on the Ngwa Road axis where we have constructed 6 internal roads so far. We are hard at work on Omuma, Obohia, Ohanku, Uratta and Port Harcourt roads which we will complete before we leave office.
Today, for the first time in over 30 years, our major markets in Aba are now accessible by road.
The Eziukwu Cemetery road leading to the popular Cemetery Market which had long been forgotten is now fully rebuilt and back to life and it is easy now to connect that market from Aba-Owerri road seamlessly. Same goes for the Ngwa Road Market and the Ariaria International Market.
The Osokwa-Aro-Umueje road, Ururuka Road, Umuojima Road, Okpulu Umuobo – Mgboko Road, Agalaba Ring Road, Umuobiakwa Owo-Ahiafor Road and the Obikabia-Obikabia Road signify our resolve to ventilate rural areas with access to our economic hubs and spread the expansion of our urban areas and reduce pressure on them while stemming rural-urban migration.
The Isi Court – Aba road in Umuahia road remains a signature project of this administration and has given the state capital a new vista.
The extension from Isi Court to Ubakala Expressway is also coming apace and will soon be ready for commissioning.
Still around that axis, we have done the Mgbarakuma road and work has advanced on the Ubakala Ring Road and Umuopara Ring Road.
We have also delivered Trinity College Road while constructing internal roads at Low Cost Housing Estate which is in addition to roads we did at Agbama Housing Estate.
Ukaegbu Estate and environs in Umuahia is wearing an entirely new look courtesy of the signature brand new roads we built within the estate while the Ossah-Amato-Umuda Isingwu road, Umuagu and environs associated erosion remediation works as well as Umuakwu Nsulu erosion remediation works, speaks to our resolve to safeguard our environment from the menace of erosion and watershed damage.
we have built the Abiriba-Nkporo Road which has opened up that axis to agrarian activities in addition to the Ugwuezi Road in Abiriba. The Okon-Aku Bridge we did at Ohafia still stands today as testament to our resolve to link rural communities. We will soon revisit the Eluama Otamkpa Road in Isuikwuato to deal with challenges associated with the road as well as Nkpa Road in Bende LGA. Our roads in Umunneochi LGA are also there to speak for us.
In the Health sector, we recently commissioned the Anne-Marie Jackson Children’s Specialist Hospital in Umuahia which is a novel project in the South East region. The Hospital, fully equipped with modern medical equipment, is of international standard.
Also in the Health Sector, an ultra modern 150-bed Hospital with kidney and heart specialist center is being constructed at the old site of the Aba General Hospital even as we are set to commission an ultra-modern Diagnostic Laboratory for Abia North located at Isuikwuato General Hospital.
Development of Shoe and Garment Factories
Training of our Shoemakers in China
Scholarship for our students enabling them to study abroad
Promotion of our locally-made products and many other interventions
In the area of basic education, we have built over 600 new classroom blocks across the state with 4 model schools and 3 federal colleges. Our primary school enrolment-figures have moved from an initial 150,000 in 2015 to about 700,000 today.
We have remained on the list of top performance in WAEC Exams in the country and we are currently no 2 on the list of states with the least number of out-of-school children in the country.
