Abia State House of Assembly members have expressed dissatisfaction with the state of Umunwanwa Road in Umuahia, the state capital, seeking the return of Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to site.
ABN TV reports at the resumed plenary on Wednesday, the Member Representing Umuahia South State Constituency, Hon Barr Jerry Uzosike, who brought the issue as a matter of Urgent Public Importance said the menace of erosion has further devastated state of some Sections of his Constituency.
“Mr Speaker, Umunwanwa Road was awarded by NDDC to link with Imo State. The Contractor started work and abandoned the Road shortly after.
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“Mr Speaker, as I speak now, the road is completely cut off, the petroleum pipeline in that axis is now over 20ft above the usual level.
“Sometimes, natural ruptures force petroleum to begin to leak from this pipeline. The erosion has also destroyed the Umunwanwa Primary School built by this Government.
“Before the coronavirus pandemic, the report of NDDC claimed to have done over 45 percent work on that road which was worth millions of naira, and Mr. Speaker, their son is in this House”, he said.
In a release made available to ABN TV by the media unit of the Assembly, the lawmaker prayed the House to do a letter to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to know what is happening in the area. He also sought the intervention of the House to direct the NDDC contractor to return back to the site.
In addition, the Lawmaker brought a Motion on the Olokoro River Bridge which he said is about to be cut off.
“Before the end of July, if no work, even if palliative, is done, that bridge will collapse completely”, he said.
He prayed the House to direct NEWMAP to quickly move to that bridge and work on it.
Contributing to the Matter of Urgent Public Importance/Motion, the Lawmaker representing Osisioma Ngwa North State Constituency, Rt. Hon Kennedy Njoku, Umuahia North State Constituency, Hon Kelechi Onuzuruike, Isialangwa North State Constituency, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe, Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu, all sought the quick intervention of the House on the Matter of Urgent Public Importance and Motion as raised by Hon Jerry Uzosike.
The Speaker, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, thanked the Lawmakers for their contributions to the Matter as presented by Hon Jerry Uzosike.
“All we can do as a House of Assembly is to bring the attention of the NDDC on the state of the road which the contractor claimed to have done 45 percent, attaching all the relevant pictorial evidence on it and also for us to bring the attention of the State through the Ministry of Environment and NEWMAP to it”, he said.
The House unanimously adopted the prayers on the motion presented by Hon Jerry Uzosike.
