An opposition leader in Abia state and a chieftain of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA Sir Chikwe Udensi has faulted the claim by the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu at his broadcast to mark the 31st anniversary of the State that he has constructed about 150 roads across the state since he took over office over seven years ago while over 40 are nearing completion.
While describing the claim as untrue, Udensi the disputed governorship candidate of the party in Abia said if the governor has constructed about 150 roads in the past seven and half years yet his Arochukwu local government does not have one, the claim in unfounded.
A weekly guest at Open Parliament, a current affairs programme in Love FM Umuahia, Streamed live on ABN TV, Udensi an Interpol Systems Consultant on Wednesday insists that in the past 31 years, Abia is not been where it ought to be.
According to him, a friend of his from UmunneochI also raised a similar concern about the poor state of roads in his local government, a situation he said is the same in Isuikwuato.
“If he has built 150 roads and some local governments don’t have a single road, then what are we talking about? Should we be clapping for such a man?” he queried.
Making a reference to the neighbouring Ebonyi and Anambra states, he said Anambra in the last couple of years has constructed and maintained 320 roads in addition to four flyovers constructed.
Ebonyi state he said has constructed and maintained 350 roads, while Enugu has 350 constructed and maintained and in Imo he said has close to 400 roads.
“The only way you can know if you have done well is to look at what your neighbor is doing.
“These states have done all these while still paying salaries, paying pensioners, paying all the outstanding of emolument of workers,” he said.
He accused the governor of abandoning healthcare facilities, stating that Ikpeazu has not raised the bar of good governance in the past seven and a half years, adding that a lot a still not done.
