Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured of completing the abandoned 240-metre link bridge between Abua community in Abua-Odual local government area and Agba-Ndele community in Emohua local government area of the state.
Fubara disclosed this while addressing journalists at Abua community shortly after inspecting the bridge.
The governor said the project was initiated by previous administrations and inherited by the immediate past administration which made a financial commitment to continue it but the contractors couldn’t access the funds because of bank issues.
He said the resolve of his administration to revisit the Abua-Agba-Ndele road project was as a result of the passionate appeal by the people of Abua to complete the project.
Fubara further stated that the contending issues have been resolved with the contractors handling the project to return to site, noting that the road when completed will create an alternative access route from Port Harcourt to Abua through Emohua.
“We are in Abua and this is about 240-metre bridge linking Agbandele. So, Abua people do not need to travel through the Ahoada axis but from here connect to Emohua and continue on any journey they embark on,” he said.
“This project will have a direct bearing on the lives of our people. Government is about making a positive impact and providing the needed facilities, and I feel strongly that we are not wasting our money if we revisit this project and put it into use.”
He also inspected the progress of ongoing work on the 8.1-kilometre Abua-Emoh-Iyak-Ighom-Elok road project in the Abua-Odual local government.
Fubara rounded off the project inspections at Egbeda in the Emohua LGA where he expressed the hope of completing the internal roads as part of projects earmarked for his hundred days in office.
