Reprieve may be underway for the long-neglected people of Ideato and Okigwe local governments as the House of Representatives adopted a motion by Hon Ugochinyere Ikenga Ugochinyere mandating the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and Ministry of Works to commence immediate repair of the deplorable Akokwa- Arondizuogu and Okigwe Road in Imo State.
Ugochinyere in his lead debate on the floor of the House painted a picture of the said road which he said has become a death trap in recent times.
According to him, the long neglected Akokwa – Arondizuogu -Okigwe road had not only claimed many lives but has become a free zone for armed robbers who unleash terror on innocent road users on an almost daily basis.
Citing section 14 (2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended which mandates the federal government to ensure security and welfare of the people, Hon Ugochinyere urged the House to prevail on the Ministry of Works and Housing to commence full scale rehabilitation of the said roads in order to reduce the suffering of the people of Akokwa ,Arondizuogu and Okigwe in Imo State .
The motion was supported by Hon. Uche Elodimuo (Nnewi North/Nnewi South and Ekwusigo federal constituency, Hon. Uchenna Okonkwo (Idemili North/South federal constituency, Hon. Dom Okafor (Aguata) federal constituency.
But the speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, at the resumed plenary refereed the motion to the yet to be reconstituted House Committee on Works to ensure full compliance to the resolution.
