Youths Demand Quality Work As Soludo Takes Over E-Money’s Road Project

Youths of Umuaku and Eziama Uli in the Ihiala local government area of Anambra State have tasked Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo to ensure his administration delivered high-quality work on the Umuaku-Eziama Uli Road.

The project was recently taken over by the state government from the management of billionaire philanthropist, E-Money.

The road had been in a sorry state for years.

A youth leader from Eziama Uli, Ogbuefi Eziafa Onyekakusi, in an interview with LEADERSHIP, urged the governor and the Ihiala council chairman to ensure the road was completed quickly and to the highest standards.

He said, “In the past, this road served as a vital alternative for travelers on the busy Onitsha-Owerri Expressway, allowing motorists to bypass traffic gridlocks in the Ihiala axis.

“However, after years of neglect by successive administrations, the communities had nearly lost hope that the road would ever be fixed.

“Hope returned when two prominent sons of Uli—Emeka Okonkwo (E-Money) and his brother, Kingsley Okonkwo (Kcee)—began intervening in local infrastructure.

“The duo recently completed a 3.4km road equipped with streetlights and a health center in their home community of Amamputu Uli.

“Following that success, they moved contractors to the Umuaku-Eziama Uli road to begin construction.

“Work was underway until it was abruptly halted by agents of Governor Soludo.

“The Transition Committee Chairman of Ihiala LGA, Anayo Orjiakor, declared that the state government had officially taken over the project.

“The sudden intervention sparked concern among locals who questioned why the government would stop a philanthropic gesture that saved public funds”, Ogbuehi Eziafa Onyekakusi, a youth leader from Eziama Uli narrated further.

He urged the governor and the LG chairman to ensure the road was completed quickly and to the highest standards.

Onyekakusi emphasised that the residents of the community are nursing strong fears that the state government might abandon the road.