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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to consider fixing some of the important roads in the state.<\/p>\n

Senator Kalu in a terse statement forwarded to DAILY POST on Saturday, listed the dilapidated roads as Umuahia-Uzuakoli, Akara-Alayi, Igbere-Item and Abiriba-Ohafia roads.<\/p>\n

The ex-Abia Governor also dismissed the insinuations that the deplorable roads are federal Infrastructure, insisting that they are state Infrastructure.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cDespite not falling into my senatorial role, I had initially appropriated One Billion Naira as part of the 2021 capital project, but the Federal Ministry of works is yet to take action on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was Governor, I built the road and maintained it. Ever since I left, there has been no new investment on the road despite being one of the busiest roads in Abia\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

Kalu further called on the State Governor to ease off the stress on that road by taking urgent action on it.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to consider fixing some of the important roads in the state. 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