Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has charged some of the construction companies handling ongoing road projects in the state to increase their pace of work so that the projects could be commissioned as part of the activities marking his one year in office. The governor who spoke through the chairman of Enugu State Urban Renewal Committee, Arc Chris Offor, during the committee’s inspection tour of the over-nine ongoing road projects, told the contractors that it is the intention of the state government to commission some roads as part of activities marking its one year in office. Offor who was accompanied to the sites by a technical member of the committee and the state’s Commissioner for Science and Technology, Engr. Greg Nnaji, pointed out some of the technical challenges observed that fall short of the expected quality in the work done, and offered advice on how to tackle them.

He said the governor, through his passion for good governance, embarked on massive roads construction at the grassroots, in spite of the prevailing economic challenges in order to give the people in the rural areas a sense of belonging, adding that the committee is fully committed to ensuring that his (the governor’s) vision is actualised for the overall benefit of the masses. The committee chairman who expressed satisfaction with the level of performance by some of the construction companies, charged the construction company handling the Ameke- Amankwo-Amah brewery junction bypass to increase the pace of work to justify the mandate given to it. Responding, the project managers of CCC Nig. Ltd and Setraco Construction Company, Abdulsalami and Hisham Yassin, handling the 9th Mile bypass and Nike Lake road, respectively, assured the committee that the roads would be ready for commissioning before May 29