The Nationwide Council of Youths (NACOY) within the oil-rich Ohaji group in Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State has urged Governor Hope Uzodimma to make use of his good workplace and mandate oil corporations in Ohaji to mobilize their contractors for varied highway rehabilitations within the areas.
The physique whereas condemning in sturdy phrases the poor highway community throughout the oil-bearing communities within the state, appealed to the Governor to cost the contractor dealing with Avu-Etekuru highway to indicate extra dedication so as to ship that highway earlier than the following wet season.
He stated: “We name on Governor Hope Uzodimma to come back to our rescue as a result of if one other wet season begins, there might be issues in our areas”.
In a press release issued on Tuesday in Owerri, the President of NACOY Comrade Nwosu Nicholas Tochukwu, regretted that it isn’t sufficient to name Ohaji/Egbema LGA, the Oil producing space of Imo State including that the world deserves to be handled because the true supply of the financial system of the state.
The NACOY President stated that about twenty communities are accessing the above-mentioned roads and these roads are in horrible situation to the purpose that individuals can not drive to their houses.
Based on him, the affected roads have change into a yearly battle through the wet season, making it tough for our folks to hold out their every day enterprise with ease.
He stated: “Essentially the most annoying a part of this challenge of damaged roads in Ohaji are the Oil corporations whose heavy gear and vehicles that injury the roads largely will not be serving to issues. It’s irritating and extremely irritating to notice that up until now jobs haven’t commenced on Obile-Assa-Ochia -Awara highway, awarded by Shell (SPDC) to *Recon Engineering Firm* over two years now, which is the one highway that connects the 4 main oil producing communities in Ohaji clear”.
The President identified that the cottage hospital web site at Umugama in Assa Autonomous Neighborhood, and the Vitality hub undertaking that contains (ICT, ELECTRICITY AND SKILL ACQUISITION centre) that SPDC awarded for the previous two years when the late Uzomba was the board chairman are but to see the sunshine of the day.
The youths declared that they’re extremely disillusioned that up until now SPDC has not flag off the reconstruction of Umuapu-Ihie-Obitti-Assa Entry Highway which they awarded to *Zerok building firm* and the corporate have signed F.T.O with the communities.
He stated: ‘God is aware of our folks have exhibited sufficient endurance and have endured extra hardship because of neglect. Let the reality be advised with all due respect and excessive sense of duty, the contractor dealing with Avu-Etekuru highway will not be serving to issues as there isn’t a cheap work occurring that highway”