By Chizoba Okeke/ Anastasia Agunwa/ Gloria Abugu :
The Anambra State House committee on works has commended the contractor handling the Amensea-Ifite-Amaenyi road awarded by the State government.
The member representing Orumba South constituency Mr Emmanuel Nwafor who is the chairman of the committee expressed satisfaction with the level of progress already achieved by Geld construction limited.
‘I commend your dedication to work while urging you to continue in that light. Drainages are ongoing with the right specification and good equipments.
We have seen the reinforcement concrete and is above normal’.
The project manager, Mr Swali said they have 9km of roads and they don’t have any challenge for now.
‘We are at the drainage stage, also removing bad materials and putting stone base. The duration of the project is eighteen months’, Mr Swali said.
Also the committee also paid a visit to the ongoing project at Isiagu linking ukwu orji road with a bypass to Nibo.
The chairman of the committee, Mr. Nwafor said though work is ongoing on the road but it is slow.
‘We don’t want anything that will derail the Governor’s intention to deliver the road at the appropriate time, so i urge you to work faster to meet up with the agreed time’
‘We have checked the size of the road,the width of the drainage, though it is an existing drain, we have marked some areas that needs to be moved to avoid structural collapse’, Mr Nwafor noted.
The project manager, Mr Olumide Temilaye explained that the weather condition was a huge set back and couldn’t work during the rains.
‘We don’t want a future collapse of the road, so we waited for the rain to stop. We have five dry months and we promise the road will be ready by then’, Mr Olumide said.
Other members of the committee present are; Mr Ejike Okechukwu (Anaocha 2), Mr Patrick Udoba (Anambra West) and Mr Goldie Chukwuebuka Iloh (Ihiala 2)
Chizoba Okeke/Anastasia Agunwa and Gloria Abugu are staff members of the state ministry of Information.