The Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Wednesday, commissioned a number of projects, which included the 1.8 kilometers Afia Nine, Onuato, Onyiuke roads, Independence Layout, 270 modern shopping complex, Akwatta, and new secretariat/administrative complex in Enugu North local government area of the state.
The governor, while commending the executive chairman of the council area, Hon Emeka Onunze, for his investments in critical infrastructure in line with the focus of his administration, said the newly constructed roads and the Akwatta shopping complex would not only create job opportunities for the people, facilitate ease of doing business, they would also assist in driving the economy.
“What we are witnessing today is in line with the plans of this government; to constantly keep making investments in critical infrastructure needed to create opportunities for our people and needed to drive the economy of our people. And when you invest in road network, it is a moment for our people because our economy is essentially road driven. Both goods and services are road driven. So, any investment in road has a multiplier effect for services and goods. In that way we keep lifting our people out of poverty, we keep increasing our GDP because for all those people who sell on this road, for the time lost before this road was constructed, you are going to see a reduction in that time,” he said.
Represented by the Deputy Governor, Ifeanyi Ossai, the governor expressed delight over the current trend in the local government administration in the state, saying they had started giving priority to capital and other meaningful projects that would grow the economy of the state and add value to the lives of the people they were meant to serve.
