*Hon. Gambo Manzo, The Special Assistant to The President on Political Affairs in the office of the Vice president has revealed that President Buhari has over 60 verifiable completed and ongoing Federal road and bridge projects across the five States of the South East region, financed through SUKUK Bond and other mechanisms.*
An overview of the projects include the Construction of Ihiala-Orlu Road in Isseke Town-Amafuo-Ulli with Spur (Ihiala-Orlu-Umuduru Section) in Anambra State,
Construction of Oseakwa Bridge in Anambra State;
Anambra/Imo States Border-Ibinta-Okigwe Road;
Rehabilitation of Abakaliki-Afikpo Road Sections I and II in Ebonyi State.
Rehabilitation of Sections 1 to 4 of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway,
Rehabilitation of Oba-Nnewi-Okigwe Road Route Section II:
Rehabilitation of Old Enugu – Portharcourt Road (Agbogugu-Abia Border Spur to Mmaku);
Rehabilitation of Nsukka-Obollo-Ikem-Ehamufu-Nkalagu Road in Enugu State;
Rehabilitation of Owerri-Umuahia Road Sections I, II & III Imo/Abia States;
Rehabilitation of Oba-Nnewi-Okigwe Road
Section II: Anambra/Imo States Border-Ibinta-Okigwe Road;
Rehabilitation of Bende – Arochukwu – Ohafia Road Section I in Abia State;
Reconstruction of the Runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, following President Buhari’s approval of a 10 billion Naira special intervention fund in 2019. Work ongoing on the upgrade of the International Terminal Building.
The 200 billion Naira Second Niger Bridge, comprising the Main Bridge across the River Niger, and 10km of a six-lane Expressway, in Onitsha and Asaba, scheduled for 2022 completion.
*under President Buhari’s Executive Order 7 (the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme), signed in 2019. MTN Nigeria has recently announced its intention to reconstruct the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway,*
*The MTN Board has approved the company’s participation in the Scheme.*
*The 362.5 billion Naira raised in Sovereign Sukuk Bonds so far since 2017 has been shared equally across the 6 geopolitical zones – which means that a little over 60 billion Naira has been allocated to the South East.*
Hon. Gambo Manzo assured that Mr President is committed towards the completion of all ongoing projects in south east and further called on the good people of south East Geo-Political Zone to Support the administration of President Buhari in its efforts to rebuild the south east.
