Tag: Southeast Roads
Commuters, motorists stranded as Awka-Onitsha expressway collapses
Motorists and commuters were stranded yesterday at Umunya, in Anambra State following total collapse of Odumodu-Umunya Road portion of Awka-Onitsha Expressway.
Some vehicles were trapped...
South East: Ekweremadu, govs demand rehabilitation of roads
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and South-East governors rose from a meeting and demanded the Federal Government rehabilitate federal roads in the South East.
Besides,...
Ngige tasks South-East governors on regional integration
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that governors of South-East are not taking advantage of regional integration to grow...
Buhari can address poor state of South-East roads – Okorie
Chief Chekwas Okorie, is the national chairman of United Progressive Party (UPP). He spoke with Leadership on the poor state of infrastructure in the...
Enugu Assembly seeks refund of N25.9b spent on federal roads
The Enugu State House of Assembly, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to reimburse the state government the sum of N25.9b spent on rehabilitating federal...
Osinbajo’s home truth on South-East roads – The Sun editorial
Vice President Yomi Osinbajo’s recent acknowledgement that the worst problem plaguing the people of the South-East geo-political zone is the failed network of roads...
Fix Enugu-Onitsha expressway now, LG employees urge governors
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) yesterday called on the five Southeast governors to jointly raise funds and rehabilitate the Onitsha-Enugu Express...
Enugu Assembly declares state of emergency on federal roads
Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly on Wednesday declared a state of emergency on all the federal roads in the state and...
Senators’ road ordeal in Abia
By Ogochukwu Ogoji-Eke
A fact-finding mission of members of a Senate ad hoc committee to Abia State reveals how deep and frightening the erosion and...
South-East roads need urgent attention – Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, at the weekend affirmed that the worst problem bogging down people of the south-east zone is the area’s dilapidated...