The
Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Anambra State, Most Reverend Paulinus
Ezeokafor, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the contracts awarded
for South-East roads by previous administrations.
He
described the federal roads in the South-East as deathtraps and a probe into
the award of road contracts in the zone would give an insight into how the
roads became deathtraps.
The
bishop faulted the approach by successive governments in handling federal road
maintenance and repairs and appealed to the Buhari-led administration to fix
roads in the area in order to save lives.
He
said “When we talk of Enugu-Onitsha expressway, we are not happy at all.
Generally, federal roads in the country, especially this part of the country,
have been a perennial problem.
“Sometimes,
you do not know who is fooling who. Sometimes, you will hear that they want to
invite a construction company to construct roads here and our own people will
say they prefer another company to carry out the construction works.
“All
said and done, if the government has the will, it can take a stand on whom to
give the job to. This is because at the end of the day, it’s the Federal
Government that will be blamed when it pertains to bad federal roads and
federal facilities.
“The
other day the bishop says we went to Port Harcourt for a meeting; there was a
terrible gridlock on the way. Unfortunately, the road from Elele in Rivers
State to Port Harcourt is completed but as you enter Imo on the same road, the
trouble sets in, it needs serious attention.
“One
is not very happy about the state of our federal roads, but the state roads are
in good shape, especially here in Anambra.”
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