PDP To Summon Minister Over Poor State Of Federal Roads - Politics

Piqued by the deplorable state of federal roads in the South East geopolitical zone, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, said it would summon the Minister of Works, Chief Mike Onolememe to “revisit all federal roads in the zone.” The national Publicity Secretary of PDP and the leader of the party’s Publicity and Evaluation Committee, Chief Olisa Metu, dropped the hint while fielding questions from journalists yesterday in Umuahia, Abia State, after the committee’s facility tour of some project sites in the state. Metu expressed dismay over the poor condition of federal roads in Aba in particular as well as other parts of the South East, and assured that the party would mandate the Works’ Minister to undertake a tour of all federal roads in the zone for first hand information on their condition with a view to fixing them. He noted that although some of the federal roads in the state were being rehabilitated, much needed to be done to make them passable and give the people more sense of belonging. Metu restated the commitment of the Goodluck Jonathan-led administration to improve on the welfare of the people of the zone and assured that very soon the woes of commuters and motorists in the zone would be a thing of the past. He also applauded the efforts of Governor Theodore Orji who he said had raised he bar of governance through identifiable legacy projects which have direct bearing on the people. http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-to-summon-minister-over-poor-state-of-federal-roads/