Anambra East: Soludo’s Agenda Radiates As TC Chairman Builds Infrastructures

BY RAYMOND OZOJI, Awka

Anambra-East Council Chairman Dr. Anslem Onuorah says he is replicating the Solution Agenda in the council area following his rescue mission to redeem Umueri, Aguleri and other communities from developmental backwardness.

Onuorah who said that his administration has touched all the communities in the council area, noted that his rescue mission ranges from provision of infrastructure, renovation of facilities as well as training and empowerment of the locals.

Our correspondent who toured some of the projects in the council area, found out that the council chairman has taken strategic decisions to save lives and also save houses from collapsing into deep gullies resulting from landslides.

One of the project sites visited was Patrick Metchie Street at Ezi-Umueri where the council chairman is constructing the said road with drainages on both sides.

Further investigations on the road revealed that Patrick Metchie Street which is a major road in the area has been abandoned for more than 10 years coupled with its attendant erosion devastation that has caused the people untold hardship and agony.

Locals living along Patrick Metchie Street told our correspondent that they heaved a sigh of relief when the local government authority intervened and ended their many years of sufferings because the road according to them was completely impassable and has claimed a lot of lives and houses.

One of the locals who identified himself as Ochiabuto, a native of Uvume Umueri said the road has been abandoned for 10 years and completely devoid of vehicular and motorcycle movements except for pedestrians who narrowly used the erosion-infested road. He said they were grateful to the council chairman for the intervention on Patrick Metchie Street.

The contractor handling the road project on Patrick Metchie Street, Engr. Vitalis Chinonso said the road has been condemned for many years and houses in the area were threatened. He said the road when completed will help improve the living conditions of the people and also alleviate their sufferings.

Another critical area of intervention was at the Ngene-Okwuazu bridge Umueri, where the council chairman rescued the entire bridge from total collapse over erosion menace.

Again some locals who were interviewed on the spot at the bridge, said if not for the timely response of the local government boss, Ngene-Okwuazu bridge would have been a complete catastrophe.

Mr. Chekwubechukwu Innocent Onwuegbusina who hails from Umudiana Ikenga Umueri, said prior to the intervention, Ngene-Okwuazu bridge was devastated by erosion such that only one lane of the bridge was motorable.

He said the local government chairman responded proactively and ameliorated the situation. That the council chairman carried out remedial works on the bridge and now the bridge is back in shape with human and vehicular movements uninterrupted and unhindered.

Also Nwakamma Obiorah Gabriel, a native of Umudiana village Umueri, who spoke about Ngene-Okwuazu bridge, said the local government chairman should be celebrated for the intervention on the bridge.

Nwakamma who stressed the need for young people to be at the helm of affairs judging from the transformative works of the Anambra-East council boss, also thanked Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo for giving Dr. Anslem Onuorah the opportunity to serve as council chairman in the area.

Also the President-General of Umueri community Amb. Chief Johnny Metchie thanked the council chairman very much and appealed to Governor Soludo to promote him for higher responsibilities considering his achievements in the council area.

Meanwhile Dr. Onuorah opined that he has extended interventions to Enugwu-Otu, Aguleri-Otu, Mkpunando, Nando, Nsugbe, Igbariam, Otuocha and other communities in Anambra-East Local Government Area.