BY JENNIFER JOHN / OWERRI
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Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State yesterday embarked on an inspection tour of ongoing construction projects in the state, ahead of his one-year anniversary of his second term in office.
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Uzodimma who was accompanied by top government officials and journalists, visited several project sites, including the Control Flyover, International Conference Center (IICC), and various road projects in Owerri.
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Fielding questions from newsmen during the inspection, Governor Uzodimma said it was to get first hand information on the status of the projects, preparatory to his address to stakeholders before his one year in office celebration, come January 15.
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He disclosed that from what he saw, most of the projects in the urban renewal programme of his government were recording huge progress.
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The Governor clarified that the whole idea of the urban renewal programme of his government was to decongest the roads and streets of the state capital, by making human and vehicular traffic free flowing, adding that the whole idea is to fulfill his promise of increasing the tempo of performance in his second term, rather than slowing down.
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The governor posited that his administration has not farred badly in the first one year of his second tenure.
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“I think I am impressed with the quality of construction going on, and also impressed with the speed of delivery”.
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Uzodimma said the removal of subsidy made money available to the federal government, and trickled down to the sub national governments as states gets more money and that it is important to deploy the money to things that will make the citizens feel the positive impact of the fuel subsidy removal.
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“Things like repairing and recovering infrastructure, investing in agriculture and livestock for food security and making sure public institutions like schools and hospitals, function at optimal level.
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He described the fuel subsidy removal as direct blessing to sub nationals, as more monies are now coming to states, adding, “we have to recover every broken down infrastructure, we have to put life back to Imo State, people must feel happy,” the governor enthused.
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