N248bn Ebonyi roads: Oluchukwu accuses Nwifuru, Umahi of failure, urges Tinubu to halt funding

A public affairs analyst, Paschal Oluchukwu, has urged the Federal Government below President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to halt the proposed extra N248 billion funding for highway infrastructure improvement in Ebonyi State.

He alleged that each the governor, Francis Nwifuru, and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, had failed to fulfill the expectations of the folks of the state.

Oluchukwu disclosed this in an announcement on Tuesday.

His feedback adopted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his marketing campaign group’s go to to Ebonyi State for his re-election rally on Monday.

Vice President Kashim Shettima had pledged extra infrastructure funding for the state through the rally.

He famous that the tasks embody the dualisation of the Enugu–Abakaliki–Ogoja Road, enhancements to the Onueke–Ezza hall and the Okposi–Amasiri Road, amongst others.

However, reacting to the pledge, Oluchukwu stated: “Whereas he is not opposed to road projects and other interventions of the Federal Government in the State, especially having suffered severe neglect like the rest of the South Eastern States under previous administrations, we have a deeply growing concern over the growing unaccountability in the utilization of funds by both the Governor who has failed to complete any single project in nearly 4 years in office and the loquacious Minister of Works, David Umahi who has also been accused of lack of openness and transparency in the execution of federal projects across the Nigerian State.”

He additional disputed claims made by the governor and the minister at Monday’s rally, suggesting that the state was a hub of infrastructure tasks.

According to him, Ebonyi State continues to endure from insufficient infrastructure improvement regardless of claims by Nwifuru and Umahi concerning the tasks executed within the state.