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Abia Roads: We are on it

The notion that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu should have rehabilitated all 482 roads in Aba along with all the bad roads in Abia State within 4 years is the biggest fraud ever propagated by anyone.

1. Most of the roads they are showcasing via social media as bad or terrible are federal roads within Abia territory.

2. The state Government took over some of the federal roads, without asking for refund, and started fixing them. The list includes PH Road, Aba and Aba-Owerri Road, Aba while also executing palliative work on others like Aba-PH Highway and Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road.

3. We certainly do not have the financial resources to attack all the bad roads in Abia State at the same time but we have done at least 76 of them while working on 98 others.

4. Even if we have the financial resources, we do not have the power to decree that rains should stop falling in Aba and Abia State to enable us work on as many roads as possible. Even today it rained heavily in Aba and Umuahia with many of the roads undergoing reconstruction having their drains flooded with storm water.

4. None of the roads fixed by Governor Ikpeazu was in a good state as at when he came on board. Instead, he has had to redo roads done by previous administrations in a manner that guarantees them for many years to come. He introduced Rigid Pavement (Cement) Technology to guarantee that the roads are built to last.

Who was able to use Faulks, MCC, Kamalu, Ehere, Ukaegbu, Umuola, Tonimas, Chima Nwafor, Umuatako, Ovom, East by Ahia Udele, Omni, Samek roads etc before the coming of Governor Ikpeazu? Please come here and raise up your hand, if you were driving through any of them before May 29 2015.

5. Thank God that the yet to be concluded Faulks Road is having some issues, otherwise they would have continued their propaganda that it was not Governor Ikpeazu that is reconstructing the road. It is now fashionable to tell the world it is an Ikpeazu project and we no longer need to put giant billboard to confirm the truth they knew all along.
We will complete Faulks road and hand over a grade A infrastructure to the people of Aba with functional streetlights.
No project started by this administration will be abandoned.

6. Those orchestrating this campaign of recycling old pictures of Aba and Abia roads appear not to know that tribunals rule on point of law, not propaganda or sentiments. Governor Ikpeazu is a second term Governor and will not go for any other election to the office of Abia State Governor. Get that clear but know that he is self motivated to do as much as possible to fix Abia.

He is on it and will keep doing more till May 29 2023.

7. Citizens asking for more are doing the right thing and are welcomed to keep asking for more. Those circulating old pictures to score cheap political points are sponsored agents of deceit.

In all these, accept my sincere assurance that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu will do much more than he has already done in four years. His target is to deliver a minimum of 500km of new roads before May 29 2023 and the work starts this last quarter of 2019.

Keep calm and watch.

Thanks.

JOK

Ndi Abia ndewo nu,

On behalf of Abia State National Association of North America, I humbly announce a Time Hall Meeting in Washington DC with the governor of Abia State Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu. The National President Mr. Chibuzor Ngwakwe encourages all Abia community Chapters to participate in this town hall meeting. It is also his desire for Abia community organizations within the Washington area to participate in the town hall meeting. This meeting will be held in two phases running simultaneously vis-a-vis town hall and teleconference.. Your contact for the meeting is:

Princes Agezim (443)928-0335

There will also be an accompanying brochure which offers opportunity for your business advertisement. The contact person for the brochure is also Princess Agezim. Time is of essence. Please act fast.

Venue: Comfort Inn, College Park North. 4050 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD 20705

Phone: (301)572-7100

Date: Friday April 20, 2018

Teleconference #: (605)472-5752

Code: 742579

Time: 7:00 pm eastern time, 6:00 pm central time and 4:00 pm pacific time.

Flyer for this event will be provided soon.

Emmanuel Ananaba

PRO (ASNA-NA)

Caterpillar Revolution in Abia State

Ehere Road Aba.

Keep a date with Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu...

Meeting Reminder!!!

Abia State National Association Houston Chapter, will be holding their monthly meeting on Saturday , Feb 10th 2018.

Venue: HPD store Front
8605 Westplace drive
Houston tx
@ South Gessner and Westplace.
Time: 6pm
Members are encouraged to attend.
//Signed//
Chief George Nwosuh
Chapter President.

@GovernorIkpeazu lauds Security Personnels in Abia State Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has expressed gratitude to security personnels in the state for the synergy that exists amongst the...

Abia commences payment of teachers, pensioners

Abia State Government has commenced the process of paying teachers and pensioners in the state.

The state Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, confirmed this to journalists in Umuahia.

According to Okiyi, the sum of N400,000,000 has been paid into a First Bank account for the payment of state pension while the Secondary Education Management Board account also received N426,000,000 for payment of secondary school teachers yesterday.

Okiyi further stated that pensioners and secondary school teachers should receive payment alerts today.

According to him, "the state government also provided N236m for payment of subventions to some revenue generating parastatals in the state that are grappling with salary payment challenges".

He informed that the above payments were distinct from the expected disbursement of the recently received 3rd tranche Paris Club Refund of N5.715b.

According to him, "Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, has given approval for N3.2b of the Paris Club Refund to be used to further augment salary payments with emphasis on teachers salary and state pensions and the disbursement will soon commence".

He assured Abia workers that Governor Ikpeazu is committed to their well being, asserting that "the Governor delivered 100% of the 2nd tranche of Paris Club Refunds of N5.715b to workers as evidence, if any is required, of his love and commitment to them at a time no other state did same. It should also be noted that that was even while he embarked on an unprecedented infrastructure renewal efforts that saw the state government funding Hartland-Setraco with N2b to commence the reconstruction of Port Harcourt Road Aba as well as completing Ndi Oji/Ndi Okereke bridge to ease the travel pains of Arochukwu people".

He listed other road construction projects currently ongoing in the state to include the Abiriba-Nkporo road, Aba road Umuahia reconstruction, total reconstruction of Faulks road Aba with a 6.8km underground drain that has effectively defeated the flooding challenge at Ukwu Mango Ariaria area alongside other 85 ongoing road projects in the state.

The Commissioner promised to deliver a list of all the MDAs that have received November and December 2017 salary to newsmen as proof that more than 70% of the state workforce are up to date with salary payments as well as confirm the status of salary payments in all the local government areas of the state.