The wife of the Governor of Ondo State, Chief (Mrs) Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has facilitated the reconstruction of the 10.5km Eziobodo-Emeabiam Road in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.
The road is being undertaken by Ogyson Limited for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
It was gathered that work on the road commenced in December 2021 and is billed for completion before the rains set in this year.
Speaking shortly after the flag-off of the reconstruction work, the President-General, Eziobodo/Umuokele Youth Association, Onyekachi Chinedu Mba lauded the First Lady for achieving the uncommon feat.
Mba, who was flanked by the Councilor representing Eziobodo Ward 5, Chijioke Echendu and others, noted that Mrs Akeredolu is the first daughter of the state to attract the reconstruction of road in her maiden community.
Mba prayed God to richly bless the first lady and her husband, asserting that the first lady’s desire in life would come to pass.
Responding, Mrs. Akeredolu said she was moved by the deplorable condition of the road to approach the NDDC to undertake the reconstruction of the road under its emergency intervention road project.
The Ada Owere 1, who was represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on Media, Hon. Rowland Onyeukwu expressed the hope that the reconstruction of the road would alleviate the sufferings that “our people have experienced on the road over the decades”.
Emeabiam is the ancestral hometown of the First Lady and has been marred by deplorable roads until the First Lady came to its rescue.
