By Emma Ogbuehi
Despite the overwhelming compliance to a sit-at-home directive on the South East by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) that crippled human and vehicular movements in Imo in particular, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited the State where he commissioned four newly executed projects.
The projects commissioned are Naze-Poly Nekede Road, Balloon Technology Drainage Tunnel at Dick Tiger, Amakohia Egbeada bypass and the New Government House Executive Chambers.
Buhari who landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, the state capital, was received by Governor Hope Uzodinma, along with some state officials and other dignitaries. Even with some residents of the capital city indoors, he proceeded to commission some projects.
At a ceremony to commission one of the projects, the President lauded the governor on his development initiatives which he described as visible.
“I have seen enough that justifies his (Uzodinma’s) integrity in making sure that he is working very hard to make sure that you get the structures necessary,” President Buhari said.
“I am very impressed by what he has done because I have gone through the same problems at the centre.”
He underlined the importance of infrastructure on development, stressing “If there are no roads; if there is no security, what can the people do? Absolutely nothing.
“I am very pleased with what I have seen and I assure you that at the centre, I will try to encourage Imo State within the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”, he pledged.
Governor Hope Uzodinma had some days ago, disclosed that Imo had received additional support from the President on the management of some ecological problems in the state.
