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| Comrade Osita Obi and other Solution Marshalls members |
By Okechukwu Onuegbu
Transporters and residents of Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA) and Ekwulọbịa in Aguata LGA have vowed to mobilise action towards ensuring reelection of governor Chukwuma Soludo in the 2025 Anambra State gubernatorial poll due to his monumental achievement especially in infrastructure within two years.
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| Vice PG Okpoko |
They stated this, on Friday, when Solution marshalls, a pressure group comprising commercial tricycle riders, drivers of trucks and other kinds of vehicles in Anambra State visited Ekwulọbịa and Okpoko to ascertain the state of ongoing and completed roads, hospitals and flyover at both communities.
Solution Marshalls led by Comrade Osita Obi as Coordinator (Transport Sector) during the visit toured round Okpoko General hospital built, equipped and commissioned by governor Soludo on March 18, 2020, boreholes, streets light and several road projects linking the former slum to Onitsha, noting that the governor by the acts has indeed transformed them to new heaven.
They also toured the ongoing flyover at Ekwulọbịa, including completed and refurbished Ekwulọbịa General hospital and various roads connecting Ekwulọbịa to Igbo-ukwu, Awka-Agulu and others, saying that the projects were satisfactory and a clear manifestation of someone with vision to uplift Anambra State if given a chance for continuity.
They had in the past inspected, assessed and expressed satisfaction at the developmental projects the governor executed at Amansea-Ebenebe-Ugbenu-Ugbene-Awba Ofemili, Amansea-Awa-Ufuma road, Awka street roads, government house, among others.
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| Ongoing flyover at Ekwulọbịa |
The Coordinator (Transport Sector), Solution Marshalls, Comrade Osita Obi, while assessing the pace of work at the projects, said the Governor worth commending for not only awarding the projects but supervising and supporting the contractors to use standard materials, which according to him, is a clear evidence that he was committed towards ensuring they last.
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| Ekwulọbịa General hospital |
According to Obi, the Solution Marshalls were happy that the governor was developing all parts of the State and would therefore support him by paying their taxes accordingly because they were well utilised.
Speaking at Okpoko, two tricycle operators, Mr Francis Nwuba, and his colleague, Mr Ugochukwu Adiele, said that since completion of various infrastructural projects at the community they no longer visit mechanics frequently as they did in the past when those roads were deathtraps.
Ezenwa and Adiele also expressed happiness that the road and other infrastructural projects sited in the area had increased their daily take home income just as the ban the governor placed on touting and illegal collection of revenues had brought sanity in the State.
On his part, the Vice President-General, Okpoko Community, Prince Ezenwa Nnabuenyi said the governor has given the community a new face because the various projects has sparked off night life, more investors and residents into the community than before.
In an interview at Ekwulọbịa, the Chairman of forum of all commercial drivers in Anambra State, Hon. Felix Asimone, said they were marvelled on how the governor had turned the fortunes of Ekwulọbịa around with flyover and roads projects.
According to Asimone, the drivers having seen the level of Soludo's transformation agenda, had vowed to mobilise more members into the tax net so as to enable them Government embark on more projects.