FG slams PDP over Infrastructural Development in SE, SS

Fri, Jun 29, 2018 | By publisher


Politics

THE minister, who threw the challenge while inspecting ongoing
construction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on Thursday, said
it’s disheartening that some politicians have made it their pastime to
criticize the current administration for allegedly neglecting the two
regions without any verifiable proof.

“I’m particularly glad that we came on this trip for two reasons. I
think it has given the lie to those naysayers, who have painted the
administration as having done nothing for the South-East and the
South-South.

“When we were coming on this (third) stretch of the road, I was
informed that until this administration came, an entire lane was
completely impassable after it was turned to a refuse dump. Now the
question is: In 16 years, what did the PDP do on the Enugu-Port
Harcourt Road?

”Everything that we saw (along the Enugu-Port Harcourt road) today is
what this administration has achieved, yet some politicians are so
fraudulent. They sit in Abuja and accuse the administration of doing
nothing for the South-East and the South-South,” he said.

Mohammed said the intervention of the present administration in
the provision of infrastructure in the South-East, in particular, has
exposed the PDP for deceiving the people of the region for the 16
years it was in power without anything to show.

”From what you have seen yesterday and today, you will see that this
administration has done so much for this zone.
We can now see that some people are just misinforming the public. I am
glad that from the feedback we are getting, the people in the
South-East know what is going on because they know what was going on
for 16 years and are also here in the last three years and they have
seen the difference,” he said.

The Minister gave the assurance that the federal government will
remain focused on completing inherited projects across the country.

“The most important thing is that this government has been faithful,
sincere, passionate and committed towards infrastructural development.
What we are doing has never been done in almost 16 to 20 years at
least along this axis,” he said.

The Minister, who is currently on a nationwide media tour of federal
government infrastructural projects, had earlier inspected ongoing
work at the Second Niger Bridge, where he expressed satisfaction with
the pace of work

– Jun. 29, 2018 @ 14:49 GMT |

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