Senator Nwebonyi Assures Completion Of Over 7 kilometre Unuezeka-Udomoke Road
By Alex Odeh
The Deputy Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and Senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone, Onyekachi Peter Nwebonyi has assured the people of his Ebonyi and Ohaukwu Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State of the completion of over 7 kilometre Unuezeka-Udomoke road.
Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, who gave the assurance during the inspection of the road, disclosed that the road connects about four communities and two markets.
He maintained that as far as the the intervention funds are coming, he would continue to prove naysayers wrong that projects attracted by lawmakers are jamborees.
He said, ” I’m just trying to prove a point that constituency projects are desirable and sustainable because the impression many people have is that projects attracted by lawmakers are all jamboree projects that ends on newspapers.
“But when I came on board, I discovered that some funds through the executives, which is called zonal Intervention Funds, are made for the 109 senatorial zones of the Federation.
“I decided to channel mine to meet the needs of my people. So in some communities, like you can see this market, there’s another market up there called Odomoke Market. This road connects about four communities, connecting two markets.
“So I decided to put this road to connect the communities and the markets. Why am I trying to do this? With little funds, we cannot actually achieve much. That is the point I’m making.
He stated that the road is the seventh he has attracted through the zonal Intervention programme of the National Assembly.
“This is the seventh kilometre of road I’ve been able to attract through the Zonal Intervention Programmes of the National Assembly. And I must tell you, the people are happy. You can see facts are speaking for themselves. All geared towards making life better. You should see the road before even the time of Stonebase. It was not motorable.
He further said that with the level of job done on the road, the people were already happy using the road.
“But you can see, even with the level it is, even before the concrete, people are already praising God and they are commending the President and they are happy with what we are doing. This is about 7.8 kilometres. But like I said, we are starting with one kilometre per annual budget”, he stated.
