Delta State Government, has officially handed over the construction of the deplorable 5.7km Igbide-Olomoro road to the contractor that won the bid for the project.
This is as the state also moves to fix the collapsed wooden bridge at Asaba-Ase in Ndokwa East Local Government Area.
The State’s Commissioner for Works (Rural and Riverine roads) Mr. Charles Aniagwu while on site said that the project was being officially handed over to the contractor. He added that the approval was to yield to the cry of the Igbide and Olomoro people.
Aniagwu said: “For quite some time now, our brothers and sisters in Olomoro and Igbide have continued to make a case for this road to be reconstructed.
“It was an existing road but along the line, it failed completely, making it very difficult for them to commute.
“So, they wrote and made some form of request and, in the course of examining it, we saw that their request had merit and the road was awarded.”
On the collapsed Asaba -Ase wooden bridge, Aniagwu expressed the government’s commitment to address the challenges posed by the bridge which connects Uzere community in Isoko South Local Government Area to Asaba- Ase in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner, who inspected the collapsed bridge, restated Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s desire to link communities with bridges and roads.
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He said: “Governor Oborevwori, on hearing that this wooden bridge has been washed off yesterday, directed that I come to this place to ascertain the level of destruction.
“And also find out what immediate measures we can put in place before the proper reconstruction, in order to enable our brothers and sisters who live in Isoko South and Ndokwa East to commute through this place.”
Mr. Aniagwu who was accompanied by the Commissioner for Lands, Surveys and Urban Development, Chief Emamusi Obiodeh, and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, also inspected some ongoing road projects in Isoko North and Isoko South Local Government Areas, including the Emevor-Orogun road project phase two, where he urged the contractors to ensure speedy and quality delivery of the projects.
The Commissioner for Lands, Chief Emamusi Obiodeh thanked the Governor for awarding a contract for the Igbide-Olomoro road reconstruction in respect of which they had written to several administrations about.
