Enugu community kicks over ongoing road construction of Amutenyi Obollo Afor road
Enugu community kicks over ongoing road construction ON APRIL 29, By Dennis Agbo THE Amutenyi Obollo-Afor community in Udenu local government area of Enugu state has asked the state government to stop a road construction work ongoing along Obollo-Afor- Amalla-Otukpo Benue state old federal road. The Community in a petition to the state commissioner for works, Engr Greg Nnaji, alleged that the contractor for the road compromised the size of the road. President General of the Community, Chief Emeka Abba said that the drainage system was being constructed close to the centre of the old road, reducing width of the road from 13 to eight meters. The state commissioner for Works, Nnaji, however told Vanguard that the contractor was being supervised and was doing the road to the ministry’s design. Insisting that the road will cause accidents among members of the community if left at eight meters width, Abba said the pending danger led its community to conduct a discrete investigati...