By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Following the dilapidated state of Anambra roads, Amudo community in Awka South Local Government Area of the state has commenced the rehabilitation of Aroma-Ifite road in the state capital at the cost of N4 Million.

This is coming on the heels of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s declaration of a state of emergency on roads in major cities of the state.

Soludo had in his 100 days in office speech said: “We declared a state of emergency on roads and traffic and preparing to flag-off the construction of over 220 kilometres of roads as the rains subside; getting touts out of our roads and markets; redefining the purpose and character of government.”

According to the Chairman of Amudo Community, Chief Timothy Mmuotolo, the community embarked on the project because of the deplorable state of the road at Arroma junction which is the center of Awka, the capital of the state.

He said on Monday: “Our brother who facilitated this project approached me and stressed the need for a palliative work of the road and that is exactly what we are doing.

“We know that government cannot do everything and Gov Charles Soludo just came into office and before he would start work on roads, we need to assist him because we voted for him.

“The project will cost us between N3.250 million and N4million to complete and we had to tax ourselves to do it.”

On his part, the facilitator, Mr Uchenna Ozoekwe, said that he came home for business in December only to discover the helpless state of the roads.

“We cannot continue like this and keep waiting for government to do all things and that is why we have to resort to self-help and this is also being done in other communities,” Ozoekwe said.

The Community however appealed to the state government to consider the construction of a hanging bridge connecting the Anambra Water Corporation end at the step to the other end of Ifite road to ease the traffic at Arroma junction.

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