{"id":40956,"date":"2022-08-28T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=40956"},"modified":"2022-08-28T21:17:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T21:17:09","slug":"faulks-road-will-be-ready-in-2-months-gov-ikpeazu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/28\/faulks-road-will-be-ready-in-2-months-gov-ikpeazu\/","title":{"rendered":"Faulks road will be ready in 2 months \u2013 Gov. Ikpeazu"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia says Faulks road will be ready in two months, as part of the government\u2019s effort to boost economic activities in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ikpeazu made this known on Sunday during a Special Thanksgiving Service to mark the 31st anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/26\/dep-gov-lauds-correspondents-chapels-positive-reportage-on-abia\/\">Abia<\/a>, at the St Stephen\u2019s Anglican Church, Umuahia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governor said that contrary to the opinion of some members of the public, the state government had not abandoned Faulks road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that the state government had engaged contractors to deploy cement rigid technology in reconstructing the road to ensure that the road would last for 30 years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ikpeazu also said that the initial reconstruction work was done by his administration on Faulks road because of failure to listen to expert advise.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe contractors, Setraco, who did the work are one of the best, but when they built that road they locked that road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThey told me that because we are yet to place wearing cost and without this wearing cost the road will collapse.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAfter the lockdown, everybody was worried about opening their shops after months, then leaders of Ariaria International\u00a0 Market and some traditional rulers came pleading with me to open the road to enable traders have access to their shops against experts\u2019 advice.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI resisted for a few months but I opened the road because a better part of my human kindness overtook me and the rest is history because as predicted the road collapsed,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ikpeazu said that his administration had delivered more than 150 roads and\u00a0 was interested in building more roads to ease traffic around the state for enhanced economic activities in Abia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He thanked God for the peace and stability in the state, adding that these were his prayer request to God on assumption of office as the governor of Abia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a sermon entitled, \u201cWatchman over the land\u201d, Rt Rev. Geoffrey Ibeabuchi, the Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Umuahia, said that God had given the citizenry the responsibility to keep watch over Abia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ibeabuchi said that it was pertinent for the people of Abia to keep watch over the state by promoting causes that would make a positive impact\u00a0 on the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe need to rise up and take up the responsibility of keeping watch over our state, communities and families,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia says Faulks road will be ready in two months, as part of the government\u2019s effort to boost economic activities in the state. Ikpeazu made this known on Sunday during a Special Thanksgiving Service to mark the 31st anniversary of Abia, at the St Stephen\u2019s Anglican Church, Umuahia. 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