Minister of Works, Sen. Nweze David Umahi, has reiterated the determination of the Renewed Hope administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in fixing the ailing road infrastructure across the nation. He stated this when the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and the newly elected governor of the state, Ahmed Usman Ododo visited him in his office at the Ministry’s Headquarters, Abuja on Thursday.
The minister stated that the president’s intervention on the road infrastructure deficit in the country was part of his roadmap towards revamping the economy of the nation. He thanked the governor for the will to seek federal government’s intervention on the road infrastructure challenges in his state and the passion to work for the good of the state.
“We inspected roads from 11am on my first day in office and I got back to Abuja by 2am, it shows the passion you have for the state. It is not by chance that my first working day was in Kogi State and I saw the acceptability and show of true love among the villagers for you. Your people are people of gratitude. I remember the ovation that greeted our inspection visit to Murtala Muhammed Way Bridge in Kogi State,” Umahi stated.
The minister assured the governor that the Kogi Federal Highway was part of the Federal roads listed for palliative intervention by Mr. President, adding, “I want to assure you that Mr. President has instructed our Ministry to go and start that portion of the road and you will soon see a lot of concrete structures on a number of sections of that road that are challenged”
He also thanked the governor for his commitment to the ideals of All Progressives Congress (APC) and for his doggedness that saw the party through in the recently concluded governorship election in Kogi State. He said the victory was a testimony to the good works of the governor and the acceptability of the ruling party by the people of the state. He praised the governor for his sense of inclusiveness and nationalism in his affairs as governor of Kogi State.
“I thank you for being nationalistic I know a lot of South Easteners that have made your cabinet, I also know a lot of people that had security challenges; that were kidnapped far away but you helped in rescuing them even across state.