Imo: Avu-Obosima-Adapalm-Etekwuru Roads, Much Ado About Nothing 

KENNETH UWADI 

According to local sayings, when a person does good, people hardly find words to adequately express thanks. Likewise, no words will be enough for the people of Imo State to express thanks to Governor Hope Uzodinma for his good works in the State.

As at the time the governor took over the mantle of leadership, Imo was in serious comatose. Things were in shambles. He saw and vowed to restore the lost glory of the state. Today, a complete blind man can feel a new Imo and a new lease of life. When some politicians tried to bring insecurity in the state, Uzodinma fought and peace has since been found. 

The war against bad roads by the governor is yielding dividends as several deplorable roads in the state are now expressways. Should some immediate past governors visit the state today, one is pretty sure they will be dumbfounded to see the level of transformation and development, the goodwill of which they squandered in their time.

Uzodinma has done well in the areas of basic health, road, security, agriculture, community and rural developments, societal reorientation and attitudinal change, education, water, business and commerce, transportation, justice, human and structural development.

The Governor’s performances have become source of envy and jealousy for anti-progressive elements in and outside the state. The preparation for the 2023 General election is on. The anti-progressive elements in and outside the state have increased their efforts to paint him black.

In February this year, Uzodinma announced that he was making efforts for work to commence on the Avu-Etekwuru Road. Last week, he mentioned that Contractors will be mobilised to site on Thursday. So why should some persons go to protest on Tuesday over the same road? 

The protest from findings was sponsored by a serving member of the Federal House of Reps. Useful information from community persons confirmed series of meetings held by this man and his thugs with a plan to attack the governor of the State.

They planned to have the governor come to address them over the Avu Road, their cameras waiting, once the governor steps out of his car they will start booing him and the media will report that his Excellency was booed. 

As things may have it, it was not the governor who came to address them; it was the capacity leader of APC in the LGA, Ugwumba Goodluck Nanah Opiah. Opiah is a man of humility, integrity, simplicity and credibility. He is a well respected man and leader. He has by far shown greater democratic temperament. The evidences are too glaring. The kind of things some people do and say against him and go scot-free, they certainly cannot do and say them to  some leaders and go free. I doff my hat for this man. He has demonstrated over the years that what makes him happy is serving his people. He has never done things to just protect the Ohaji/Egbema interest alone, but has been doing things to protect the interest of the entire Oil Areas and the state. He can’t stop, at least not now. He will continue to serve as a role model for many aspiring politicians in the oil areas and in the State. The noise over the Avu-Obosima- Adapalm-Etekwuru Road is much ado about nothing. Hope Uzodinma is on top of the situation. His road revolution in the state shows he is a man of his words.

Imo adila mma.

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