N248bn Ebonyi roads: Oluchukwu accuses Nwifuru, Umahi of failure, urges Tinubu to halt funding

A nationalist affairs analyst, Paschal Oluchukwu, has urged the Federal Government nether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to halt the projected further N248 cardinal backing for roadworthy infrastructure improvement successful Ebonyi State.

He alleged that some the governor, Francis Nwifuru, and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, had failed to conscionable the expectations of the radical of the state.

Oluchukwu disclosed this successful a connection connected Tuesday.

His comments followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his run team's sojourn to Ebonyi State for his re-election rally connected Monday.

Vice President Kashim Shettima had pledged further infrastructure backing for the authorities during the rally.

He noted that the projects see the dualisation of the Enugu–Abakaliki–Ogoja Road, improvements to the Onueke–Ezza corridor and the Okposi–Amasiri Road, among others.

However, reacting to the pledge, Oluchukwu said: "Whereas helium is not opposed to roadworthy projects and different interventions of the Federal Government successful the State, particularly having suffered terrible neglect similar the remainder of the South Eastern States nether erstwhile administrations, we person a profoundly increasing interest implicit the increasing unaccountability successful the utilization of funds by some the Governor who has failed to implicit immoderate azygous task successful astir 4 years successful bureau and the loquacious Minister of Works, David Umahi who has besides been accused of deficiency of openness an...