@DavidHundeyin, to put the issue of bad road(s) in Okigwe LGA in proper context:
1. Imo State has 27 LGAs, divided into 3 Senatorial Zones;
2. Orlu (12 LGAs), Orlu (9 LGAs) & Okigwe (6 LGAs);
3. Okigwe LGA is the HQs of Okigwe Zone;
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1. Imo State has 27 LGAs, divided into 3 Senatorial Zones;
2. Orlu (12 LGAs), Orlu (9 LGAs) & Okigwe (6 LGAs);
3. Okigwe LGA is the HQs of Okigwe Zone;
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4. The ROAD (let's discuss the "lockdown-violation-incident" in a separate tweet) in the attached video is "Owerri Road," the major road in Okigwe LGA.
Like, you cannot go anywhere within or through Okigwe LGA without plying Owerri Road.
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Like, you cannot go anywhere within or through Okigwe LGA without plying Owerri Road.
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5. Said road was a bad, but manageable, double-lane carriage way pre-@EmekaIhedioha.
6. @EmekaIhedioha decided to reconstruct. Awarded the contract to Eighteenth Engineering Company Int'l Ltd (EEC) (RC: 369165) and work commenced around November, 2019.
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6. @EmekaIhedioha decided to reconstruct. Awarded the contract to Eighteenth Engineering Company Int'l Ltd (EEC) (RC: 369165) and work commenced around November, 2019.
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7. Surprisingly, EEC completely scraped the whole tar and road divider, leaving only earth sand. Commuters and other road users kept using it like that, raising unhealthy haze as a result.
8. One would have thought they'd start with one lane, allowing users make use of the...
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8. One would have thought they'd start with one lane, allowing users make use of the...
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...other lane in the interim. But, what do I know about construction?
9. Jan 14 judgment of the Supreme Course replaced @EmekaIhedioha with @HE_HopeUzodimma - New Sheriff. EEC immediately suspended work (for reasons best know to them and @GovtOfImoState)
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9. Jan 14 judgment of the Supreme Course replaced @EmekaIhedioha with @HE_HopeUzodimma - New Sheriff. EEC immediately suspended work (for reasons best know to them and @GovtOfImoState)
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10. Till date, the road remains scraped, dusty, hazy & abandoned.
@Imo_PDP
@officialApcimo
@ImoStateBlog
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@Imo_PDP
@officialApcimo
@ImoStateBlog
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11. Residents and indigenes suffer related diseases and are at risk of lung cancer.
Yet, @GovtOfImoState is conspicuously silent.
Amidst all that, same abandoned people are expected to obey lockdown order - the video says the rest.
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Yet, @GovtOfImoState is conspicuously silent.
Amidst all that, same abandoned people are expected to obey lockdown order - the video says the rest.
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Owerri (12 LGAs)
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