Abia State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu has said the state government would invest the N2 billion palliative loan from the Federal Government on transportation.
Briefing newsmen at the end of this week’s State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Umuahia, the state capital, the commissioner, who was accompanied by three other members of the council, said the Alex Otti administration had been working hard to deliver on its campaign promises.
He said one of the achievements is the complete rehabilitation of five major roads in Aba which are due for commissioning soon within the first 100 days in office.
Kanu also said the administration had done well in sanitation and waste management, health, education, and infrastructure development which it had declared a state of emergency.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo said work had reached an advanced stage on the ongoing rehabilitation of three general hospitals across the three senatorial districts.
The Accountant General of the state, Mrs. Njum Onyemenam said the administration is committed to ensuring that civil servants and retirees are paid their salaries and pension promptly.
She added that the administration is working toward ending the challenges that followed the ongoing verification of civil servants and retirees in the state by harmonising the payments.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Policies and Interventions, Rev. Fr. Christian Anokwuru said the administration had received 16,800 bags of rice as part of the palliatives from the federal government.
Anokwuru, who noted that the administration had shared 55 bags to each of the 184 wards in the state, added that it was expecting additional supply.
