The Federal government has completed the palliative rehabilitation of a section of the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway (Idodo).
The minister of works Engr David Umahi visited the site on 1 February 2024 after the two-day joint inspection visit to the 3rd Mainland Bridge, the Carter Bridge and the Eko Bridge as well as the progress of work at a section of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at the axis of Ibadan all in the South West.
A statement by the special adviser media, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji said the minister immediately moved to inspect the rehabilitation work going on at the collapsed New Artisan Bridge near NNPC mega fillings station, Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu State.
He ordered contractors handling the project to step up the pace of work to ensure that the project is delivered on record time.
He also visited the palliative work at Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway (Idodo) which has been fully repaired.
The minister thereafter departed to Abakaliki from where he would be exercising his voting right during the Ebonyi South Senatorial bye-election, holding on Saturday, 3rd February, 2024.
Umahi was elected as the senator representing Ebonyi South senatorial district on the 25th day of February 2023.
He was later appointed minister of works by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He resigned as a senator and deputy majority leader of the 10th Senate upon his swearing-in as minister of works on the 21 August, 2023, hence the scheduled senatorial bye-election for Ebonyi South Senatorial District by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
