South East roads demand attention, says Osinbajo

 

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, at the weekend, affirmed that the worst prob­lem bogging down people of the South East zone is the dilapidated road net­works, saying the situation is clear to the Federal Government.
Prof Osinbajo noted that despite gov­ernment’s financial constraints at the mo­ment, there was need to make improve­ments on roads in the South East where commerce thrives and people move about a lot to earn their living.
While fielding questions from news­men in Enugu, where he attended a wed­ding ceremony at the Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd, Anglican Commu­nion, the Vice President disclosed that he had discussed the issue of the roads with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi , reiterating that the issue was not unknown to the Fed­eral Government.
“Not just only one problem that the people of the South East have in terms of roads, you know what our financial con­straints are, there is a need for improve­ment on roads where there is a lot of com­merce and movement of people.”
Responding to a question, Prof Osinbajo noted that there was need to raise the value of naira by discourag­ing importation of some items.
In a homily at the church, Archbishop of the Enugu Ec­clesiastical Province, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Em­manuel Olisa Chukwuma com­mended President Muhammadu Buhari for fighting corruption and appealed to the government to create employment for the youths in the country.