Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, on Wednesday, flagged off the construction of multiple road projects totalling 78.85km in Nkanu East and Nkanu West Local Government Areas of the state.

At Amodu in Nkanu West LGA, Mbah performed the symbolic groundbreaking for the 9.30km Amodu-Akpugo Road, 5km Amagu-Atakwu-Akegbe Ugwu-Akpasha Road, and 3.12km Obuofia-Obeagu-Akegbe Ugwu Road totalling 17.32km.

Also, at Nara in Nkanu East LGA, the governor flagged off the construction of the 12.96km Nomeh-Mburubu-Nara Road, 7km Nomeh-Oduma Road, 7.20km Mburubu-Nkereffi Road, 9km Nara-Nkerefi Road, 9.7km Amagunze-Ihuokpara-Ugbawka Road, 8.67km Akpawfu-Akpugo-Amagunze Road with a spur to Umuoma Onicha, and 61.43km Isiogbo Nara-Isu Road, all totaling 61.43km.

Speaking, Mbah said: “In the last few days, we have flagged off about 90km of roads and bridges across these various local governments. Today, we are here to again perform this all-important event of the flag-off. What you see here at this location may just be project signage indicating a few kilometres of road, but in actual terms, we are here to flag off the construction of about 90km of roads in both Nkanu East and Nkanu West.

“What we are about to witness in our various communities is an agricultural renaissance. As you already know, we are setting up farm estates in different wards on a minimum of 200 hectares of land each. The farm estate would ensure that we take our agriculture potential to an industrial scale. So, our growth in agriculture will not just be for food. Agriculture for us will be a serious business and a major force for economic growth.”

The governor assured the people that he looked forward to commissioning the roads in a few months.

The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Gerald Otiji, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Projects Development and Implementation, Uchenna Nwatu, assured the people of effective and intensive supervision to ensure quality delivery as demanded by the governor.