President Bola Tinubu has allocated over N1.3tn to ongoing road and bridge infrastructure projects in the South-East, affirming the administration’s commitment to equitable national development, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has declared.
This was disclosed in a statement on Monday, signed by Umahi, titled, “President Tinubu Treating the South-East Region with Fairness and Equity in Road and Bridge Infrastructure Development,” where he also described a recent publication titled “The Politics of Asphalt: Why is the South-East Missing from the Map?”, as mischievous and deliberate attempt to misinform the public.
Umahi said, “My attention as the Minister of Works has been drawn to a wrong and misleading statement in social media published by one Mr Linus Anagboso (D-Big Pen) captioned: ‘The Politics of Asphalt: Why is the South East missing from the map?’
“I understand that politics is now in the air, and the chosen path by some persons is to deceive unsuspecting members of the public, look good before the people as one fighting for them, and close both eyes pretentiously over the great and selfless infrastructure development which Mr President is doing all over the nation.”
