By Our Reporter
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe has made it a point of duty to inspect the projects he attracted to his constituency at the beginning of every year.
The senator representing Abia South and one of the strongest voices in the upper chamber took his constituents in particular, and the world at large by surprise early this month when he took them, including media men to projects inspection tour to inspect the numerous projects he has attracted, not only to his constituency, but to other senatorial districts in Abia State.
One of the things that beat the imagination of the people was the number of projects the Igbo strong voice in the Senate, whose vocality, consistency and doggedness have earned him many titles and accolades, among which is “Nma Agha Ndi Igbo” has attracted to his people.
All these projects are not only critical but key to the survival of people of Abia South, Central and North Senatorial districts.
Like the solar powered grid supplying electricity to General Hospital, Onichangwa in Obingwa Local Government area, Seventh Day Adventists Hospital,Aba, General Hospital, Aba, Abia State Teaching Hospital, Aba, Uzuakoli General Hospital, Bende LGA,all the previous worries of the management of the hospitals occasioned by unstable power supply which results to intermittent power outages even during critical surgery sessions, is a thing of the past as the facilities assure steady power.
It is better for one to experience the level of excitement expressed by the managements of Onichangwa and SDA hospitals during the visit. These excitements indicate one thing: that these hospitals can now conduct surgeries with both eyes closed, without fears of outage of power, especially during critical surgery sessions.
Like Senator Abaribe explained, General Hospital , Onichangwa is an interesting case because the hospital has enjoyed long history. A history which is almost truncated and marred by the prolonged negligence of the Aba-Ikotekepene highway by the federal government, a situation Senator Abaribe has made several frantic interventions.
At this point, many are saying kudos to the Senator for strong interventions to the hospital, which has offered a lifeline to the hospital, in the form of donation of drugs.
In the area of road infrastructure, Senator Abaribe has equally made strong interventions by attracting the construction of Umuokahia to Umuola Road, construction of Chief Ubani Road;construction of Akalana Road; construction of Unity Road to Ogwo Road; construction of St. Eugene Road; construction of Abayi to Ohuru Road; construction of Umugo Road; construction of College Road Azumini in Ukwa East. One thing spectacular about this is that most of these roads is that most of them are located in the heart of the commercial hub, Aba or are very strategic to most of the rural dwellers.
Through electricity projects, communities like Abala Nkamiri in Obingwa, Umuamoke.in Ugwunagbo, Akanu Ngwa, Ovom and Ukwa East,will have every cause to smile, and will not be in a hurry to forget Senate Abaribe’s stay in the Senate when their various electricity projects, some which are nearing completion,are concluded.
In schools, it either that the schools are renovated are bequeathed with a mini- sports stadium. In few months ahead, the infrastructure narratives of Clifford Road Primary School, Market Road, Primary School, Ohuru, Ahiaba High School, will change for positive reasons.
The collective opinion is that Senator Abaribe is a master strategist who knows when best to strike the right chord!
