Soludo hails Tinubu over approval of two strategic South-East road projects

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for approving the design and procurement of two major federal highways in the South-East, describing the move as a landmark step towards rebuilding the region.

Soludo, in a post on his X account on Thursday, said the approvals reflected Tinubu’s commitment to infrastructure renewal in the South-East.

The governor disclosed that the projects approved are the dualisation of the 108-kilometre Otuocha–Anam–Abaji (Kogi) Road and the approximately 150-kilometre Oba–Nnewi–Uga–Ihube (Okigwe Junction) Road, which links Anambra and Imo states to the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway through Abia State.

According to Soludo, the approvals followed his meeting with President Tinubu on July 1, after which the Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, requested details of the roads they had discussed.

“Today, 15th July, I received a message from the Minister of Works that the President has graciously approved both roads for ‘design and procurement’. What can I say? These two roads constitute critical game-changers for the South-East, South-South and North Central,” the governor wrote.

He described the approvals as further proof of Tinubu’s resolve to transform the region through strategic infrastructure investments.

“President Tinubu has a date with history, and even more so with the South-East. He continues to demonstrate his avowed commitment to orchestrating the reconstruction of the South-East, thereby finally healing the wounds of the Civil War,” Soludo said.

The governor added that several “unprecedented, foundational infrastructural rebirths” were already underway in the South-East under the current administration.

Commending the President, Soludo said, “The man who tamed the Atlantic Ocean in Lagos is certainly redefining politics, and the South-East won’t be the same again.”