By: Ike Philip Abiagom
The Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria(ACNPN) has lamented the deplorable state of federal roads in the Delta state capital, Asaba and across the three senatorial districts of the state and appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene.
Deltans and people plying on the federal road spoke during the the Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria(ACNPN) inspection tour of some of the deplorable federal roads in Delta State and to alleviate the current nightmare been experienced by the commuters on the roads.
After seeing the deplorable nature of the Asaba/ Benin express Road, Asaba/ Onitsha Express Road, and the pain of the commuters, it is beyond maintenance. It needs total rehabilitation. The Federal roads in Delta State capital Asaba connect major cities and states in the South-East geopolitical zone of the country. In Nigeria, statistics have shown that the roads as strategic routes carry 70 per cent of road traffic in the country and they represent about 17 per cent of the national road network of the 200,000 kilometres.
“The Community Publisher is pained by what Nigerians are passing through on these roads and we are disturbed because what is happening here is affecting the economy of the state and that of the nation,’’ he said.
Community Newspaper Publisher appealed to the Federal Ministry of Works ( Federal Controller) in Delta State to prevail on the contractors to fix the roads urgently owing to their importance to the nation’s socio-economic activities.
