Uche Usim, Abuja

The President Muhammadu Buhari’s interventions in solving the nation’s infrastructure nightmare has begun yielding fruits as the Federal Government on Tuesday, flagged-off a 16-kilometre Ofeme Community road network in Ohuhu in Umuahia North Local Government of Abia State.

The community road project which is a product of the FG’s Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme is being handled by AG Dangote Construction, a subsidiary of Dangote Group.

Among other advantages, the Tax Credit Refund Scheme, enables the private sector to invest in road construction, makes it possible to upgrade access road to industrial and manufacturing clusters and reduce cost of transportation which results into reduction in the cost of food and other services, thereby curbing inflation.

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Speaking during the flag-off ceremony in Ofeme, the Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelemah, lauded President Buhari for approving the road project, adding that it would boost economic activities within the community and its environs.

The Minister, who hails from Ofeme Autonomous Community of Abia State, stated that he has been vindicated for accepting to be minister under Buhari’s administration, stressing that his appointment was greeted with skepticism.

He said, “I am very happy that Mr. President approved the construction of this road. When I joined this government, some people were asking me what I stood to gain from it. The Bible says the end of a thing is better than the beginning. It is our time to shine. It is our time to benefit from the government at the centre.”