Again the Federal Government shifted the completion date of
the much talked about East west road as President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commissioned the N6.5 billion ring road in
Calabar.
While
addressing a mammoth crowd of party supporters at the U.J Esuene stadium as part
of his presidential campaign rally,
Jonathan promised to complete the East west road when voted into office come
February 14, 2015 noting that the Uyo-Calabar axis of the road will come
naturally.
He said the East-West road was on course and certainly the
project will come to completion this year if returned to office come 2015.
He also reassured his supporters of his promise to construct
a railway line that would access Lagos to Obudu Cattle Ranch.
Jonathan
said his mandate was to take Nigerians forward as the country continued to lead
in international standards.
He
charged Nigerians not to allow themselves to be ruled by lawless leaders,
saying, “when people talk about change, what kind of change are they talking
about, why do you want to change us to lawless country, we need change that can
take us forward, not backward”.
He commended Cross River for making a tremendous progress in
developing the state, noting that “the state has made a significant progress in
development and is still leading in international standards”.
While commissioning the 6.8 kilometre Margerate Ekpo
International Airport By-pass Road named after him by the Cross River
government. who lauded the state for providing an enabling environment for
tourism and entertainment, he said, “I am glad to be in Cross River State, a
state that is entertaining Nigerians. That was why I selected your own, Chief
Edem Duke to come and handle tourism at the centre because we saw what he was
doing in Cross River.
“This is a great story which
symbolizes the vision of PDP, to create environment that will stimulate and
help people in commerce and industry and social integration For the government and people of Cross
River to notice that they need a bypass from the airport to divert traffic and
decongest the city is indeed a visionary leadership”.
He also expressed his administration’s resolve to work with
the state government to ensure that more amenities are attracted to Cross
River.
He added, “I want to thank you very sincerely for immortalizing me with the
naming of this all important road after me. I pray that the day I will leave
office, I will leave enough foot print that people will use in remembering me’’.
Earlier the State Governor Senator
Liyel Imoke who promised that the state would deliver over a million votes to
Jonathan administration, said, “you have come back to where we believe is your
strongest stronghold. You are a Cross Riverian. Today we have the privilege of
you commissioning one of our very many projects by the grace of God in the state.
“It is an airport bypass road designed to bring out traffic
out of the city. It is constructed through swamp and started 2011 and we are
glad to complete this 6.8 kilometres road with an interchange bridge. This road
will amongst others led to the creation of a new development area for house
which we are complementing with the needed infrastructure
“This road has been named Goodluck
Ebelle Jonathan Bypass out of everything that you represent to us in Nigeria,
but more particularly what you represent to Cross River State”.
The
Minister for Tourism, Chief Edem Duke warned Nigerians not to vote for an
opposition party that is still looking for its 1961 first School leaving
certificate adding that PDP would never take Nigerians back to analogue day,
“the opposition is still looking for 1961 certificate” APC cannot give us the kind
of change we need, we want continuity”.
Meanwhile,
Nigerians often allow leaders to make promises they are not sincere to fulfill when
elected. It is in the interest of Nigerians to take note of such promises and continue
to hold the leaders accountable until they are met. This is the right time to do
this.
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