For many years our people were dying at Ogbor Hill waterside in Aba as a result of accidents caused mostly by articulated vehicles and, of course, the activities of traders plying their trade at the nearby cattle market and Ahia Udele.
Administrations in the state knew that to save life and ease traffic, we must summon the political will to relocate the two markets and also construct an interchange (flyover) to improve traffic flow in that very busy area that links Aba and Abia State to Akwa Ibom and Cross River states.
Understandably, paucity of funds, in the past, made that second option a distant alternative.
Shortly after I became Commissioner for Trade and Investment in Abia State, I folded my sleeves, summoned the required courage and, with the political will clearly demonstrated by then-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, we went to work and relocated the two markets.
People said it couldn’t be done, but we did it, and since then the frequency of accidents around that location has dropped drastically with traffic flow much more improved.
A PDP government should naturally execute the next phase of the plan given that much more revenue now flows into the state.
We shall do a flyover at Waterside!!
Similarly, Ugwu Enuda of Abiriba in Ohafia LGA has claimed many lives in that scenic community that receives millions of visitors who visit for various reasons. The beautiful community itself regularly experience massive traffic challenges during festive seasons. The solution will be to do the Ugwu Enuda flyover and another flyover at Usumanu Amaogudu Abiriba.
For those who have travelled through Umuahia Tower segment of the Enugu-PH Highway during major festive seasons, there is no debate that an interchange is urgently required there and, of course, at Ishi Gate Umuahia too.
Contrary to what many believe, the cost of doing these jobs is fair and affordable enough when a government removes corruption and graft from its procurement processes. A state that is currently making revenue in excess of N60 BILLION every month can easily handle the 5 flyovers within 2 years because as of 2024 -2025 the average cost of a flyover project in Nigeria ranges between N5b-N20b.
A new PDP government will do those flyovers because power belongs to the people and not a cabal of propagandists seeking to loot a state silly while socially engineering them to clap for tokens.
-John Billions
29/04/2026
