The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter, has kicked against plans by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to use concrete technology for
Umahi recently directed contractors handling federal road projects across the country to stop using asphalt, and instead, adopt concrete technology and direct labour.
But reacting to the the minister’s directive on Friday, Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ebonyi, Comrade Chika Nwoba, urged President Bola Tinubu and contractors handling various road projects to stop the proposed use of concrete technology and direct labour for road construction. The party also declared that Umahi’s claim that the concrete roads he did in Ebonyi State will last for 50 years as untrue.
Nwoba said, “It’s not in doubt that David Umahi is some sort of experienced construction engineering personality, but some qualities lack in the ways he administers any office he finds himself in every material point in time.
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