Buhari meets South East Leaders in Imo ,Commissions N2b Tunnel

Victor Duruamaku  Owerri

President  Muhammadu Buhari  is scheduled to meet with the south East leaders in Owerri  Imo state capital , Thursday  during his one day official  visit to the state

The president during the visit is expected to commission projects executed by the present administration of Gov. Hope Uzodimma

The projects, according to the state Commissioner for Information and strategy, Hon. Mbadiwe Emelumba  during a press briefing  on the visit  Wednesday, include a N20 Million Tunnel constructed to control flooding in the state.

While in the state, the president is also expected to hold a crucial meeting with critical leaders from the south east   geo political  zone at the government house Owerri.

Prominent among the projects to be commissioned according to him is the N2 billion technology driven balloon constructed to tackle perennial flooding within the Owerri capital city.

The commissioner named other projects to be commissioned by the president as “the first phase of the Naze/Ihiagwa/Nekede/Obinze Road which plays host to both the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) and the Federal Polytechnic Nekede which was previously in a deplorable condition, an Ultra Modern World Class Council Chambers at the Government House Owerri as well as the Egbeada by pass road to decongest the lingering heavy traffic on some roads in the state.

Hon Emelumba pleaded with the people of the state to come out en-masse and accord the president a rousing welcome and asured that adequate security had been put in place by the state government to ensure maximum security of life and property

He however warned  those he described as mischief makers and individuals with sinister motives to foment trouble to stop such action or  face the full weight of the law.