President Buhari to make first visit to South East in 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari will pay his first official visit to South East come March, 2017, Governor David Umahi has revealed.

President Buhari will visit Ebonyi State where he is expected to inaugurate three flyovers on the Enugu-Abakaliki federal highway being constructed by the state government.

Governor Umahi made the announcement on Friday during a visit to the permanent site of Ebonyi State University.

He said: “the projects are in their eight months of construction and they are expected to be completed by March to be inaugurated by the President Buhari.

“Despite the criticisms that initially trailed their construction, the flyovers will enhance our infrastructural well-being and save lives lost on the road.

“In realisation that this institution is situated few meters from the road, we constructed a pedestrian crossing at junction of the school due to deaths of students on the road.

“My wife witnessed an accident at the junction where two students were killed by a vehicle and we decided to construct the pedestrian crossing to forestall further loss of lives.”

The three flyovers constitute part of the trans-Saharan route to Cameroon.

The governor announced that a ‘boxed-house’ would also be constructed at the junction for the relaxation of the students while waiting to board buses to their various destinations.

“We have procured a 50-KVA solar-powered generator to ensure constant electricity supply at the junction to save lives,” he said.

Umahi used the occasion to announce N10, 000 reduction in the school fees paid by all categories of students of the university.

He said that the students pay the highest amount of school fees in the South-East and South-South zones of the country.

“The reduction is however conditional because when there are reported cases of cultism and other vices in the institution, I will reverse the decision.

Umahi also announced the presentation of 3,000 (25kg) bags of rice and N5 million to staff of the institution for their Christmas celebration.

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