Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has commissioned the 1.2 kilometre Umuokomiri – Obehie ring road in Ukwa West reconstructed by the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ASOPADEC).
Commissioning the road project, Governor Otti noted that the road had been a work in progress for a long time before he appointed the General Manager of ASOPADEC, Ven. Dr. Joshua Onyeike, who took it up and realized the project within a short period. He thanked the General Manager of ASOPADEC for the various water projects ASOPADEC is carrying out currently and described him as a man of capacity.
Governor Otti, who vowed to leverage on the presence of gas in Ukwa to generate electricity for the people, informed that his government would at the end of this month perform a ground breaking ceremony of Abia Innovation and Industrial Park in Owaza. He disclosed that the industrial park which would house manufacturing company, oil and gas company, refinery and other concerns would have 90 percent funding by the private sector while his government would contribute 10 percent of it. He equally informed that the money to be used in setting up the industrial park is already available.
