Concerned Citizens of Uruokpala village, Egbema Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local Government Area of Anambra State have appealed to Governor Chukwuma Soludo to construct College Road Ozubulu to stop further loss of lives and property.
NewdayReporters observed that the dilapidated 2 kilometer road which begins from Umualisi village, Egbema Ozubulu, transverses Community Secondary School Ozubulu, Nnewi / Ozubulu/ Okija Road.
Speaking shortly after conducting the newsmen round the road especially where erosion is wrecking havoc, Mr. Norbert Ubanatu who stood in for Chief Basil Obodoechi a stakeholder in the community who has been doing palliative work on the road for years, and Other concerned Citizens of Uruokpala, Egbema Ozubulu, recounted how the gully erosion started over twenty years and has claimed the life of Mrs Georginia Anazodo, some students from Community Secondary School Ozubulu who felled into the gully and were injured and how another victim, Mr Odinaka Nnoli last week felled into the deep gully with his motor cycle and sustained various degree of injuries said the gully erosion has cut off the Community Secondary School and students find it difficult to access the school.
Mr. Ubanatu lamented that most parents has withdrawed their children from the school for other Neighbouring schools pointing out that the number of students which was initially more than five hundred has drastically reduced to about one hundred and fifty and called for urgt intervention of the State Government.
He further explained that the college Road Ozubulu was the ever first Native Road in Ozubulu that leads to Ulasi River where oil produced there is transported to Ugwuta in Imo and River Niger with Cannon’s.
The Chairman Umualisi Village, Chief Chigozie Akosa, Former President General Egbema Ozubulu, Mr Eugene Nwannekezie and the youth leader, Mr Ugochukwu Ugwunwa, late Georgina Anazodo family members, a victim,Mr Odinaka Nnoli and his Elder Brother Mr Sunday Nnoli recounted their suffering and pitiable Condition of College Road Ozubulu pleading with Governor Soludo to wipe their tears by Awarding the College Road Ozubulu immediately to save souls.
The Principal of Community Secondary School Ozubulu, Mrs Uzoma Obi and some of her students, namely Chimsiindi Chidera, Chioma Ani and Chimereze Ibeh decried the poor condition of the college Road which has retarded the growth of the school and has contributed to insecurity as criminals now seize the opportunity to vandalize the School property calling for government intervention.
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