Abia State Govt Granted $200m Facility By ADB

Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu

ABIA State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, disclosed Thursday that African Development Bank, ADB, has approved a $200 million facility for the state to tackle water sanitation and roads.

The governor said the focal area to be dealt with decisively for now were the Port Harcourt Road , Aba, Ohanko and other roads in Aba, the commercial city of the state.

The governor, who disclosed this when he received the General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministries, Pastor William F. Kumuyi, at the Government House, Umuahia, said he was aware of the challenges confronting the state, maintaining that God was bigger than those challenges.

Governor Ikpeazu pledged to provide a piece of land for the Deeper Christian Life Ministries to build its university in the state and also promised to construct a 5km road to the land.

Source: Vanguard