Weeds, reptiles take over Abia new Govt House

The Abia State government has, in the last couple of years, been boasting about the ‘legacy proj­ects’ it has built in Umuahia, the state capital.

To rub it in, artistic impres­sions of the ‘projects’ are regularly ad­vertised in the media and elsewhere in celebration of the ‘achievements’ of the present administration of Governor The­odore Orji.
One of the ‘legacy projects’ being talked about is a new Government House in Umuahia. As the tenure of the adminis­tration expires in a couple of months, one would expect that the new Government House would be at an advanced stage of construction, if not fully completed in view of the publicity it had received over time.
But that certainly is not the true state of affairs there. Indeed, it would be another wonder of the world if the new Govern­ment House is completed before the ten­ure of the present administration ends on May 29, next year.
About a fortnight ago, this reporter visited the project site and was utterly shocked at the level of the pro­ject. It could, in fact, be described as an abandoned project, as there was no sign of construction going on at the time of the visit. The site has been overtaken by over­grown weeds, making it a natural habitat for reptiles and snakes.

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