FG Approves Gov Ugwuanyi’s Nsukka Roundabout Construction Project

The controller of works, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Engr Femi Oyekanmi, Tuesday, approved Enugu State government’s move to construct a legacy roundabout and tower at Opi junction in Nsukka Local Government Area of the state.

The project is part of the Ugwuanyi administration’s initiative to include Nsukka in the world map.

THE WHISTLER reports that the Enugu State House of Assembly had earlier given Gov Ugwuanyi an approval to make Nsukka an urban city. The roundabout is located at Opi junction, which is about 12km from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) campus. 

Gov Ugwuanyi was accompanied during the tour by the state’s commissioner for works and infrastructure, Engr Greg Nnaji, and the airspace manager, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Mr Iliya Yohana. Gov Ugwuanyi disclosed that he needed the approval of the two federal agencies for the commencement of the construction of the legacy roundabout.

According to him, the roundabout and tower would be a deserving identity of Nsukka, which is the second largest city in Enugu State. He regretted that the university community had been neglected for a long time, and reiterated his administration’s commitment towards its facelift.

In his words, “We called NAMA to approve this project because of the height of the tower to ensure that it won’t be an obstruction to air flights”, and commended stakeholders of Nsukka zone, especially the owners of the land where the roundabout and tower would be located, for their support. He also thanked the federal controller of works, ministry of works and housing, for granting approval for the commencement of the project. 
 
The state commissioner for works and infrastructure, Engr Greg Nnaji, in a speech, said the project was contained in the 2021 budget. On his part, the controller of works, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Engr Oyekanmi, commended Gov Ugwuanyi for seeking the assessment and approval of the ministry and NAMA before the commencement of the project, stressing that such approach ‘is novel. 

NAMA’s airspace manager, Mr Yohana, applauded Gov Ugwuanyi for the project, adding that, “We will look at the technical drawings and give the necessary advice.” The chairman, Nsukka LGA, Mr Ugwueze, expressed gratitude to Gov Ugwuanyi for initiating the project, which he said would go a long way in ‘decongesting traffic and place the area in the world map of history with a unique and deserving identity’.