The Anambra State House of Assembly has raised the alarm that Enugu-Onitsha Expressway being constructed by the Federal Government has been abandoned.

This was contained in a resolution it passed on Friday, urging the President, Major General Muhamnmadu Buhari (retd.), to direct the Ministry of Works to ask the contractor to return to site.

This came barely 48 hours after some traditional rulers in the state visited the Presidential Villa, commending Buhari for his infrastructural development of the South-East region in general and Anambra State in particular.

The royal fathers had listed the landmark projects embarked upon by the Buhari’s regime in their region to include the Second Niger Bridge, the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, and Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway among others.

But in the Friday resolution, the lawmakers said the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway had been abandoned and it had become a discomfort to road commuters.

The resolution read, “We urge the Federal Government to direct the construction firm handling the contract to go back to site to alleviate the sufferings of the road users.

“The expressway is an important trunk – a highway, known for its heavy vehicular traffic. It was abandoned and became dilapidated for several years and left the users of the deplorable road in grief.

“Contract to reconstruct Anambra State section of the Enugu -Onitsha Expressway was awarded to RCC in November 2018 with a completion period of 42 months.”

The lawmakers expressed worry that the lockdown and interstate border closures had been lifted by the Federal Government several weeks ago, yet the contractor had not gone back to site.