From Sylvia Udegbunam, Enugu

The Commissioner for transport Enugu State, Dr Obi Ozor have said that Enugu State government will complete the proposed site for the Enugu State central Station dual terminal park in 12 months, adding that Peter Mbah administration has also compensated the 29 legal tenants of railway cooperation along holy ghost axis where the terminal will be constructed.

The Commissioner speaking with the Journalists in Enugu during an inspection at the proposed site informed them that Enugu State government had reached an agreement with Nigerian railway and federal ministry of transportation to lease the place for the construction of the proposed terminal. He noted that work will commence in the terminal this month and will be completed and delivered in 12 months.According to him, the Enugu State government started this Journey since September 2023 and the government has engaged all the stakeholders from the ditch crushers to the Agberos, to the legal tenants and to the federal government. Notices were given on 13th October 2023 and after 7 months, the government has come to clear the place for immediate commencement of the terminals.””Compensation has been paid to the legal tenants, and some tenants have not submitted their accounts to railway, because some of them believe they are above the law or that government cannot do work for the benefit of the people. “I believe that after yesterday’s action, they will reach out to railway and will submit their account for immediate payment.He pointed out that the government since last year prepared befitting relocation site at new market and old UNTH for the motherless babies. “We have made all arrangements and they have a committee responsible for allocating spaces to different transporters”.”We are also building the same type of terminal in Garriki, Abakpa and in Nsukka making it for phase 1 of the transport infrastructural project. The phase 2 will now be looking at places like nine mile and other critical places. So the government wants to build this infrastructures in an equitable manner to drive efficiency, affordability and sustainability of transportation sector in Enugu. The management of this will be driven by private sector for sustainability.Former Chairman, Ezeagu local government area also former Special Adviser to the former governor, Hon Fred Ezinwa in an interview with Journalists commended Governor Peter Mba for embarking on this project saying that it takes a Governor with political will to do that.”What he is building here is an edifice, a legacy project that will outlive him. It had dual advantage, by giving a massive security in Enugu. If you have a central park anchoring all the vehicle coming to Enugu, you will know who came in to Enugu and who left Enugu. The economy of Enugu will be consolidated in terms of IGR.