The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to urgently complete the Port Harcourt-Enugu Expressway, the Port Harcourt-Enugu Standard Gauge Railway Line, and rehabilitate the Port Harcourt, Calabar and Warri seaports, describing the projects as critical to Nigeria’s economic future.
The demand was contained in a communiqué issued after the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of Ohanaeze held in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.
The organisation said the continued delay in completing the projects have hampered economic growth, increased the cost of doing business, discouraged investment and weakened Nigeria’s competitiveness.
Ohanaeze urged the Federal Government to classify the projects as matters of urgent national economic importance, insisting that the call was based on economic realities rather than regional or political interests.
According to the group, the projects would benefit all parts of the country by improving transportation, boosting trade, strengthening national integration and
