Youths from Igbuzo and Anyalabum communities have raised alarm over what they described as years of marginalisation and neglect by past administrations, calling on Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, to urgently intervene in the ongoing Asaba–Achalla road project.
Speaking during a joint engagement by the Igbuzo Youth Council and Anyalabum Youth Council, the Anyalabum Youth Chairman, Comrade Steve Momah, lamented what he called the consistent short-changing of Anyalabum by successive governments over several decades.
While commending the Delta State Government for awarding the Asaba–Achalla road project, Momah expressed deep concern over the manner in which the contractor is allegedly handling the Igbuzo axis of the project.
According to him, a visit to the Asaba end of the road reveals wide, double drainage systems, while the Igbuzo side, particularly around Anyalabum, has no drainage at all.
He described the disparity as unacceptable and appealed to Governor Oborevwori to personally visit the site or direct the contractor to correct the imbalance without delay.
Also lending his voice, the Youth Chairman of Achalla-Igbuzo, Comrade Lawrence Nwanze, decried what he described as the total abandonment of Achalla-Igbuzo for many years.
He noted that the community has been left without a motorable road, forcing residents to depend largely on motorcycles as their only means of transportation.
“Achalla-Igbuzo is completely cut off, especially during the rainy season. No vehicle can access our community. The contractor stopped work before reaching Achalla about seven years ago, and since then our people have continued to suffer,” Nwaje said.
He questioned whether Achalla-Igbuzo is truly considered part of Igbuzo, given the prolonged neglect, and appealed to the governor to rescue the community from what he described as a long-standing calamity.
On the same vein, executives of the Igbuzo Youth Council, led by the Vice President, Barrister Augustine Elikwu, alongside the Secretary General, Comrade Vincent Ollimah, Comrade Emeka Okolo and other officials, lamented the continued neglect of the Achalla-Igbuzo road.
