PUNCH
An ongoing drainage channel being constructed by the Anambra State Government located on Niger Street in Fegge, Onitsha, collapsed as a result of heavy rainfall on Thursday night.
A video of the collapsed drainage circulating on social media and showing the channel, with a resident in the area commenting, described the ongoing construction work as substandard.
The individual in the video said, “Look at the kind of road that Governor Chukwuma Soludo is building for us, just one rainfall in Onitsha, and the road has been washed off, while the drainage has collapsed.
“Soludo has been saying he will turn Anambra into Dubai Taiwan. Is this how he will turn Anambra into Dubai Taiwan? Just see the road, it is just red earth, no cement at all.”
When our correspondent visited the site on Friday, there were mixed reactions. While some made derogatory remarks, others defended the governor on the project, insisting that the rains came down unannounced, on the same date that the work was done.
One of the respondents who identified herself as Nkem Nwanolue said, “The contractor is still on the site, and no one has declared the project completed. The concrete cast takes a minimum…
