The Enugu State Commissioner of Transportion, Obi Ozor has assured the people of the state that his ministry will provide quality transport services, grow the state’s economy and provide job opportunities for the teeming youths of the state.
The Commissioner who made this lnown on Thursday while inspecting the ongoing projects undertaken by the state government in the ministry’s headquarters, assured that the ministry was already working in line with the vision and mission of the Governor Peter Mbah who had promised to bring a multi-modal means of transportation in the state.
He maintained that since the issue of sit-at-home had been canceled in the state, followed by the enhanced security situation, there has been an influx of people; businessmen and women who are coming into the state to negotiate businesses and also establish different investments.
According to him, no means of transportation will be left behind because Enugu is the epicenter of the South East region, adding that Enugu is a coastal state and as such, relentless efforts were being put in place to ensure that goods coming into the state and the ones being exported are done through the waterways, airspace, railways and roads. Ozor noted further that these would promote regional integration of the South-East economy and equally create massive employments for the youths.
“His Excellency’s vision is to move our economy from $4.4 billion to $30 billion and the transportation sector has to play a pivotal role in delivering that target. And that is what you have seen us setting up the foundation, retraining the civil servants to be able to equip them do the job effectively.
“Another thing we shall be working on is the issue of implementation of revenue assurance or e-ticketing. It is actually a way to guarantee that all the money coming from transportation actually gets to the stakeholders out there. E-ticketing ensures that even the unions and vehicle owners actually get their money. It ensures that the government also gets its money, uses the same money and reinvests within the transport system to improve them.
“We are just at week one and I hope that by the time we finish 100 days, we should be able to see visible projects. And if you look over there, you will see a hall that is under construction now. That hall is what we call Stakeholders Hall. That will be a place where the unions and stakeholders will be coming for their monthly town-hall meetings because we cannot do this work without them. It’s through empowering their businesses that they will create the jobs,” the commissioner explained.
Speaking on the incessant road congestion in the urban area mostly caused by commercial drivers, Ozor said the ministry would ensure that motor parks in the state were working properly to enable commercial vehicles enter the parks and not load along the roads.
