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Abia Governor,Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu is on top of his game as a new consciousness sweeps through the length and breath of Abia as the governor bids to deliver in three key areas. In a bid to pragmatically bridge the alarming infrastructure gap in the state, three areas are in focus — critical infrastructure, agriculture, trade and commerce.

After flagging off scores of roads and bridges across the three senatorial zones in an emergency approach christened the “Caterpillar Revolution,” the effort is yielding fruit with the completion and commissioning of about thirty-three roads and two bridges. Some many other roads are at advanced stages of completion. Governor Ikpeazu’s feat is the matchless record of building almost three roads per month, amid the prevailing scarcity of financial resources, occasioned by severe economic downturn. He has also embedded enduring quality in the jobs done so far, as he gives Ndi Abia durable roads via the Rigid Pavement road construction approach,better called Cement Technology.

Realising that investment in infrastructure is key to Abia development, Ikpeazu has not disappointed Abians as he continues to fix deplorable roads in the state, including federal roads, even as he diligently pursues urban renewal and environmental policies to sanitize Abia cities and create an enabling environment for business and habitation. Little wonder,the world is applauding the Governor’s efforts in this sector.

If Governor Ikpeazu is on track when it comes to bridging Abia infrastructure gap, a silent revolution is affot in the agric sector.. From funding to promotion of crop farming (where the state has comparative advantage) farmers and agro-preneurs are having a new lease of life. The stride in Agriculture is better appreciated in the pool of accessible credit facilities available to farmers, enlarging and harnessing value chain of the sector.

Only recently, the Abia State Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Palm Oil Mill with a private investor, S-ATM Nigeria Limited, on the Abia State Palm Estate in Ohambele, Ukwa East Local Government Area of the state. This is part of Ikpeazu’s effort to reinvigorate the many palm plantations dotting its landscape.

According to the state Commissioner for Agriculture Hon. Uzor Azubike, S-ATM will build an oil mill inside the Palm Estate in Ohambele. The estate is employing over 5,000 Abians, greater percentage of which are from the host community.”

Targeting 10,000 hectares of oil-palm plantation across the state, Abia is also developing 7.5 million palm seedlings between 2016 and 2019. The state would produce two million seedlings in the first phase of the Oil Palm Revolution at Ayaba Umeze in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area. The second will produce three million, while the third phase targets 2.5 million seedlings.