Postponement of the ordination of Fr Scantlebury Published by
BARBADOS
The recent developments with COVID-19 in Barbados, including the reduction in the number of persons permitted to gather, have made it necessary for the ordination plans of Fr Neil Sebastian Scantlebury to be “revisited”.
A release from the Apostolic Administrator, Diocese of Bridgetown Reverend Charles Jason Gordon dated February 3 said after due consultation with key persons, including Bishop-elect Neil and His Excellency Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to the Antilles Episcopal Conference, it has been agreed that the ordination should not proceed on March 17, 2021.
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Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo writes that the Abia State government has begun a total revamp of the yawning infrastructural deficit in Aba, which includes the construction of the once impassable Osusu Road that has caused untold hardship on motorists and residents alike, with the facelift extending to adjoining streets of Ebenma, First Avenue and Egege/Ama Ohafia, all in the Ogbor Hill axis
As the scissors in the right hand of the Papal Nuncio, Most Rev Fortunatus Nwachukwu snapped at the ribbon, residents of Osusu road Aba watched in awe and jubilation at what to them was a spectacle. The dilapidated abandoned Osusu road has become a new road. Residents had resigned to fate after waiting in vain for previous administrations in Abia to fix the collapsed road.
Residents Ogbor Hill Aba, yesterday, rejoiced over the rehabilitation of Ebenma, First Avenue and Egege/Ama Ohafia roads within Egege Layout in Aba North Council of Abia State.
Their commissioning was performed by representative of the Catholic pontiff and Apostolic Nuncio (Head of Diplomatic Missions) to Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname, Most Reverend Fortunatus Nwachukwu.
He prayed for longevity of the highways and lauded the deployment of right technology for their reconstruction. x
In his remarks, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu said the roads, which had been dilapidated for 26 years, were re-built to last 40 years owing to use of rigged pavement and asphalt.
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Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has said he embarked on massive road construction with the aim of gradually reducing the infrastructural deficit in the State.
The Governor disclosed this at the official commissioning of the Egege/Ebenma Roads in Aba North Local Government Area.
Ikpeazu said the road is strategic for trade and commerce, adding that the essence of the road constructions in Aba was to ventilate the Aba commercial city.
He reiterated the need for residents to protect the road and the drainages done for them, urging them not to allow people to destroy roads government spent money to fix.
By Emmanuel Ugwu
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, yesterday inaugurated multiple road projects in the commercial city of Aba, warning that itâs a crime against the people in the state for his government to build low quality roads that would not be durable.
Speaking at the inauguration of Osusu Road in Aba, Ikpeazu noted that he had made it a point of duty to build high quality roads with minimum life span of 30 years.
He stated that most of the roads in Aba had been abandoned for more than 25 years, hence, it was imperative to employ rigid and appropriate technology in the rehabilitation of the roads that would benefit next generations.