I am just leaving Abia State capital as am writing this piece. The city is kind of modest with good network of roads. My observation are as follows:
1. Their roads are narrow and can't handle PH, Lagos or Kano population.
2. Lowly populated.
3. Most of their roads where constructed by Zerock Construction Coy. This means Orji Uzor Kalu administration witnessed massive road construction.
4. They have beautiful girls
5. Just 3 dualised roads in the entire capital.
6. Their public primary schools are dissappointing.
7. Good Federal Hospital.
8. Seen handful of cars donated as a means of empowering their youths with Ochendu boldly written on them.
9. Saw two towers.
10. Poor internet access especially 3G network Keeps flutuating (MTN & GLO).
11. Is a small place not fit to be call a city
12. Their Government house looks awful especially the entrance to the office of the SSG.
13. Bar the bad roads at Aba, they look more like a city to Umuahia
14. Their Governor pictures seems to flaunt every of their junctions.
15. Narrow or no drainages in their capital.

Aba is by far a bigger city than Umuahia which is the state capital

kel4soft: I am just leaving Abia State capital as am writing this piece. The city is kind of modest with good network of roads. My observation are as follows:
1. Their roads are narrow and can't handle PH, Lagos or Kano population.
2. Lowly populated.
3. Most of their roads where constructed by Zerock Construction Coy. This means Orji Uzor Kalu administration witnessed massive road construction.
4. They have beautiful girls
5. Just 3 dualised roads in the entire capital.
6. Their public primary schools are dissappointing.
7. Good Federal Hospital.
8. Seen handful of cars donated as a means of empowering their youths with Ochendu boldly written on them.
9. Saw two towers.
10. Poor internet access especially 3G network Keeps flutuating (MTN & GLO).
11. Is a small place not fit to be call a city
12. Their Government house looks awful especially the entrance to the office of the SSG.
13. Bar the bad roads at Aba, they look more like a city to Umuahia
14. Their Governor pictures seems to flaunt every of their junctions.
15. Narrow or no drainages in their capital.

Umuahia looks cool because it has not experienced population explosion. I however believe you did not go round the town at least going by your claims of only 3 dualized roads. I went to Umuahia last in 2009 and then there were at least 5 dualized roads - Aba road, Umuwaya road, Mission hill, Library avenue and BCA. As at today I believe Bende road should be a dualized road as well.

Abagworo:

Umuahia looks cool because it has not experienced population explosion. I however believe you did not go round the town at least going by your claims of only 3 dualized roads. I went to Umuahia last in 2009 and then there were at least 5 dualized roads - Aba road, Umuwaya road, Mission hill, Library avenue and BCA. As at today I believe Bende road should be a dualized road as well.

My dear, i did as i could maybe you are right. Even the dualised roads are just 4 lanes. That said, i noticed they love kolanuts.

kel4soft:
My dear, i did as i could maybe you are right. Even the dualised roads are just 4 lanes. That said, i noticed they love kolanuts.

The 1st reason I disliked Ohakim and Orji was their so-called dualization. They just divided existing roads without expansion just to lay claim to dualizing the said roads. The most narrow dualized Road I've seen in my life is Library Avenue in Umuahia while Orlu Road in Owerri and Okporo road in Port-Harcourt come slightly behind.

Abagworo:

The 1st reason I disliked Ohakim and Orji was their so-called dualization. They just divided existing roads without expansion just to lay claim to dualizing the said roads. The most narrow dualized Road I've seen in my life is Library Avenue in Umuahia while Orlu Road in Owerri and Okporo road in Port-Harcourt come slightly behind.

I don't know exactly what Amaechi was smoking when he awarded that project (Okporo road). I think that is the worst dualised road in PH even though it has underground drain. When i noticed few metres marked for demolition on that road, i just know that road won't be wide.

Abagworo:

The 1st reason I disliked Ohakim and Orji was their so-called dualization. They just divided existing roads without expansion just to lay claim to dualizing the said roads. The most narrow dualized Road I've seen in my life is Library Avenue in Umuahia while Orlu Road in Owerri and Okporo road in Port-Harcourt come slightly behind.

You know how those our brothers in South East like multi story buildings. Those governors try to dodge paying compensation . . .

kel4soft:
I don't know exactly what Amaechi was smoking when he awarded that project (Okporo road). I think that is the worst dualised road in PH even though it has underground drain. When i noticed few metres marked for demolition on that road, i just know that road won't be wide.

Legal issues. The indigenes disagreed with further demolition and land acquisition. The same issue delayed Rumuokwurusi-Igwruta Road dualization but they seem to have settled recently with RSG. I think Okporo road would have been better reconstructed as a wide single Road .

kel4soft:
I don't know exactly what Amaechi was smoking when he awarded that project (Okporo road). I think that is the worst dualised road in PH even though it has underground drain. When i noticed few metres marked for demolition on that road, i just know that road won't be wide.

ikwerre people no go allow you break their house any how because of road. I was at okporo rd some weeksback and nearly cried for my car.

talktimi: ikwerre people no go allow you break their house any how because of road. I was at okporo rd some weeksback and nearly cried for my car.

Sorry eya! How come they (Ikwerre people) allowed him demolished Adageorge, Ogunigba and the rest so wide. And they are even demolishing Slaughter road trans-woji road without the usual protest from them.

talktimi: ikwerre people no go allow you break their house any how because of road. I was at okporo rd some weeksback and nearly cried for my car.

There's scarce land resources around Okporo axis as the road transverses through ancestral villages of Okporo, Rumuodara and Mgbuesilaru. Its not usually acceptable to demolish "Obiri oro" for whatever reason. That forms part of the problem and not "Ikwerre people" .

Abagworo:


There's scarce land resources around Okporo axis as the road transverses through ancestral villages of Okporo, Rumuodara and Mgbuesilaru. Its not usually acceptable to demolish "Obiri oro" for whatever reason. That forms part of the problem and not "Ikwerre people" .

thanks for the enlightenment, no offence to the ikwerres

talktimi: thanks for the enlightenment, no offence to the ikwerres

3 dualized roads in umuahia? Umuwaya road, aba road, mission hills, library avenue, bca road, d CBN road, d state secretariat road, bende road, these are d ones I cn remembr, are they not dualized?

Roger that on Bende road... but on a second thought... Finbars road cuts through/dissects Bende road...

Abagworo:
Umuahia looks cool because it has not experienced population explosion. I however believe you did not go round the town at least going by your claims of only 3 dualized roads. I went to Umuahia last in 2009 and then there were at least 5 dualized roads - Aba road, Umuwaya road, Mission hill, Library avenue and BCA. As at today I believe Bende road should be a dualized road as well.