Mazaunan yankin Ikwuano na jihar Abia sun gudanar da zanga-zanga daidai ranar Alhamis, sun nuna rashin amincewarsu game da daurewar aikin gyaran titin Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene, wanda yake haɗa jihar Abia, Akwa Ibom, da Cross River.
Aikin, wanda aka bashi kamfanin Heartland Construction Company shekaru biyar da suka wuce, har yanzu bai kammala ba, inda masu zanga-zangar suka nuna rashin amincewarsu da wahalilin da masu amfani da titin ke fuskanta.
Ambrose Jonah, wani mazaunin yankin, ya yi magana da manema labarai a lokacin zanga-zangar, ya zargi saurin aikin da kuma ya nemi Ma’aikatar Ayyuka ta Tarayya ta saurara aikin da kuma ta bayar da kudade sufuri ga kamfanin aikin gini.
“Titin din an yi niyyar kammala shi cikin shekaru uku, amma shekaru biyar sun wuce, kuma kawai kashi 20 cikin 100 na aikin aka kammala. Kira da muke yi wa Gwamnatin Tarayya ita ce haka: titin hajen gudana zuwa jihar Akwa Ibom da Cross River, inda akwai jami’o’i biyu na gwamnati, jami’ar farfesa daya, da cibiyar bincike. Halin yanzu na titin ba shi da ma’ana, ayyuka masu gaggawa ake bukata kafin lokacin damina na gaba,” in ji Jonah.
Rapture Ndubuisi-Ejim, wani mazaunin Ogbuebule Oboro, ya bayyana titin a matsayin “hanyar mutuwa,” ya yi gargadin cewa daurewa aikin zai iya sa titin ta zama ba ta hanyar zuwa.
“Idan babu ci gaba mai mahimmanci a wannan lokacin rani, titin zai iya raba gida biyu, ba mu da za mu yi tafiyar jirgin sama zuwa kauyenu. Halin mummuna na titin yana shafar rayuwar tattalin arzikinmu. Farashin sufuri na tashin jiragen mota suna haura, motoci na lalacewa akai-akai, tafiyar lokacin damina ita ce mafarki,” in ji Ndubuisi-Ejim.
Ndubuisi-Ejim ya kuma zargi Gwamnatin Tarayya da kasa da kuma ya nemi Ma’aikatar Ayyuka ta Tarayya ta samar da aikin a matsayin wajibi. Ya ci gaba da cewa, “Ba mu neman komai; mun nema aikin titin an kammala shi kafin lokacin damina ta dawo.”
A jawabi ga zanga-zangar, manajan aikin, Egner Velya, ya bayar da dalilin daurewar aikin zuwa matsalar kudade daga Ma’aikatar Ayyuka ta Tarayya. “Zai yiwu mu aiki ne kawai bisa amincewar kudade daga abokan aikinmu. Karin farashin kayan gini ya sa mu sake duba kwangilar mu. Daga kallon fasaha, zai yiwu mu kammala aikin cikin lokacin rani daya, amma haka zai dogara ne kan rarraba kudaden daga ma’aikatar,” Velya ya bayyana.
Ya tabbatar wa al’umma cewa ake aiwatar da hanyoyin da za su sa titin ta hanyar zuwa a lokacin bikin Kirsimeti.
“Na’urorinmu za aika don gyara mawakan mawakan mawakan titin kafin Kirsimeti. Amma gwamnatin jihar ta taimaka mana don cire gine-ginen ba hukuma a Ihie Ndume don samar da ruwa da fadada titin zuwa ma’auni na tarayya,” Velya ya ci gaba.
A lokacin da aka tuntube shi, Kwamishinan Ayyuka na Tarayya a jihar Abia, Tony Onwubiko, ya tabbatar cewa ci gaban aikin ya dogara ne kan samun kudade.
“Gwamnatin Tarayya tana fahimtar hali. Idan an saki kudade, aikin titin zai fara a karo na karo,” Onwubiko ya ce.
