The Information and National Orientation Minister, Mohammed Idris, has stated that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has made significant progress in the southeast.
Speaking in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Thursday, the Minister asserted that the current administration has prioritised key sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, education, and transportation in the region.
Idris, who was represented by Gloria Abiakam, Head of the Abia Centre, Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, cited the inauguration of youth agriculture support programmes, undergraduate education loans, the “Skill-Up Artisan” initiative, and affordable housing schemes as examples of Federal Government interventions.
Idris noted that the Southeast now has a cancer treatment centre in Enugu and upgraded mother-and-child centres in Abia and Imo states, which were already helping to reduce preventable deaths.
“These projects are not just milestones on paper; they are visible, tangible results of governance at work. The best is yet to come,” he said.
He urged citizens of the region to take advantage of the initiatives and support efforts that would bring development closer to communities.
The event featured a lecture by the Zonal Manager of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abia/Imo Zone, Sam Oditah, titled “Southeast milestones of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.”
Oditah acknowledged the administration’s achievements in sectors such as agriculture, railway expansion, roads, and skill acquisition, despite scepticism in some quarters.
However, he called on the President to urgently address the dilapidated Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene and Umuahia–Bende–Ohafia–Arochukwu federal roads.
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