The Akwa Ibom State Government has vowed to swing into action and exert the needed pressure on contractors handling road projects to complete them within scheduled timelines.

Commissioner for works and Fire Service, Professor ENO IBANGA gave the assurance during a press briefing to update Akwa Ibom people on road projects and infrastructural expansion investments under Governor UMO ENO’s administration.

Professor IBANGA reiterated the firm commitment by the State Government to complete road infrastructure projects inherited by previous administrations as well as completing the ones initiated by Governor UMO ENO.

The Commissioner further pleaded with citizens of the State to complement Government investments in infrastructural expansion by not erecting structures on waterways, drainages and right of ways.

He noted Governor UMO ENO has so far injected 47.93 Billion naira into Thirty-Six of the inherited projects and 4.04 Billion naira into Fifty-One of the Emergency intervention Projects inherited from the immediate past administration, bring it to a total of 51.96 Billion naira spent in that category.