In another major push for infrastructural transformation, the Enugu State Government has approved the commencement of several projects cutting across roads, tourism, housing, and administrative infrastructure in various parts of the state.

The government gave the approval during the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting at the weekend.

Briefing Government House Correspondents, the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Malachy Agbo; Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ugochi Madueke; and Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Ben Osy Okoh; Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Patrick Ubru; Commissioner for Education, Prof Ndubueze Mbah; and Commissioner for Health, Prof. George Ugwu, said the approvals were in line with the administration’s vision to grow the state’s economy from $4bn to $30bn in eight years.

The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, announced SEC’s approval of the completion and upgrade of Wings C and D of the Enugu State Secretariat Complex in GRA, Enugu, as well as extensive rehabilitation works on Wings A and B already in use.

“Recall that the A and B wings of the State Secretariat Complex were completed and commissioned in May 2015. Since then, the C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, D1 and D2 wings have remained uncompleted and are currently in a deplorable state.