Sixty-nine infrastructure projects of the Federal Government are ongoing in the South East geo-political zone of Nigeria according to Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

Mohammed made the disclosure in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital at a public lecture and inauguration of wards and local government canvassers for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Represented by Festus Kenyamo, the Director of Media, Buhari Campaign Organization, Mohammed debunked allegations of neglect of the South East.

The minister described the statement credited to South East governors, that the region had been shortchanged in terms of projects as untrue, asserting that no region was left out of the massive infrastructure projects of President Buhari’s administration.

Mohammed, who promised to publish the 69 projects and their sites explained that the South East got ₦16.6 billion worth of projects from the ₦100 billion Sukuk Bond just like every other zone.

He listed the four projects covered by the Sukuk Bond proceeds in the South East as the outstanding section of the Onitsha/Enugu Expressway and the Enugu/Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway Sections I, II and III.

Others he said included the Aba/Port Harcourt section of the Enugu/Port Harcourt Expressway as well as the second Niger Bridge, whose first three phases had reportedly been completed.

“In conclusion, the South East has never had it so good in the area of infrastructure. Had the previous administrations done even half of what we are doing now in that region, no one will be complaining today. It is alright to ask for more but it is unfair to say nothing has been done,” he added.