Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has reiterated his calls to the people of the state living outside to bring their investments home.
This, he said, would help in the overall development of the state.
Governor Soludo made the call during a town hall meeting with Anambra businessmen and women resident at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Ikengaonline reports that Soludo made similar calls to Ndi Anambra resident in Lagos few weeks ago.
He specifically enjoined the business owners and investors of Anambra extraction to imbibe the homeland consciousness by repatriating home their investments to begin the foundational process of developing the state.
He again, emphasised that God did not make mistakes by making them Anambra citizens.
The Governor called for their strategic partnership by seeking their cooperation to work together to develop the State.
“Let’s work together as strategic partners to develop Anambra. We have only one agenda which is to make the state a destination and not a departure lounge.”
While reeling out some of the achievements of his administration so far in the state, the governor reassured that the security architecture has been strengthened with committed and dedicated state’s community Vigilante Group working effectively with the other security forces. With a more strengthened security assuring that the weekly sit-at-home syndrome will come to an end.
On road infrastructure, he reassured that over 300 kilometers of road across the entire state are currently at various stages of completion while additional ones will be flagged off soon.
He revealed Awka the State Capital is being modernised adding that a new government house and lodge will be ready in the later part of first quarter next year.
He further said that his government has embarked on regenerative agriculture to boost production, adding that the recently distributed Coconut and palm oil seedling to about 140,000 households across the State will drastically reduce poverty when it starts fruiting in few years.
On environment, Governor Soludo said it remains an existential threat with the devastating effects of flooding and erosion. He mentioned areas like Oko, Nanka, Ekwulobia, Oba etc as heavily prone zones. He however assured that the government is re-channeling and desilting the waterways while a draft bill to further combat the menace will be forwarded to the State Assembly.
Earlier, the Chairman of the occasion, Sir Emeka Offor, commended the Governor for his giant strides in infrastructural development in Anambra State.
He emphasised that developing Anambra State required the cooperation of the people of the state irrespective of party affiliation.
Offor called on all the politicians in the state including investors to support the government and to also invest in the state.
