Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
The traditional ruler of Omor, in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State, His Royal Highness Igwe Oranu Chris Chidume, has called on the governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, to create access roads to address food crisis in the State.
The royal father made the call in his Omor palace during an interactive session with journalists last weekend.
The monarch said that in order to address food crisis faced by the residents of the country, there is need for both Federal and State governments to construct and maintain access roads for easy distribution of farm produce from hinterland to the urban areas of the nation.
Igwe Oranu reminded Anambra State Government that Ayamelum is the food basket of the State and by extension, Nigeria and insists that the state should not base their road maintenance on which one was a federal or state roads.
“If we don’t have access roads to bring out what we harvest from our farms there is no way the food crisis we are crying for will be eliminated and one of the easiest way to curb food crisis is to give access roads to those people that produce food so that food can reach the needy,” he said.
Igwe Chris Oranu lamented on the dilapidated nature of roads leading to Ayamelum Local Government Area. He noted that the people of the area incur huge costs on transportation due to inaccessibility.
“When you are coming to Ayamelum, you have to come through Igbariam en route Nando, whereas from 33, you can come straight to Ayamelum but you cannot do that now because the road is cut off,” he said.
