Anambra attracts $1.65bn investments as Oduah heads Anambra airport project BY OUR REPORTER ON DECEMBER 29, 2014 TRENDING In keeping with his avowed commitment to achieve increased investment inflow to the state, Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, said the state has attracted about $1.65 billion investment from investors sinceMarch 17, 2014 when the new administration was inaugurated. These investments, he said, were attracted to key areas covering agriculture, hospitality and tourism industry, power generation, trade and commerce, among others. Obiano, who addressed journalists on the various programmes and achievements as well as challenges facing his government, also disclosed that he had appointed former Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, as head of Anambra State Airport Development Agency based on her wealth of experience and track record of turning around the country’s aviation industry, noting that his administration had distributed high-yielding seedlings to farmers and encouraged the formation of cooperative societies for easy access to farm inputs and credits. The governor stated that through the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA), investments had flowed in from the Coched Farms $175 million, Ekcel Farms Limited ($150 million) and Grains and Silos Llimited ($11 million). Others are Delfarm Limited and Songhai Regional Centre from Benin Republic with $200 million investment, West Africa Inter-continental Trade Centre ($320 million) and Cardinal Developers and Trust which took over the completion of Anambra’s four-star luxury hotel in Onitsha, among others. He stated that the investment feat recorded by his administration in a few months in office was made possible by well-deserved appointment of competent professionals, especially in the areas of financial investment and banking as board members of the Anambra State investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA), led by Cyril Enweze, traditional ruler of Umuoji and an accomplished professional of international repute. The governor pointed out that consideration was being given to an idea of expanding Onitsha Main Market to the River Niger, stressing that four other urban markets had been proposed for urban settlements of the state. 2. Anambra gov’s wife donates foodstuffs to inmates BY OUR REPORTER ON DECEMBER 30, 2014 NATIONAL Wife of Anambra State governor, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has urged prison inmates in the state to change their ways and turn a new leaf. Mrs Obiano, who visited Onitsha, Aguata, Amawbia prisons, as well as the Daughters of Charity Orphanage Home at Fegge in Onitsha on Sunday, said: “I came to celebrate with you because as the wife of the governor, I am privileged to be the mother of all in the state; I see you as an important set of the big family. “The fact that you are here does not mean that you cannot come out reformed and better than others and be able to contribute to the service and progress of our state.” She told the inmates to see themselves as those undergoing reformation and could be rehabilitated into the society. “In fact, I bet one of you may even turnout to be governor of Anambra State one day, but for that to happen, you have to turn a new leaf and give your life to Christ. “I can assure you that I always remember you in my prayers and I want you to also pray to God to enable you change and avoid acts that may bring you back into prisons,’’ Obiano said. She expressed concern over the large number of inmates awaiting trial, and gave the assurance that her observations would be brought to the attention of the governor. Assistant Comptroller of Prison in charge Amawbia, Mr. Chris Akabueze, told Obiano that most of the inmates could not contain their joy when they heard that she would be visiting them. Earlier at Onitsha, the Assistant Controller of Prisons, Mr. Felix Ezengwo, expressed gratitude to Obiano for the love shown to the inmates. During the visits, Obiano donated foodstuffs, including cows, bags of rice, noodles, tubers of yam, beverages, among items. Okey Goodluck Nwankwo Ike Nibo.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:01:32 +0000
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