Covered drainage is the standard practice. It shouldn't even be subject to discuss. But then there are also some elements of truth in the fact that we need further reorientation for our people.

Go to some parts of Uyo, you can literally seat inside their open drains to eat. Even my home town, i always admire how clean the open drains are because of regular cleaning by the age grades. So free flowing drain is not about if it is open or covered. If we must cover our drains, which is the ideal, efforts must be made to cover all other adjoining drains, else OYO is your case.

A clear case is Ziks avenue Awka. The drains were covered by RCC. But it is giving serious challenges. Before this years rains, ANSG embarked on desilting along that route. But just one rain, come and see wahala. Currently around Eke Awka, water flows almost on road surface cos the drains are full. And unfortunately the people who have shops along the road cannot do anything as it is difficult to move the coverings. Meanwhile traders along Arthur Eze desilt there's almost every sanitation day.

So while we admire and hope for the standard drainage under side walks, such factors should be taken into consideration. Maybe installation of iron grills before any closed drains and also along any open drains, so those that trash their bin in the drains can be easily identified. We need uncommon solutions for our problems.

Those who support desilted covered drains are best and exposed.. trust me we have to accept development


Those who don’t accept open gutters … my question is still unanswered… and I repeat since Anambra has 98 percent open drains … how has that stopped erosion?
Why is erosion still at it peak?
Why is there still so much refuses dumps in the gutters? All the time ANSG says gutters are clogged
Is obvious their theory is not helping them…

And still they are championing what is not working… it is obvious mentality is very poor.

Anyone who supports open gutters ask them these questions… one of them said in reply boldly he cannot answer it .

Update on ongoing main market road construction
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aOR4oQ5W6I?si=pYMBHM4yjxqV-Vfj

Okpuno road construction in Awka



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpIehM7NFkw?si=u6lmGtBUxbyr18zp

Armon:
Those who support desilted covered drains are best and exposed.. trust me we have to accept development


Those who don’t accept open gutters … my question is still unanswered… and I repeat since Anambra has 98 percent open drains … how has that stopped erosion?
Why is erosion still at it peak?
Why is there still so much refuses dumps in the gutters? All the time ANSG says gutters are clogged
Is obvious their theory is not helping them…

And still they are championing what is not working… it is obvious mentality is very poor.

Anyone who supports open gutters ask them these questions… one of them said in reply boldly he cannot answer it .

Many problematic things in Anambra cities is poor planning or management.


SAND

Gutters will always be silted up if connecting roads are made up of dirt. In Cotonou what they do is that they tar the entrances of all connecting roads up to 3 meters to reduce sand buildup on the main road.

PLASTIC

The greatest generators of trash dumped in gutters are informal traders. How is it that you go inside somewhere like Main Market or Eke Awka and you don't see rubbish everywhere but then you step out to the perimeter and entrance and rubbish all over the place? Lawlessness breeds lawlessness. All those illegal hawkers dump waste on the ground and in the gutters and get away with it by pleading poverty. But poor villages are not full of filth.

ANSG needs to use a hard hand on hawkers. How is it that the cities were a lot cleaner under the Obi administration but filthy ever since? Restaurants dump their oily waste into the gutter and get away with it.

Ongoing Solution Fun City Awka lot 1, 2, and 4 update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkTROoGY7Q?si=tE_zPBFdDlJrxq05


Lot 1

Lot 2 and 4 site

Bestmanfornow:
Ongoing Solution Fun City Awka lot 1, 2, and 4 update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkTROoGY7Q?si=tE_zPBFdDlJrxq05


Lot 1

What experience does GSS have in building country club, football field and volleyball court?

abuzz33:


What experience does GSS have in building country club, football field and volleyball court?

I don't think they are sophisticated for a company building one of the best estate in Awka, You don't know that MP infastructure developer of Millennium City is also involved in some state government projects,

Bestmanfornow:
Lot 2 and 4 site

I wish Soludo God's speed .........! It is not easy, May he grow into a more inspirational and charismatic leader!

abuzz33:


Many problematic things in Anambra cities is poor planning or management.


SAND

Gutters will always be silted up if connecting roads are made up of dirt. In Cotonou what they do is that they tar the entrances of all connecting roads up to 3 meters to reduce sand buildup on the main road.

PLASTIC

The greatest generators of trash dumped in gutters are informal traders. How is it that you go inside somewhere like Main Market or Eke Awka and you don't see rubbish everywhere but then you step out to the perimeter and entrance and rubbish all over the place? Lawlessness breeds lawlessness. All those illegal hawkers dump waste on the ground and in the gutters and get away with it by pleading poverty. But poor villages are not full of filth.

ANSG needs to use a hard hand on hawkers. How is it that the cities were a lot cleaner under the Obi administration but filthy ever since? Restaurants dump their oily waste into the gutter and get away with it.

No matter how they try… they can’t stop people from dumping refuse.

Secondly… ANSG need to change the way thy are building roads … trust me is poor… let’s leave open gutters aside… what about light poles? What about wide dual roads? … they reply is no money… but check other states we are better than .. then you will know they are corrupt.

No huge roundabouts!! Thin roads every where…

Nnobi road cut into half because of erosion. The people supporting these mentality are seeing is not helping yet they are on it… that tells a lot about being exposed

Bestmanfornow:
Ongoing Solution Fun City Awka lot 1, 2, and 4 update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkTROoGY7Q?si=tE_zPBFdDlJrxq05


Lot 1

Honestly those pictures are nice and simple… I love it..

Secondly to be honest … let me ask obvious questions because we have to be accountable… guys remember the amount Soludo budgeted for this 2.4 billion, assuming this the half part of the fun city… as shown in the picture being the structures to be constructed so that this only is already 1.2 billion?

Well lip sealed …
I only sense outrageous inflation of the budget.. I stand to be corrected.

Fantastic news!!!

CHINUA ACHEBE INTERNATIONAL Airport, Umueri !

Thank you Soludo for honoring this legend of our time, one of the greatest and undisputably the best known Igboman globally. This shows that we are indeed a society that appreciates hard work and honors our achievers, not just the politicians.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH3Kk7KDvx0



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9zK-pByaFA

Nelsolala:
Covered drainage is the standard practice. It shouldn't even be subject to discuss. But then there are also some elements of truth in the fact that we need further reorientation for our people.

Go to some parts of Uyo, you can literally seat inside their open drains to eat. Even my home town, i always admire how clean the open drains are because of regular cleaning by the age grades. So free flowing drain is not about if it is open or covered. If we must cover our drains, which is the ideal, efforts must be made to cover all other adjoining drains, else OYO is your case.

A clear case is Ziks avenue Awka. The drains were covered by RCC. But it is giving serious challenges. Before this years rains, ANSG embarked on desilting along that route. But just one rain, come and see wahala. Currently around Eke Awka, water flows almost on road surface cos the drains are full. And unfortunately the people who have shops along the road cannot do anything as it is difficult to move the coverings. Meanwhile traders along Arthur Eze desilt there's almost every sanitation day.

So while we admire and hope for the standard drainage under side walks, such factors should be taken into consideration. Maybe installation of iron grills before any closed drains and also along any open drains, so those that trash their bin in the drains can be easily identified. We need uncommon solutions for our problems.

Covered drains are indeed the standard and desirable drainage system for modern cities. However, it does take some skill, technology, and infrastructure to operate them and keep them functional. I'm afraid that we don't quite have the infrastructure or technology to ensure they remain functional all over the state.

If you watch the recent New York City flood of about 2 days ago, you will realize that if they did not have the capacity to go underground and continuously keep their drains open, it would have been a total disaster. However, the city officials came out in full force to ensure immediate removal of debris from the underground drainage channels which reduced the duration of the flood and damage caused by the flood. The most important technology of underground drainage is being able to continuously send equipment into the drains to keep them open. In Nigeria where our LGAs cannot even clear open drains on the surface, I truly fear that our LGA staff can maintain underground drainage systems.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJzOuYSpKo&t=284s

[quote author=OreMI22 post=126154251]

Covered drains are indeed the standard and desirable drainage system for modern cities. However, it does take some skill, technology, and infrastructure to operate them and keep them functional. I'm afraid that we don't quite have the infrastructure or technology to ensure they remain functional all over the state.

If you watch the recent New York City flood of about 2 days ago, you will realize that if they did not have the capacity to go underground and continuously keep their drains open, it would have been a total disaster. However, the city officials came out in full force to ensure immediate removal of debris from the underground drainage channels which reduced the duration of the flood and damage caused by the flood. The most important technology of underground drainage is being able to continuously send equipment into the drains to keep them open. In Nigeria where our LGAs cannot even clear open drains on the surface, I truly fear that our LGA staff can maintain underground drainage systems.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJzOuYSpKo&t=284s



Covered drains or covered gutters we are talking about is not same as underground water channels in New York don’t confuse yourself …
How has open gutters helped or saved Anambra state with erosion?
If we accept open gutters what has the government done about excess waste or optimum waste management to avoid erosion?

Still ANSG is taking us for a ride!!!
ANSG can’t build a good road with amenities like wide dualized roads with light poles, road markings, traffic lights etc they can’t manage waste, nor ersosion… and you are supporting them…
What proactive steps have they taken?

Wake up

OreMI22:
Fantastic news!!!

CHINUA ACHEBE INTERNATIONAL Airport, Umueri !

Thank you Soludo for honoring this legend of our time, one of the greatest and undisputably the best known Igboman globally. This shows that we are indeed a society that appreciates hard work and honors our achievers, not just the politicians.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH3Kk7KDvx0



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9zK-pByaFA

This a great news… is well deserving…

The Airport looks so good… yes I saw covered gutters there … Thank you Willie Obiano.. you bravely took up huge infrastructures.

Armon:



This a great news… is well deserving…

The Airport looks so good… yes I saw covered gutters there … Thank you Willie Obiano.. you bravely took up huge infrastructures.

Aside from renaming projects another person constructed........this is what our Soludo has been up to lately. I will not jaundice anybody's opinion.............Just watch dispassionately!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az0g51ftDw8&t=2711s

Bestmanfornow:
Ongoing Solution Fun City Awka lot 1, 2, and 4 update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkTROoGY7Q?si=tE_zPBFdDlJrxq05


Lot 1

Beautiful development

abuzz33:


What experience does GSS have in building country club, football field and volleyball court?

Nigeria is all about corruption and the connections u have. GSS I know that is headed by one social media noisemaker young guy have no requisite experience for such project

Henix:


Nigeria is all about corruption and the connections u have. GSS I know that is headed by one social media noisemaker young guy have no requisite experience for such project

Dude, he’s not a noisemaker. He’s an architect, a renowned one for that matter

Try visit Dubai estate in awka and clear your doubts, stop hating


What’s volleyball and law tennis courts that he can’t construct ?? Your inferiority complex stinks

Armon:



This a great news… is well deserving…

The Airport looks so good… yes I saw covered gutters there … Thank you Willie Obiano.. you bravely took up huge infrastructures.

You saw covered gutters were?
At which airport? Anambra airport

The road comes with sidewalks but no covered gutters, then inside the airport there’s nothing like sidewalks not to talk of covered gutters

Stop hyping Obiano that much, dude try but not to compare to Soludo or Obi

Jcoleworld911:





You saw covered gutters were?
At which airport? Anambra airport

The road comes with sidewalks but no covered gutters, then inside the airport there’s nothing like sidewalks not to talk of covered gutters

Stop hyping Obiano that much, dude try but not to compare to Soludo or Obi

Brother go and check that video particularly on 5:08 you will see for your self may not be every where…

Even people who support Soludo like can never compare Soludo to Obiano… Obiano is super to him…
We are still talking about AMC or Dubai estate or rotek estate at Newell’s, about about the bridges not only in awka, what about the Airport, or ICC or Oil and gas, or farms and rice mills or light up Anambra project.. my brother even the blind can feel it.
Your Soludo built a road in amansea without a light pole awka for that matter.. the ekwulobia bridge; one lane..thats the only super road project for awka.
The abakiliki road he built very poor..

Armon:




If is closed how will plastics enter there .. the essence of closing them is make sure refuse can’t be dumped inside it … it should be desillted and closed. Simple road in Ago place way to apple junction is built with covered drains and light poles. Please let stop supporting our Government they are not working.

I saw I road constructed in Akwaibom at Ikotekpene” see wide road with street light drains sealed… I wept… is not capital ooo… some people will still come at me ..If you visit places within your locality like and observe then you will know ANSG is not serious

Look at NFF there is no stadium in the south east that was chosen, it should hurt us because we don’t take infrastructures seriously. Every other regions were taken the next thing we shout marginalization but the ones we can do we will not … shall we justify that by saying we don’t have money? Look at how thy laugh at us…on the media.

Let’s forget about stadium… simple standard road is like rocket science… let me not talk about roundabouts.
Abia has signed up SiX lanes roads in Umuahia atleast to level up the capital… south east needs to wake up…
Say what is bad … is not with dirty open drains we become Taiwan of Africa. If we change the way things are done then change will be visible.

They triple up money for roads construction and take their shares after the road is constructed it will be like child’s play or Golgotha and ANSG will keep quiet because they are part of the play.

The least we can do is not to support this madness. A road should be wide with lights … the road constructed at Amansea is not wide, yet both sides are free… not light poles, no covered drains… Biko is a shame to US

Ansg and mediocrity be like 5 and 6.
Simple things are like rocket science to Apga.

NLegendforte:

Ansg and mediocrity be like 5 and 6.
Simple things are like rocket science to Apga.

On the balance of probabilities, Soludo is not currently working the talk (ditto Peter Obi in his early days as Governor). Perhaps, he will pick up later in his tenure like Obi

Armon:



Brother go and check that video particularly on 5:08 you will see for your self may not be every where…

Even people who support Soludo like can never compare Soludo to Obiano… Obiano is super to him…
We are still talking about AMC or Dubai estate or rotek estate at Newell’s, about about the bridges not only in awka, what about the Airport, or ICC or Oil and gas, or farms and rice mills or light up Anambra project.. my brother even the blind can feel it.
Your Soludo built a road in amansea without a light pole awka for that matter.. the ekwulobia bridge; one lane..thats the only super road project for awka.
The abakiliki road he built very poor..

Dude, I have used the airport to Abuja
There’s nothing like covered gutters in or out of the airport

I can agree with you on sidewalks along the major road that leads to the airport but not inside the airport

Then again, I love both Soludo and Obiano. I love peter Obi the most but what I don’t like is to talk thrash one and be prompting the other

AMC is a private own, same as Dubai and rotek, Obiano didn’t add a dime to all those projects

Obi, Obiano, Ngige and now Soludo are doing/have done well for ndi Anambra, just accept that

Obiano took up major projects and let our roads to rot, he has his own negativity same with Obi and Ngige

Let’s leave the sleeping dog lye🌚

Jcoleworld911:



Dude, I have used the airport to Abuja
There’s nothing like covered gutters in or out of the airport

I can agree with you on sidewalks along the major road that leads to the airport but not inside the airport

Then again, I love both Soludo and Obiano. I love peter Obi the most but what I don’t like is to talk thrash one and be prompting the other

AMC is a private own, same as Dubai and rotek, Obiano didn’t add a dime to all those projects

Obi, Obiano, Ngige and now Soludo are doing/have done well for ndi Anambra, just accept that

Obiano took up major projects and let our roads to rot, he has his own negativity same with Obi and Ngige

Let’s leave the sleeping dog lye🌚

Nwannem.. I love my State I want to brag about it…
The part of the video I asked you to see atleast you saw it was covered.

I know of course AMC and the rest of the estates are privates companies but Obiano brought those investors and they invested as well as the farms … now we brag of AMC as the best estate in south east.. for Obiano to bring them and we are still bragging about it in soludo’s admin tells the Soludo is still sleeping… how many huge investors has he brought? They were yabbing Obiano then is only MOU he was signing but all of them is up and running …nwanne 2years is gone..
Brother you don’t love Soludo like I do… but his pace of work is disappointing.

Go and check his new roads he constructed is a disgrace how will that rubbish last in awka for that matter? We have had good governors in the past by now Soludo should know that the bar is raised after obiano’s good works.

Honestly we are lagging behind.

Armon:



Nwannem.. I love my State I want to brag about it…
The part of the video I asked you to see atleast you saw it was covered.

I know of course AMC and the rest of the estates are privates companies but Obiano brought those investors and they invested as well as the farms … now we brag of AMC as the best estate in south east.. for Obiano to bring them and we are still bragging about it in soludo’s admin tells the Soludo is still sleeping… how many huge investors has he brought? They were yabbing Obiano then is only MOU he was signing but all of them is up and running …nwanne 2years is gone..
Brother you don’t love Soludo like I do… but his pace of work is disappointing.

Go and check his new roads he constructed is a disgrace how will that rubbish last in awka for that matter? We have had good governors in the past by now Soludo should know that the bar is raised after obiano’s good works.

Honestly we are lagging behind.

So long as is for the betterment of Anambra state and to the large igboland in general, carry go

We all want Anambra/igboland to attain some level of development

How’s your evening going bro?😉

Soludo is really trying his best to bring decency to Anambra.
I know some people cannot see through his plans yet because most of his projects are still ongoing. But by the time all the roads he is working on, dualizing and expanding in Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi and Ekwulobia are completed, Anambra will wear a powerful decent look.

My prayer is that Soludo should stay the course and supervise the contractors closely to ensure they deliver high-quality standard projects. Then he would have carved his name in the gold with his achievements. I don't want to praise him yet and will keep my fingers crossed until I see the outcome of all his efforts. Perhaps by his 2nd anniversary in office, he should be able to report concrete and tangible achievements.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9uLXlb-2k8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60uSGXMAYqE&t=1549s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfbRYsputtw&t=213s

ChimaAdeoye:
Soludo is really trying his best to bring decency to Anambra.
I know some people cannot see through his plans yet because most of his projects are still ongoing. But by the time all the roads he is working on, dualizing and expanding in Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi and Ekwulobia are completed, Anambra will wear a powerful decent look.

My prayer is that Soludo should stay the course and supervise the contractors closely to ensure they deliver high-quality standard projects. Then he would have carved his name in the gold with his achievements. I don't want to praise him yet and will keep my fingers crossed until I see the outcome of all his efforts. Perhaps by his 2nd anniversary in office, he should be able to report concrete and tangible achievements.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9uLXlb-2k8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60uSGXMAYqE&t=1549s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfbRYsputtw&t=213s

No vex, which roads is he dualising in Onitsha and Nnewi?
Which roads is he expanding in Onitsha and Nnewi, I am curious to know.

Obiaja:



No vex, which roads is he dualising in Onitsha and Nnewi?
Which roads is he expanding in Onitsha and Nnewi, I am curious to know.

From down upper Iweka end-Ochanja-Moore street to Main market

Gov Soludo introducing Walkway in roads he has completed in Awka



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk6Bv3UVSt4?si=GFWTpeVySFuBu5oH