by GODFREY OFURUM
Category: News
The Governor Willie Obiano-led administration in Anambra State, says it has attracted over $4 billion investments into the State in two years.




Obiano, who revealed this at the award ceremony to round-off the silver jubilee celebration of the State (Anambra at 25), affirmed that his administration is intensely focused on driving his economic blueprint, through the four pillars of development, aimed at positioning the State for an uncommon economic growth.

The four pillars of development are, agriculture, industrialisation, trade and commerce and oil and gas.

He stated that his administration has so far, successfully placed Anambra State on the agricultural map of Nigeria, which is the number one pillar of his blueprint, saying that they would soon begin to make the same impact with industrialisation, trade and commerce and oil and gas, which make up the remaining pillars of his blueprint.

According to him, the four pillars of development hold the key to the future of Anambra State.

However, in order to add to the overall economic drive of the State, Obiano explained that his administration, has also adopted a new development strategy, known as the “Anambra Economic Transformation Programme” (AET-P), to enhance the integrated development of the State.

This strategy according to him, was developed to match the State’s new public sector efficiency with the growing interest of the private sector in order to achieve a set of clearly established goals.

These goals include, jumpstarting the immediate operations of the Onitsha Inland River Port, to serve as a catalyst to the State’s domestic economy, upgrading the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway into a world class highway with ultramodern ancillary services that will boost the State’s internally generated revenue (IGR).

Diversifying the State’s economy, by tapping the huge agricultural potentials of Anambra River Basin and finally, accelerating the construction and subsequent operations of the proposed international cargo and fuelling airport in Umueri.

He expressed confidence that the four pillars of development, would change the State’s economic landscape in the next 25 years and bring the people to a vantage position to drive development in West Africa and beyond.

Obianor, described Anambra people, as one of the best in the country, who have contributed immensely to the development of Nigeria.

He observed that Anambra indigenes are industrious and have supported Nigeria’s growth, noting that the award was instituted to honour indigenes of the State that merited it, irrespective of political, religious or traditional affiliations.

He urged the people of the State to join hands with his administration to bring the hopes and wishes of the people to fulfillment.

“I urge you to bring your dreams home, I urge you to bring your naira and dollar home. Though we have only 4,844 square meters of land, Anambra State is big enough for everyone, no matter the size of our dreams”.


https://www.businessdayonline.com/anambra-attracts-4-bn-investments-two-years-says-obiano/

Igbos are really moving forward despite fed govt neglect. May God bless u guys.

chai I dey look

Port for Igbo land? I laf in Swahili

Chai! Obiano don sign another MOU


That dude signs anything labelled MOU

Please no airport, there's one at Enugu, there's another one in IMO... Use that money for something else (Fix the roads, railway anything but an airport.)

is ok

ok

Good news. Hope it's not just media and attention seeking awareness.

Good move from only Nigeria governor. Others Na...... Help me complete it

9jayes:
Port for Igbo land? I laf in Swahili

u are in pain and i can feel it

Good move and a welcome development.

I like this words “I urge you to bring your dreams home, I urge you to bring your naira and dollar home. Though we have only 4,844 square meters of land, Anambra State is big enough for everyone, no matter the size of our dreams”.

This Man is Exceptional, full of ideas. I hope and pray he's able to accomplish all he has said.

Ok

EVEN THOUGH OBIANO GIVE US HEAVEN AND EARTH HE IS GOING OUT,HE KILLED HIS OWN PEOPLE (PEACEFUL PEOPLE PROTESTING)JUST TO PLEASE buhari,THE FIRST RESPONSIBITY OF A GOVERNOR IS TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS AND NOT TO TAKE THEM,LET BUHARI COME NOW AND VOTE HIM SINCE HE VALUES BUHARI MORE THAN THE LIVES OF HIS OWN PEOPLE,SAY NO TO OBIANO PROPAGANDA E DON EXPIRE.

ok

Anambra a maka.

9jayes:
Port for Igbo land? I laf in Swahili

How the gods drank your brain

dats a gud development

And some pipo will say Obiano isn't working....

Beautiful.

Please check my signature for your Christmas goats. Thanks for your patronage so far.

Nice 1.

AZeD1:
Please no airport, there's one at Enugu, there's another one in IMO... Use that money for something else (Fix the roads, railway anything but an airport.)

did u actually read d comment

Hope it is not another propaganda.

Afonjas wont like these news

Oluwa is highly involve ..... If you hate this leg up or we leg over... Time akiko adiro... Elekere anyi na aku.... Kwapu kwapu.

a step in the right direction

Finally a thinking and sensible governor.


Large part of the huge revenue being generated by Lagos state comes from the presence of the sea port. OBJ during his time created dry ports in each geopolitical Zones. This was to decongest Lagos ports and allow other states to benefit from the huge potentials of the ports by loading cargos meant for a particular geopolitical zone on a cargo train to be cleared in the states where this dry ports are located in the geo polictal zone. Meaning that you don't have to ship to Lagos of you're in Kaduna or Borno or Rivers or Benue. Just ship directly to the nearest dry port to your state.

Apart from the huge economic advantages the states stand to gain, the risk and cost of shipping goods to states that are far from Lagos state will be highly reduced.

Unfortunately close to 10 Years since OBJ left the seat, no state governor has had the sense to see the potentials of this dry ports. The then Governor of Oyo state Gov. Ladoja was the only governor that initiated the construction of the ICD present in Oyo state. Unfortunately for the state, he was unceremoniously and illegally impeached only to be reinstated less than 8months to the end of his tenure.

We have mentally weak/lazy leaders leading us in this country especially the state governors.

Since the return of democracy in 1999, OBJ has being the best president Nigeria has had so far. His legacies and achievements are still very much visible even to the blind.

mn09abk:
Afonjas wont like these news

I am a Yoruba person and btw, the Inland Container Depot is the brain child of an Afonja(OBJ). If not for him, the only sound that resemble port you people will ever hear about will be your cooking pots.

Make them no sign the state away at this rate not all these investments are worth it