Soludo determined to turn Anambra into destination point – Commissioner

Anambra State Commissioner for Works, Ifeanyi Okoma, has said the vision of the Charles Soludo-led administration is to make the state a destination point, rather than a departure point as “it has been in the past”. He said this last week when he took some journalists on a facility tour across the three senatorial districts […]

Anambra State Commissioner for Works, Ifeanyi Okoma, has said the vision of the Charles Soludo-led administration is to make the state a destination point, rather than a departure point as “it has been in the past”.

He said this last week when he took some journalists on a facility tour across the three senatorial districts of the state. The journalists, who toured the construction sites, observed completed and ongoing construction works.

He stated that in an effort to achieve the goal of making Anambra a livable place, the state government had awarded 621.445 kilometers of roads over the last two years and eight months, with 326 kilometers already completed and others near completion.

He said the government is working to open up the state for investors, and with the current progress, Anambra will return home to invest, creating opportunities for the youth.

“We are seriously building the Government House, and in the next few weeks, it will be operational,” he said.

Aside from the ongoing road construction, the government has also awarded and completed several legacy projects across the three senatorial districts. The government is building a water park and amusement park in Awka, addressing the lack of recreational facilities in the state capital.

“We are taking Anambra State to greater heights, where every Anambrian will be proud to live and do business. We are building Anambra State where the poverty level will reduce in the next few years. By the end of the first tenure of this administration, there will be less poverty, and our people outside the state will begin to return home and do business,” he said.

Meanwhile, in the past 30 months of Soludo’s administration, over 621.448 kilometers of roads have been awarded, and 326 kilometers have been completed.

About 104 roads have been awarded, with more than 60 completed, while the rest are at various stages of completion.

Among the areas where construction has been completed is the formerly neglected Okpoko community in Ogbaru Local Government Area.

Okpoko, which once lacked roads, is now accessible, and it now has a functional hospital, boreholes, and constant electricity.

The Mmiata-Nzam road, which was previously impassable, is now motorable. Nzam, an Igala-speaking community in Anambra State known for agricultural produce, had to travel through Delta State via Onitsha to reach Awka.

One of the residents of Nzam, a tricycle rider named Michael Jacob, said the new roads have helped a lot because, before, they could hardly move to the next community due to poor roads.

He commended the governor for his attention to their needs.