- Paul Nwosu, Commissioner for Information reacts to call for Federal and State Governments to prioritize security and food
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Activities marking the second
year in office of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, of Anambra State have
commenced with the commissioning of roads and a plethora of other completed
projects.
Anambra State's Commissioner
for Information, Paul Nwosu, who disclosed this in an interview said the
governor, on Tuesday, distributed 2000 laptops
to teachers and commissioned Port Harcourt and Niger Streets on
Wednesday, and will proceed to Amansea-Ebenebe-Ugbenu-Ugbene-Awba Ofemmili Road
on Thursday the 14th of March to perform the same function.
According to the Commissioner,
"the unique aspect of the road commissioning is that, unlike some states
that will fly in dignitaries to cut the tape, Governor Soludo believes that no
commissioning can be better than the one done by regular members of the public
such as the bus and keke drivers who ply the roads as well as the villagers who
are having a tarred road pass their communities for the first time.
He said that the climax of the
anniversary events will be an interdenominational thanksgiving service on
Sunday, which will attract a lot of dignitaries, after which the commissioning
of projects will continue, since there are quite a lot of them.
"To mark the occasion, we
will soon release a document, cataloging over 100 sterling achievements of
Governor Soludo within the two years for people to see and appreciate. Our
indefatigable Governor has done a humongous amount of work within this short
period and it's important that our people should know," Nwosu said.
Reacting to the call by some
politicians for federal and state governments to suspend everything they are
doing and declare state of emergency on security and food, Nwosu said he would
not speak for others but what he knows for sure is that when Soludo came into
office, he declared a state of emergency on security. He created the Ministry
of Homeland Affairs, appointed a retired Air-Vice Marshall as Special Adviser
on Security and reorganized the Anambra Vigilante Group.
"He also developed a very
good working relationship with the local commanders of the armed forces and the
police. The result we see today is that seven out of eight local governments
hitherto under siege by criminals have been liberated. Ndị Anambra in the
diaspora can now return home to attend funerals and different social functions.
"At the inception of this
administration, Governor Soludo came with a new concept to growing and
producing food. He calls it Regenerative Agriculture.
This kind of agriculture
enhances the organic nature of the crops we farm because natural manures are
used. So when people are thinking of just producing food, Governor Soludo is
thinking about the quality of the food we produce.
"For the Governor, it's
not just about consumption. He also thought about economic empowerment through
agriculture. This led to the procurement and free distribution of 1,140,000
early fruiting varieties of hybrid oil and coconut palm seedlings to over
100,000 households of ndị Anambra. Another 1,000,000 will be procured this
year, including 340,000 economic tree crops like ụkwa, akịlu, ọjị́ Igbo and pawpaw,
among others", he said.
The Commissioner further
disclosed that the government, in partnership with IFAD, has empowered 27,800
small scale farmers across seven local governments with subsidized seedlings
that have significantly jerked up agricultural production in the state.
"So, the argument that
other aspects of governance should be suspended except provision of security and
food is flawed. You know why? In the first place, there is no economy, even the
best in the world, where people are kept in their houses for government to
knock on their doors every morning and supply them food.
"Secondly people are
economically active by nature. That's
how God created man. The purpose of government is to create the conducive
environment for man and his economic activities to thrive. And all of these,
our progressive Governor has achieved through his policies and programs in the
last two years. They are such that have created jobs through the many
construction sites.
‘’They have empowered youths
through skills importation and start-up grants. They have employed thousands of
teachers and medical personnel whose salaries have been running uninterruptedly.
They have supported a vibrant civil service whose regular salaries were
increased even before the advent of palliatives. The free education has enabled
the unprivileged child to acquire basic education. The free antenatal and
delivery services. I can go on and on.”
The Commissioner concluded
thusly: "Those politicians are entitled to their opinion but I am sure they
were not directed at Soludo.
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