28 Sep 2014


By Anayo Okolie

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, yesterday said his government in six months raised the Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state from N500 million to N1 billion.

Obiano, who spoke in Lagos at Anambra State First Security Fund Raising Dinner, said even though his government has done well in the last six months but the government is working tirelessly to ensure that the state derives up to N50 million every month so the state can use its federal allocation for important federal projects.

According to him, “the importance of this event can be seen from the fact that humanity is threatened by insecurity all across the world. There is the ISIS challenge in the Middle East and the threat of Boko Haram in Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries.

He said: “In cities, towns and communities across Nigeria, the threat of violent crimes and kidnapping has caused a lot of sleepless nights among our people. Happily, in the last six months of my administration in Anambra State, Anambra people have slept with their two eyes closed.

“We are gathered here tonight to secure the new atmosphere of freedom in Anambra State and to ensure that our people sleep even better at night. We are gathered here to secure the Dream of a New Anambra State.”

To further underscore the importance of security to my administration, he disclosed was the reason he convened a Security Summit in Awka on April 10 and invited a world famous Israeli security expert, Moshe Keinan, to lead discussions at the summit.

“Our people have suffered from general insecurity and criminals for a long time. Long before kidnapping became a big business in Anambra State, we have had lived in an endless period of fear of armed robbers and brigands of all kinds,” Obiano added.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/obiano-we-raised-anambra-igr-from-n500m-to-n1bn-in-six-months/190100/

otokx: Looks like we are in the season of lies.

WoodcrestMayor: ...and what has it brought to the people of the state

ojimbo: op, am posting from a hospital bed. i was hit by a commercial bicycle why trying to drive my own bicycle. Do u think this would have happened if am in other cities like ph, lagos, abuja, kano, owerri and so on which have a good town planning and good means of transportation? Anambra economy is good but the living standard there is compared to hell

DONGOYARO1: Nothing

They are all still running out of anambra. Even the governor made that speech at an event that was meant for the state but was orgnaised and held in Lagos

ojimbo: op, am posting from a hospital bed. i was hit by a commercial bicycle why trying to drive my own bicycle. Do u think this would have happened if am in other cities like ph, lagos, abuja, kano, owerri and so on which have a good town planning and good means of transportation? Anambra economy is good but the living standard there is compared to hell

DONGOYARO1: I can wager my last penny that 90% of anambra indigenes that would comment on this thread actually reside outside anambra.
Anambra is the best yet you lot are running out of anambra in your thousand. Even the anambra states security trust fund inauguration was done in Lagos state outside anambra.
Smh

DONGOYARO1: Nothing

They are all still running out of anambra. Even the governor made that speech at an event that was meant for the state but was orgnaised and held in Lagos

omenka: We've been there before. All na initial gragra.

OkijaAmaka: ...

Collynzo22: Why was the event held in Lagos?

Collynzo22: Why was the event held in Lagos?

gratieao:
There is nothing like Okada ban again in Lagos, i don't no about other state. Pls stop telling people lies

OkijaAmaka: [size=18pt]i think your pure and undiluted phool.

In Kano you will bombed to shreds nobody will visit you in hospital but your body will returned in nylon bag.
In Port Harcourt the cultists will either shoot before snatching your bicycle or shoot you for not having enough in your wallet.
In Lagos the Danfos will definitely slam you into 3rd mainland bridge or atworst LATSMA will arrest you and collect 40k whic is better,

chose your poison or better relocate to Kano.
u didnt mention calabar, uyo, enugu and asaba na Kanonistan you dey mention....i smell APCshit here[/size]

ojimbo: and have you boarded okada from oshodi to lekki? And morover the service lane in lagos is wider than the federal and state roads in anambra, i live in anambra and was born there. Quote me wrong and i will upload some pics here

Collynzo22: Why was the event held in Lagos?

oneeast3: What is your point? The first fund raising was held under my nose here in Awka while the second one was held in Abuja and now Lagos. These are 3 strategic cities for catchment of Anambrans.

Obiano, who spoke in Lagos at Anambra State First Security Fund Raising Dinner

Collynzo22:
what about this?