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ANSMEDIA:
International Finance Corporation Tours Industries In Anambra

International Finance Corporation Tours Industries In Anambra
Governor Willie Obiano’s economic blueprint for the state has been described as realistic and people oriented.

The Executive Director, Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency, ANSIPPA, Dr. Ifediora Amobi made the assertion when he led members of the International Finance Corporation on tour of some industries across the state.

The International Finance Corporation is a branch of World Bank that carters for private sector development.

Some of the industries visited were, Cutix Plc, Anambra Rice mill, Chikason group, Tummy-Tummy industries limited all in Nnewi among others.


Speaking on the essence of the visit, Dr. Amobi who said that the IFC team who were in the state a month ago to interface with the manufacturing sector in the state, came back to interact with more manufacturers and industrialists in the state to know their challenges with a view to providing not just advisory and technical services but also financial support where necessary because they said they were impressed with the entrepreneurial spirit of Ndi Anambra.

The Executive Director explained that the International Finance Corporation did not choose Anambra state by proxy, rather because of the enabling environment, infrastructure, education as well as tight security entrenched by the Obiano administration describing the tour as beneficial to the manufacturers.

The Principal Investment Officer, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, International Finance Corporation, Musonda Chipola said that they have been in Nigeria for a very long time and have made key investments in petrochemical subsector noting that they now want to invest in manufacturing in South Eastern part of Nigeria, hence their choice of Anambra state and promised that they will partner manufacturers and industrialists in the state to grow.

The Chief Executive Officer of Cutix Plc, Mrs. Ijeoma Oduonye who thanked the team for the visit described power, access to capital and high cost of forex as major challenges threatening their businesses, adding that if helped by the IFC,, the company will diversify, create more employment opportunities and help to increase the internally generated revenue of Anambra state.

The two day tour will take the team to some industries located across the three senatorial
districts of the State

nonsobaba:
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Xander85:
He needs to spend a bit of money and employ proven marketers and PR executives! He’s not marketing himself that well! His products need to be seen as classy, sophisticated and aspirational!

Unbiased1:
This is not just good news, this is the best news I'm seeing this week.

nonsobaba:
What is happening to Enugu is a result of deliberate effort to educate Anambra investors to avoid that state henceforth. We are educating them that Enugu lacks water which makes life uncomfortable for living & business and that wawa people are very inferior to Anambra people so they should be the ones running to our state for survival. The only thing still keeping Enugu alive is their overrated airport. Once d Anambra int'l airport is completed, Anambra will explode in a boom never before seen while Enugu goes into demise. Give Enugu just ten years after our airport is complete & that town will turn to a mass of rusted brown roofs.

ANSMEDIA:
Chinese Embassy to open Consular office in Anambra - Commissioner


Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha

The Anambra State Commissioner for Commerce, Trade and Investment, Dr. Christian Madubuko, has said that the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria will soon open a Consular office in Awka, the state capital.

He said that the Consular office would lessen the stress and cost of obtaining Chinese visa by traders in Anambra State and the entire South East.

Madubuko who disclosed this in Onitsha while addressing traders at the weekend during his ongoing visit to the markets in the state said the Consular office will reduce the stress of going to Lagos or Abuja to obtain Chinese visa.

He said Governor Willie Obiano and the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria struck the deal when the ambassador visited the Governor in Awka recently.

The commissioner said the consular office in Awka will equally reduce the cost of procuring Chinese visa for Anambra state traders.

He said this was one of the manifestations of Governor Obiano’s commitment to improving the welfare of traders in the state.

He restated the determination of the state government to flush out touts who engage in illegal collection of revenues in the state.

The commissioner accused the traders of being part of the extortion and intimidation in Anambra markets but warned them against the dire consequences of such action which he said would impinge on the success of their businesses.

He threatened to sack any market leader who allowed extortion and illegal revenue collection to thrive in their markets, saying “we can corrupt angels in Nigeria.”

He also told the traders and their leaders that those who steal government money would not be allowed to go scot-free, regretting that traders in the state do not pay tax.

Meanwhile, three hoodlums who engaged in illegal levy collection have been arrested in Onitsha by the commissioner and his team. One was arrested at Bridgehead market, while the other two were arrested at Tracas, Upper Iweka, Onitsha.


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.sunnewsonline.com/chinese-embassy-to-open-consular-office-in-anambra-commissioner/amp/

ANSMEDIA:
Operation no loading, Discharging or illegal parking in Anambra.
Onitsha 12:00noon.

Following the rising level in the number of commercial buses in Anambra State, the Governor, Chief Willie Obiano embarked on signing of Memorandum of Understanding to develop bus terminals across the state.

One of such fruitful partnerships was the completion of Deltrazi Ultra modern Terminal located in the premises of the old Fire Service, Opposite ABC Transport, Onitsha some months ago.

The motoring public had before now been advised to start making use of the bus terminal but sadly most of them are not adhering to that directive of the state government.

Sequel to the foregoing, the Honourable Commissioner for Transport in Anambra State, Sir. Uchenna Okafor Wiper has inaugurated a standing taskforce that will patrol all the sections of Upper-Iweka, Onitsha-Owerri Road, Obodoukwu Road and others every day (6a.m to 7p.m) to ensure strict compliance.

He donated an ATMA Heavy-duty tow truck, A bus and a "Black maria" for this job and has tasked the membership on making sure that all buses load or discharge inside the bus terminal or risk been impounded.

Obika Chidiebele Cy
Onitsha, for the I-WITNESS CREW

ANSMEDIA:
Anambra State, Government Removes Over 100 beggars and Mentally Challenged Persons From The Streets.

By Vincent Ezechukwu

In compliance with the directive by the Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency Dr Willie Obiano, to clear the streets of Anambra State of mentally challenged persons and beggars who constitute nuisance in most major junctions in the state, the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Children affairs Lady Ndidi Mezue, was today Monday 15th April, joined by the Honorable Commissioner For Transport, Hon Uchenna Okafor, (Wiper)raided the streets of Awka and Onitsha of these categories of individuals.

The exercise which started at Onitsha Main market, through Upper Iweka, down to Uga and MCC junctions, all in Onitsha and then terminated at Unizk junction Awka, saw the team which comprises various security agencies including the police, Civil Defence, ATMA, OCHA brigade and Social welfare department of the ministry of women affairs, was able to apprehend and relocated over one hundred beggars and mentally challenged persons, who are mostly from neighboring states and beyond.

Following international best practice, the mentally challenged among the individuals removed from the streets were immediately moved to Nteje Home for the mentally challenged, where they will be rehabilitated and reunited with their families. While the beggars who were apprehended seeking alms using under age children will be rehabilitated and returned to their home states.

DawatNama:
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AmericanQuarter:
Yesterday at a colleague's birthday party at Golden Tulip Agulu Lake Resort Anambra State