Guys i am going to be sharing an idea of How To Build a Full Fledged Beautiful City in Four Year.
I will post it here tommorow. It going to be short , without exotic enlish cos of my lack of sophistication in grammer.

Just hope there are decision makers/infleuncial people on this forum .

Don't feed the trolls. This's one of the secret behind this thread success.
Spyder just ignores trolls. We shld all learn from him.

INNOisBACK: I urge all our brothers from Enugu and followers of this thread to ignore the envious and bitter troll above me! His sycophancy has degenerated to lunacy as well! Enugu adigo mma .

That was what i tried to highlight unfortunatly everybody thought i was a made man. We learn absolutly nothing from this people

ChimaAdeoye: Although Enugu and Ebonyi are the poorest SE states, Compare Chime's state secretariat buildings with
others built in the SE and see what i mean.

I smell divide and rule syndrome here.
We shouldn't let them do to us what they did to us with ikwerres and aniomas. There is strong possiblity these people create secret groups that go about creating enemity bw people.
American hardly encourage such frictions with europeans or fellow Americans the way these people instigate us.
If we are not careful one day one igbo group from south east will claim they no longer igbos.
Mind you that i am from idemili north LG Anambra state but I still would rather live in Enugu than anambra state

Very arrogant and depressing comments from these half igbo half yoruba. These people can't just stop attacking us Walahi.
I wish they can just allow us to be for once.

ChimaAdeoye:

I completely concur with your statement of the usually low quality and poor-ugly design SE governors (EXCEPT) Chime usually settle for. I agree with you that Sullivan Chime's projects such as the Twin bridges at Ziks avenue, the state secretariat etc bear evidence of his trademark high taste and high standard. I have also regrettably realized that an ugly shape does not necessarily mean it is cheap! Some of our SE projects cost much more than projects in other parts of the country, yet they are not exactly eye popping. Imagine that the exquisitely designed Dutse airport cost just N11 billion Naira to build!!! If that airport were in the SE, it would have cost 10 times more and with an all concrete ugly design like in the second picture.

[b]Airports require to have enough space to develop and reach their full potential. This takes time, and with time land poachers insidiously encroach on the airport land.Securing airport land away from land poachers in a growing city such as Enugu will be one touch hell of a job.
I think the greatest gift Chime can give to the AIIA is to guarantee enough space for it to develop into a regional aviation hub. This will be difficult as people will see the land reserved for the expansion of the airport as a waste of space. Chime should in the interim use barbed wire fencing to secure about 700-800 meters of land in front of the present 3KM runway and donate it to the airport to guarantee there will be space for runway extension when the funds are available. In this way, when the present runway needs to be extended to atleast 3.5 KM which is the global standard for international airports to enable safe takeoff & landing of the maximum cargo weight-laden Boeing 747s or airbus 340 huge airplanes to operate long distance cargo haulage flights to Enugu, there will be space to do that.
Likewise, the state government should also ban any building construction in the land on the airport side of the Ekulu river. The Ekulu River must be a natural boundary demarcating the airport property from Abakpa phase-2 being aggressively developed as we speak.
This area will be part of the airport as it develops into an aviation hub and will readily provide land for a parallel second runway which may be required in the future if the airport becomes very busy from being a hub.

The looming tragedy we have continued to observe since last year when the first international flight into Enugu occurred, is that land grabbers have invaded all the open spaces around the airport area, which will ultimately choke the airport of land for future expansion and rob it of the opportunity to become a true aviation hub in the future.[/b]

Some igbos are just fond of comparing with mediocres. It this self hate, inferiority complex, greed or sadism. Mark my word no northern state is well built and organised than any South East states(Aside Ebonyi). Why you guys keep comparing us with north is beyond me.

It unsettles me when people who should know keep comparing us with such places rather than Abuja, Calabar, Akwa ibom,Lagos or Portharcourt. Please some places are not worth mentioning talk more of emulating. I was born in Maidugri and lived some of my life there.

passion007: ^
That's cheering news, really.
Anambra mgbe niine...o ginidi!
Very soon, Enugu will dethrone Anambra for good.
Just 5 more steps and it will happen...
(Biko, Chino, na joke oh...lol)

Enugu has already dethrone Imo. I wonder what abagworo will say about this with all his pro Okorocha/APC higgi hagga

Three South East States among the top 6 States with best WEAC Result 2014.
I am so proud wallahi

Agriculture

Prepare a 5-year agricultural
transformation agenda
leveraging on the Federal
Government's existing plan
focusing on the development
of the State's food basin (Ayamelum, Anambra West,
Anambra East and Ogbaru) to
ensure Anambra State
becomes self-sufficient in all
staple foods (rice,
cassava, maize and yam) by 2018 Improve and expand the Root
Crop Research Centre
(Igbariam) into a full-fledged
agro-institute,similar to
International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to provide scientific research
capable of enhancing the
quality and quantity of the
State agricultural produce Creation of large agro-allied
zones for commercial and
mechanized farming located in
the State's food basin fully equipped
with a comprehensive
irrigation system, large
industrial silos for
secure storage and roads
infrastructure Create via PPP large agro-
processing centres across the
State to provide quality
consistency and promote
exportation of produce from
Anambra Mobilize and incentivize
foreign and domestic private
sector experts to cultivate for
local consumption, processing
& export Collaborate (via PPP) with
reputable agro-based Israeli
institution to introduce
modern farming technologies
to improve yield productivity

Housing & Urban Development

Embark on an aggressive
implementation of the city
master plan for Awka,
Onitsha and Nnewi
jointly prepared by Peter Obi's
Administration and UN Habitat Introduction of a fully
automated C of O issuance,
structure approval and
renovation processes Introduce PPP with reputable
developers to build new
settlements of 10,000 housing
units annually to decongest
high population regions of the
State Working closely with the
Federal Ministries for Housing
and Finance, to provide single
digit interest mortgage loans
to encourage house
ownership amongst working class (civil service and
private sector) in the State.
MORE HERE:www.obiano4gov2014.com/index.php/our-manifesto

Commerce & Industry

Create Anambra State Markets
Agency (ASMA) to
rehabilitate, construct and
regulate all trade activities in
all our major markets across
the State Construct new and organized
markets via PPP schemes in
surrounding towns of Onitsha
and Nnewi Invest in support
infrastructure in existing
industrial clusters in Onitsha,
Nnewi and Ozubulu and create
2 new clusters in Orumba and
Achalla Set-up training schools that
focus on educating Small-
Medium Enteprise. Incentivize private sector to
embrace PPP to provide shared
infrastructure statewide for
use on “pay as you use” basis,
such as:
*Automotive parts production towns

*Food processing Plants (Mills, Juicers, Packaging plant, etc)
*Wood processing Plants
*Storage silos
*Food packaging
*Promote Exportation
*Use PPP to set up a Bio-fuel and waste recycling plant to be sited at a major waste dump site in the outskirts of Onitsha
*Assist existing automobile
industry participants and
attract at least 1 global auto
brand to establish an assembly
plant in the State
*Improve existing patronage
to local manufacturers and
encourage other States and
Federal Government to
patronize domestic
manufacturers
*Create an annual N1bn youth
empowerment grant scheme
modeled after the Federal
Government's YouWin!
programme to tackle youth
unemployment and foster economic growth
*Create a new agency solely
responsible for promoting,
protecting, monitoring,
regulating and facilitating
investments in Anambra State
Anambra State Investment Promotion & Protection Agency (ANSIPPA)

ENVIRONMENT
Source large financing and
technical support from foreign developmental institutions to combat over 750 erosion sites Continue to maintain cordial
relationship with Federal
Government with a view to
attracting greater projects
from the Federal Ministry of
Environment in tackling the State's erosion issue Create an environment
taskforce to enforce against
air, water and noise pollution and to reverse current 80% deforestation to reduce new occurrences of erosion Introduce “plant-a-tree”schemes in all primary schools across the State Seek foreign support from indigenes, international donors and corporate Nigeria
to exponentially grow the
State's ecological fund Construction of 30 major
storm water management
and erosion control sites Embark on numerous
channelization (of flood
plains) projects across the
State Introduce PPP initiatives for all
levels of Waste Management
value chain (collection, dump
sites and recycling) Provision of modern public
sanitary sites in major cities
(Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha)
via PPP Build Operate & Own
schemes Commence large scale beautification projects in Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha Construction of cemeteries
across all local governments in the State

Infrastructure Development

Continue with the expansion
of Awka Capital. Build 2 new
modern cities/settlements (in
addition to the Greenwood
city) via PPP with competent
real estate financiers which shall come complete with all
social amenities (such as water
scheme, sewer system,
electricity and roads) in
Nkwelle Ezunaka and Nnewi Strategically build 700 km of
roads, flyovers and pedestrian
bridges (in addition to
ongoing 300 km road projects)
to harness potentials and
enhance economic activities in the remote parts of the state. Dualization of major high-
traffic roads in our major
cities (Awka, Nnewi and
Onitsha) Secure foreign infrastructure
development institutions to
develop an intra-state light
rail system connecting all
major cities (Awka-Onitsha-
Nnewi) within the State Leverage on the State's strong
relationship with the Federal
Government to accelerate
the construction and
deployment of inter-state rail
transport to Anambra for easy movement, transport of
raw materials and finished
goods manufactured in the
State to other parts of Nigeria Provide via a BOT scheme an
airstrip with human traffic
and cargo facilities in
Anambra North senatorial
district to foster the
development of the Oil and Gas, and agriculture sector in
the State Modernization of the State's
transportation system by
building bus stops, remodeling
parks and introducing an
electronic payment scheme Development of a water
transportation master plan A,
with a view to providing
indigenes (especially those in
the riverine areas of the State)
a quick and reliable transportation option for the
movement of people, goods
and services Promote more investments in
power to complement
ongoing projects in power
generation (such as the
Onitsha 260mw IPP) Leverage cordial relationship
with Federal Government and
initiate an intensive lobbying
to fast-track the construction
of the 2nd Niger Bridge, the
dredging of the River Niger and Anambra River

KEY DRIVERS FOR MY
ENVISIONED ECONOMIC
REFORM

We Shall:
leverage on our proximity to
the River Niger and our
boundary with 5 states (Abia,
Imo, Enugu, Kogi, Rivers) substantially develop all of
our naturally endowed
resources (such as natural gas,
crude oil and fertile soil) leverage Anambra State's
strong relationships with
foreign development finance
institutions to raise more
counter-part funding for
socio-developmental projects introduce the use of Private
Public Partnership (PPP) & Build
Operate & Transfer (BOT)
models to drive development
across all sectors ensure that the Federal
Government commences full
operations of Onitsha Inland
Ports secure adequate funding from
infrastructure-focused
financial institutions for the
large scale infrastructure
needs of the State. Word Health Organisation
(WHO) to provide healthcare
services at affordable costs to
the general population Continue significant funding
and sourcing of international
support for the equipping
and management of Amaku
Teaching Hospital, Awka Provision of excellent
healthcare services leveraging
on a voluntary National Health
Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to
improve technology and
subsidize healthcare costs across the State Promote Medical Tourism by
persuading the Federal
Government to create a
Healthcare free trade zone in
Anambra State Partner with large foreign
healthcare organizations (such
as GE Health, Bill & Melinda
Gates, etc.) to construct 3 new
General Hospitals (Ihiala,
Anambra East and Ogbaru) and 2 specialist hospitals
in Awka and Nnewi Provision of 10 medical
emergency/trauma centres
across all senatorial zones Introduce free medical
services for underprivileged
pregnant women in general
hospitals across the State.

EDUCATION
Prepare an all-inclusive
education master plan to drive
further development and
progress within the sector Creation of 3 State-funded
specialized schools for the
handicapped across the 3
senatorial zones Introduction of a rigorous
recruitment exercise and
revised remuneration for
teachers to attract the best
resources in Nigeria across all
levels of education Introduction of basic ICT into all programs at all levels and curricula.

Health

Prepare a revolutionary
healthcare master plan with
the support and assistance of
UNICEF and WHO to provide
healthcare services at
affordable costs to the general population Continue significant funding
and sourcing of international
support for the equipping
and management of Amaku
Teaching Hospital, Awka Provision of excellent
healthcare services leveraging
on a voluntary National Health
Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to
improve technology and
subsidize healthcare costs across the State Promote Medical Tourism by
persuading the Federal
Government to create a
Healthcare free trade zone in
Anambra State Partner with large foreign
healthcare organizations (such
as GE Health, Bill & Melinda
Gates, etc.) to construct 3 new
General Hospitals (Ihiala,
Anambra East and Ogbaru) and 2 specialist hospitals
in Awka and Nnewi Provision of 10 medical
emergency/trauma centres
across all senatorial zones Introduce free medical
services for underprivileged
pregnant women in general
hospitals across the State.

Continued.

Obiano's Manifesto:

WORKS & INFRASTRUCTURE
We shall complete the ongoing construction of over 300 kmof roads and bridges across the State We shall complete the rehabilitation and lighting of Ojukwu expressway, Onitsha.

HEALTH

We shall continue with the
ongoing construction of
hostels and several
administrative blocks
at Schools of Nursing,
Midwifery schools in parts of the State. We shall continue with the
construction of new
classroom blocks at Schools of
Nursing and Midwifery

PUBLIC UTILITIES
We shall continue with the
rehabilitation and expansion
of N10bn Onitsha water
supply scheme
The expansion of greater
Awka water supply scheme shall continue under my
administration
We shall continue with the
electrification projects across
all regions in the Anambra
State.

ENVIRONMENT
We shall continue with the
beautification of Onitsha town
as well as the restoration and beautification of numerous
parks across the State We shall continue with the
restoration of over 15
floodplain sites We shall construct 35 major
storm water management
and erosion control sites

LANDS, PLANNING & HOUSING
We shall continue with the
ongoing construction of all
commissioned housing estates
(Ngozika II, Unity, etc.) We shall continue with the
construction of a modern city
settlement (Greenwood) to
contain the new Government
House, Government Lodge,
Judges quarters, large commercial and
residential layouts

INVESTMENTS & JOB CREATION

We shall continue the Public-
Private-Partnership (PPP)
negotiations with the largest
African chicken producer,
Rainbow Chicken, to build
comprehensive chicken production facility. We shall continue with the
ongoing negotiations to
secure a joint investment
with Africa's No.1 distillers for
the construction of a distillery We shall complete the
construction of two first-rate
hotels in Onitsha and Agulu. We shall complete the ongoing
construction of three ultra-
modern shopping malls in
Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi. We shall complete the
construction via Public Private
Partnership (PPP) of a N50
billion 260 mw independent
power plant in Onitsha We shall complete the
construction of the N3 billion
Onitsha football stadium and
sports complex

Imagine how develop Anambra could be if just 45% of this manifesto is implemented

Obiano's Manifesto

I am passionate, very
enthusiastic and will continue
the programs of the present
administration to transform
our state to occupy its rightful
place in Nigeria and Africa!

Building on the enviable
foundation laid by Governor
Obi, Continuity will be the
guiding strategy and
theme of my administration.
The importance of 'Continuity' is evident both at home and
abroad as
Governments and private
institutions who have
adopted a similar theme have
benefitted immensely. I also intend to adopt the State's
current strategy, christened:
Anambra
Integrated Development
Strategy (ANIDS). Today,
ANIDS is and shall continue to be the driving force
behind the rapid development
taking place across all sectors.
Over my administration's first
12months, we will work
tirelessly to Continue , Complete, Commission all ongoing projects
and Commence (4Cs) new projects across various sectors
in the State.
OUR 4Cs SHALL IMPACT THE
FOLLOWING SECTORS: EDUCATION

We shall complete the
construction of phase 2 of
over 1,500 classroom blocks
for primary schools We shall complete the
numerous faculty and
administrative blocks at
Anambra State
University (ANSU) campuses
and classrooms at Nwafor Orizu College of Education We shall continue with the
deployment of more
Microsoft Academies; ongoing
rehabilitation of secondary
schools and sustain existing,
strong, working relationship with the Church in
transforming the education
sector.

spyder880: Work hard in Enugu and enjoy the nni ukwa special with cooked cat fish, from Dolphin restaurant Uwani.

The price tag is worth the meal sha, are these people paying me for advert sef?

This one of the reasons am stuck on this thread This is the most engaging thread on NL i swear

abagoro:



At the end of the day new set of skilled Igbos will be groomed in road construction and in future can outdo Julius Berger and other dubious foreigners used in duping Nigeria.

I've also noticed that you're not critical of Enugu like you are of Imo thereby showing level of bias on your part. Most village roads in Imo have been constructed in the past 3 years while urban roads have been reconstructed with covered drainages and walkways. I've been seeing open drainages all over this thread and you've not said anything about it. If we want to criticise let us be frank and devoid of partiality and blackmail. Just because Okorocha an Igbo man wants to be President or VP, stupid Igbos collected money and started lying and trying to blackmail him by dismissing or belittling his achievements in every aspect of governance.

Which other Governor apart from Amaechi has built 200 schools in 7 years? Okorocha has done that in 3 years and will make it 305 in his 4th year. Let us call a spade what it is and celebrate our own instead of selling our conscience for money.

Finally these roads have no difference with any other road anywhere in the world apart from maybe size, length and function. Owerri city has well maintained lawns. Only Calabar rivals it.

Abagworo pls leave this thread,you are a trouble maker. Very soon you will tell us enugu and akwa ibom need apc.

cjrane:

This is so sad.
If this hotel cannot be revived to compete, it can be converted into a specialist hospital, perhaps a stroke or cancer treatment and rehab. center or a type of training institute or even elementary school.

So sad to watch this building waste away!

If igbos don't adopt capitalist approach in managing our infractruture,i am sorry we are doomed.

IGBOSON1: Most Ndoni acknowledge that we're Igbo! It's just maybe a few that have been caught up in Rivers politics that wouldn't admit it so openly.....so the Ijaws don't latch on to their admission and shout 'Igbo'!......Like Clark did to Dr Odili when he wanted to vie for the Presidency in 2007!

My Dad, all my Uncles and Aunts, and so many of my Dads childhood friends grew up and went to school in Onitsha! We have a close affinity with the place, and i remember the family names my Dad used to mention (Osanakpo, Odili......Onwa' Ndoni, Opene, Ifekandu, Amobi.....from Ogidi Royalty).....they were all his childhood friends growing up in Onitsha, and all had connections with Ndoni (either paternal or maternal)!

Love this. So do you guys have access to the sea. God bless ndigbo and nigerians

BlackPikiN: This is a near perfect idea. Is
there a way to hold an annual 1-week summit for all igbo professionals (home and the diaspora) in Enugu or any other place in the SE, to deliberate and talk about the social and economic development in the SE? It should be headed, for a startby Soludo/Ezekwesili/Okonjo or someone who's a thorough bred professional. I'm not aware if such group exists for the SE region.

What we need are those who naturally think outside the box such as the creative geniuses and open minded enterpreneurs. They can be found in all areas and not neccessary professionals. In the past many well learned people or so called profs swore that men could never fly , earth can never be round etc etc but you still have ordinary folks like wrights, galileo, steve jobs,enstein,mendel proving them wrong and doing impossible stuff.

Creative genius and open minded enterpreneurs (whether they are profs or ordinary folks)are all we need to turn thing around in the South East.

There are too many close minded Profs everywhere even with their first class qualifications

Evergreen123: If spyder catches u people eh......And please, each city in SE serves specific functions, industrialization in Enugu state should be shifted to say Akpugo, not really Enugu capital.
Kano combined the destinies of many states around it, we mustn't follow that pattern of putting everything in one place.
And I think we need a special thread for this

Please stop mentioning kano here. Kano is not a state worth copying abeg. Our governors maybe reading this.

Can someone pls tell Innocent Motors to start fabricating beautiful Kekes of this nature for Enugu,Anambra or Imo. We really need to get innovative rather than importing all manner of nonsense in the name of keke into South East

abagoro:

I'm not in Kano but a simple satelite view should give a hint.

First imagine looks like Nsukka
2nd looks like Soweto

abagoro: Many Igbos surprise me with their views despite my believe that we are the most widely travelled. Kano is a developed modern city and the GRA is finer than all the GRAs in the Southeast. It is also far more cosmopolitan in both ethnic and racial mix than all parts of Nigeria except Lagos, Rivers and Abuja.

That said Kano probably has the highest number of absolute poor people in Nigeria and has so many slum districts that encourage spread of diseases, Religious violence and extremism. Enugu all round is more liveable than Kano but never as developed.

Pls post pictures of so called GRA in kano we need evidence. Can you bodly show an oyibo man kano as a city you are proud of?Define developed. I am shocked you mentioned portharcourt because i find that place too choatic some places are ok though. I lived in Npkogu,close to mmiri Nwaja, Trans amadi. Does kano have CCTV like enugu? If kano is that developed why did shoprite first came to Enugu before kano.

HappyJoe: Can we keep to the topic of this thread - developments in Enugu please?

No distractions.

I am begining to fear o. Like my presence here has stop Spyder from upload images. I am taking a break from nairaland . Will be commenting again in one week time

Nedu09: Jeez! I believe here is 9ja, talkless of igboland "coal city". but what made it naive was the open drainages "It sucks"...Sullivan Why nah? Haven't you been to Asaba (Anioma state), Benin,PH and see cover up? I pray the next guy should pavenment and slab it up.... Mosquitoes from the gutters want finish me.... "Cover it up and you see mosquitoes no more "

Wetin bring the beautiful jungle called Anioma come here . I go manage benin sha because of those beautiful buildings wey dem concentrate for roundabout. Other places for benin resemble anarchy. Old rag tag men and women every where! Benin is 2% city, 98% slum. Anioma is 2% town,98%bush. Na port.H make sense.

basilo101:
dia is no slum in kano city. Its not lyk ibadan. Infrastructure, urban renewal, high rise, arabic architecture. Kaduna is wia u find bungalows squeezed 2geda as u described. Sabon gari alone is anoda onitsha (3-5 storeys and huge market). Linked 2 d rest of world by air for decades, linked 2 lagos (economic capital wit most of d ports) by rail, hv some consulate, hv liason office of sm fed uni eg unilag, a gud population of foreigners (chinese, lebanese, turkish, indians etc)Etc etc plz ask sm one who has lived dia

Kano,The pride of North.

Oya show us your own kano

Bishop42: Lagos, Rivers, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Ogun control 90% of cash transactions in
Nigeria – CBN
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/lagos-6-other-states-control-90-of-cash-transactions-in-nigeria-cbn/


Notice Rivers,Anambra and Abia comes before Kano. This means kano is not that rich compare the Eastern states

Again, how can kano state be bigger when its volume of cash transaction is less than Anambra and Abia

Comparing kano with Enugu is LIKE comparing Kano with Calabar Both state should be put in their place or category. One is great place to live and raise children While the other is a massive depressing slum only fools would love to raise kids.

Rather than telling we mugus that Kano is London or New york, we need a picture evidence or shut up forever.

This is kano
Apart from one or three high rising building,there is nothing much in Kano to brag about.
This is how to replicate kano city:
Just go to a village in igboland, build 2 round about, 2 skyscrapper,2lane roads, and 4 to 5 companies probaby dangote company, then you have a glorfied village called a city

Hope we are not derailing from original topic.

Willie Obiano's manifesto: www.obiano4gov2014.com/index.php/our-manifesto

Excerp from the manifesto: *Commence large scale
beautification projects in
Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha Construction of cemeteries
across all local governments in the State.*

Lagos, Rivers, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Ogun control 90% of cash transactions in
Nigeria – CBN
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/lagos-6-other-states-control-90-of-cash-transactions-in-nigeria-cbn/


Notice Rivers,Anambra and Abia comes before Kano. This means kano is not that rich compare the Eastern states