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Anambra Government, led by Professor Charles Soludo is developing sales point for displaced traders across Anambra State
AWKA, Nigeria – Anambra State Government has concluded plans to develop cluster sales points within Awka capital to accommodate displaced street traders.

Head of Development Control, Awka Capital Territory Development Agency, ACTDA,Mr Charles Ekwunife stated this on Thursday in Awka when he led a team to sensitize members of the public on government policies towards making Awka a mega city.

He said to achieve this , government has designated various temporary locations for the traders so that they will not be causing obstruction in major roads across the capital city.
According to him, the temporary locations will assist the traders to continue with their businesses pending the completion of the sales points.

He said , when the traders move into the designated places, it would be much cheaper and safer for them rather than displaying their goods and wares along the streets in Awka.
Ekwunife stated that inline with the Governor Soludo’s idea of creating a liveable and prosperous Homeland, the Awka Capital Territory Development Agency( ACTDA), has underscores the importance to enhance beauty of the environment.

According to Ekwunife all shop and business owners within the state capital will immediately use yellow Aluco board with black write ups as signposts in other to give the capital city a desirable outlook.

He said the aim of the state government was to have an organised uniformed city outlook as every shop is expected to give a distance of four foot from the drainage channels across the state

He further said that people are allowed to have a canopy in front of their shops but such must not be extended more than four feet from the building. He also appealed to the people to cooperate with the present administration to ensure that Awka is raised to a status befitting status of a state capital as the enforcement will be a continuous exercise.

The ACTDA Head of Development Control noted that the present administration has also decided that containers are no longer allowed along the major streets across the state capital.

Soludo has commissioned the temporary site for the Solution Innovation District located at De Destination, Awka
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has commissioned the take-off centre of the Solution Innovation District (SID) in Awka. The Innovation district which is a one-stop shop for youths in the areas of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship, will provide training, incubation, and access to investment to spur the growth of the startup ecosystem in the State. The district provides access to high-speed internet, steady power supply, conducive and serene environment for innovators, creators, and the digital tribe to thrive.


Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo C.F.R, Governor of Anambra State, Rt Hon Somto Udeze, Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Chinwe Okoli, Special Adviser on Innovation and Business Incubation

Performing the function, Governor Soludo congratulated the 20,000 Anambra youths who recently participated in the initial training programme of the Solution Innovation District, ‘LevelUp Anambra’ for acquiring various digital skills online. The Governor thanked Microsoft and Wootlab Foundation for partnering with the State government to make the program a reality, revealing that the current Government House will become the permanent site of the Solution Innovation District once he moves into the new government house currently under construction.

He added that SID is a sign of the state government's commitment to developing Anambra youths.



"The world may be going east or west, but Nigeria must go through necessary disruptive changes. The removal of subsidy and floating of exchange rate are just some of these changes. It is quite auspicious that we are opening this district at this critical time.

"Our greatest resource is our human capital, and we want to mine it to its infinite elasticity. Only those who can see tomorrow. Only those who plan and work towards it, can control the future. I ask our youths to look up to opportunities in these ongoing disruptive changes.

"In a digital age, human capital appreciates with continuous usage. We must keep on innovating and acquiring multiple scalable skills to control the future.

We want the youths and children of ndi Anambra to be prepared for this future invention, innovation, and technology," Governor Soludo said.

"We must focus on tomorrow. The old order is gone, so let's not cry to bring it back. We are empowering and training our youths to control the future and become champions of the world."

"Technology is our mantra. We want to get technology to become our culture. Everything technology and technology everywhere!"

"The 0.01 criminals that cause nuisance in our society cannot define us. They are completely insignificant" the Governor stressed.

Earlier, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Innovation and Business Incubation, Ms Chinwe Okoli thanked the Governor for his commitment in actualizing the vision which she explained is quite timely.



“Solution Innovation District is a platform for you to innovate, create, ideate, invent, and to give your talents the wings to fly. Yes, many of you here are a bundle of talents. You can create wonderful solutions and guess what? Now is the time with S.I.D. SID is a place where you Think outside the box, think even without a box, Think big and Explore your immense potentials.

“At SID, we provide you steady power supply, high-speed internet, basic amenities, and clean and conducive office space for you to focus on building your dream solutions across sectors.”



“SID programs include business incubation, digital skills training, business acceleration, angel investment, outsourcing of the best talents out of Anambra. We also have plans to democratize innovation through schools and SID mini hubs in various locations”

The Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr Patrick Agha Mba, and the Commissioner for Industry, Mr. Christian Udechukwu respectively said that the district is in line with Governor Soludo's commitment to develop Anambra youths.

The best beneficiaries of the "Level Up Anambra" digital training were presented with laptops.

The Speaker Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Somtochukwu Udeze, Head of Service, Barr. Theodora Okwy Igwegbe, Chief Protocol Officer, Hon Chinedu Nwoye (Glamour) and other Members of Anambra State Executive Council, Members of Anambra State House of Assembly, Transition Committee Chairmen, among others attended the event.

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