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Speech delivered by His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State in a ... with journalists and investors at an event tagged "An #EveningWithObiano"

"Our objective is to become one of the top 3 industrialized states in Nigeria. We are pursuing this in four key areas – Creation of modern Industrial Parks and Small-to-medium Enterprise Clusters, Improved Drive for Investment and better Access to Financing and Strategic Capacity Building.

Today, we have so far attracted over $140 million of investment to the manufacturing sector. Ndi be anyi, odi ofele?

Next on my Economic Pillar is Trade & Commerce

Our objective in Trade and Commerce is to move Anambra to the Top-3 states in Trade and Commerce in Nigeria. To achieve this, we are rehabilitating our existing markets and building new ones alongside ultramodern shopping malls across the state.

Here are some of our key achievements in the past two years:

We commissioned the ultramodern Onitsha Shopping Mall in April this year to give our people a taste of a world class shopping experience. The Mall is one of the Continuity Projects I inherited from my predecessor which I have commissioned as I promised during my campaign days. Ana ekwu ekwu, ana eme eme!

Work is progressing smoothly on the two other malls in Nnewi and Awka at the moment. We have flagged off the construction of a $350 million wholesale shopping complex in Ogbunike in Oyi LGA. This commercial and lifestyle complex will be the first of its kind in Africa. The retail outlets will be operated by leading brands from across the world. Similarly, the 1st Phase of the 20,000-unit International Market at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area valued at $75 million dollars is nearing completion while Expression of Interest has been concluded on the Umunze International Market.

The fourth Economic Pillar is Oil & Gas

Anambra State is blessed with over one billion barrels of oil and 30 trillion cubic feet of gas. Our target is to have a fully developed Oil & Gas sector by 2018. We intend to achieve this through 3 broad areas of intervention – policy formulation & infrastructure development, private sector participation and community re-orientation.

In the area of Policy Formulation, we have crafted far-sighted policies to drive the development of this sector. In fact, my bill proposing the establishment of the Anambra State Oil & Gas Development Agency has already been passed into law.

As a follow up, we have also set up the Oil and Gas Advisory Committee headed by Dr. Emmanuel Egboga, the former Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters. This committee is charged with drafting a comprehensive Blueprint for the Oil & Gas sector and advising the State on the necessary steps that would ensure the recognition of Anambra as the 10th Oil Producing State in Nigeria.

We have opened access to the oil fields by building Anambra’s longest bridge across the Omambala River in Aguleri. The bridge is 280 meter long and the road is 42KM. This bridge has since been completed.

We are also building two other bridges to the oil fields through Umueje in Ayamelum and Umudiora in Anambra West Local Government Areas.

The importance of these roads and bridges can only be understood if we remember that there was no access to the oilfields of Aguleri before now from Anambra State. It could only be accessed through Enugu State.

Similarly, we have concluded plans to pipe ATK (aviation fuel) from the Orient Petroleum Refinery to the proposed cargo Airport in Umueri where a storage facility will be built for it. The idea is for the airport to serve as a major hub for the re-fuelling of international flights in West Africa.

We have since flagged off the construction of three dual-carriage ways that will open up access to the proposed airport from three strategic directions – Umueri, Awkuzu and Nteje axis." - Willie Obiano, Governor of Anambra State

Liberty101:
Obiano for president !

Oladimejyy:
Not only president na fresident..u tink that seat is for every Dick and Harry

Oladimejyy:
Not only president na fresident..u tink that seat is for every Dick and Harry

Liberty101:
Obiano for president !

Almajiri1:
Aresa,Anambra is giving your Lagos a run for her oil.

Nnysher:
Then who is more qualified than Obiano to occupy that seat? Rauf 'the Debtor' Aregberascal?

Liberty101:
Who are the dick and harry it is meant for ?

happen2:
This is great and I like this oppositions by good governance not by criticizing and fighting FG everyday. APGA can build on Obiano foundation like what AD did during PDP reigns.

More power to your administration. Be blessed and remain focus .

Hagm0nd:
you must be a comedian

MadamExcellency:
That was the plan and it was working until the most selfish governor, Rochas Okorocha stole APGA mandate for a future impossible, non-achievable presidential ambition.

omenka:
[s]Obiano: Anambra has large quantities of oil.

Evidence: None. Just word of mouth.

Ugandans: Obiano for president!!!!!


Ambode: Lagos has large quantities of oil.

Evidence: extracted sample in a container. Map showing underground hydrocarbon deposits.

Ugandans: God punish afonjas with their lies!!!!



Omenka: No comment.[/s]