Anambra @ 30: More Stakeholders React
Well-known Ndi Anambra at home and in the diaspora have renewed to bare their minds on the developmental paces of the state, thirty years after its creation.
Those, who spoke to the ABS on the thirtieth anniversary of the state, noted that a comparative look at the state as against its age shows that a lot has been achieved in terms of social, economic and infrastructural development.
Correspondent Blessing Uchendu, who sampled people’s opinion on the celebration, reports that the founder of ASA-USA and chairman, Board of Directors, Igbo Cultural Association of California, Chief Jimmy Asiegbu, said that in the Nigeria context characterized by slow development and economic challenges, Anambra State, in the last few years has maintained track record of good governance, security, agricultural revolution among other visible indices of development.
Chief Asiegbu maintained that past and present administrations have recorded robust achievements and developments, which, if sustained, would propel further development across the state in few years to come.
On his part, a former President General of Abacha Community, Chief Emeka Okeluo, said that Anambra State, since creation, has recorded appreciable progress as witnessed in the increase in number of educational institutions in the state, handover of schools to the mission and establishment of the best road network in Nigeria, noting that what the state currently needs is the commitment of the federal government to reconstructing its various dilapidated federal roads.
A resident of the state, Chief Alphonsus Okoye, in his appraisal of the state, said that Anambra State has made immense progress since its creation but asked that efforts be made to ensure that all parts of the state get equal attention in terms of development.
