BY EJIKE ABANA
With a view to looking inwards to restrategize for a better and more prosperous Anambra State, the members of the State Executive council yesterday commenced the 2016 Anambra Exco Retreat.
The retreat holding in Awka has the theme; The Great Push to the Finishing Line.
The retreat has about one hundred and ten participants, including Governor Willie Obiano, the Deputy Governor, Dr Nkem Okeke as well as all political appointees in attendance.
Describing the retreat as a second half in an all important football match, Governor Obiano reiterated the vision and mission of his administration, emphasizing the need for the members of the exco to start seeing the end point just like himself who is the visionary.
The Governor who was accompanied by his wife enjoined participants to always carry on with team spirit, shun selfishness, with maximum concentration and more commitment, being mindful that the masses who voted them in are there to judge them, projecting that even in the midst of the present economic realities, the State has the capacity to Internally generate about four billion to seven billion naira monthly to match the federal allocation in the development process.
Speaking on the essence of the workshop, the Secretary to the State government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu said that the workshop aims to look back on the achievements of the present administration with a view to project the future for a more prosperous State.
While pointing out that with last year’s theme which captured the changing circumstances in the Country, the mantra of doing more with less was introduced, noting that the retreat is apt.
Giving a brief on the structure of the workshop, The Chairman of the Governor’s Economic Think Tank Committee, Mr Mark Atasie pointed out that issues like breakdown of 2016 budget, innovations and mindset shift, creative funding as well economic outlook in the next one year, will all be addressed, saying that as directed by the governor, it is expected that about twenty doable actions will come out at the end of the workshop.
He added that the summit is a way of talking to themselves and being talked to, in order to re-strategize and have the same kind of mind set.
Series of technical sessions and team based discussions will feature in the retreat.
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