Anambra State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ, has commended the State government for providing resettlement centres and relief materials for flood affected communities across the State and urged the State Emergency Management Agency, to intensify efforts to ensure that all those living in flood prone areas in the State, including Ossamalla and Omamballa are protected from the increased flood menace.
In a communiqué issued at the end of its Monthly meeting in Awka the Union commended the Anambra State government for upgrading the State College of Agriculture, Mgbakwu to a Polytechnic, which it noted will help address the education needs of the youths, but urged the government to address the physical and manpower challenges in the institution to enable it befit its status as a polytechnic.
It called for the rehabilitation of intra and intercity roads in parts of the State, with high quality materials, to guarantee its durability and save the people from avoidable danger.
The communiqué which was signed by the Chairman of the Anambra State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Mr Emma Ifesinachi and Secretary Mr Emma Udeagha, commended the National Inland Waterways Authority for the ongoing efforts to upgrade Onitsha Sea Port to make it a port of destination and urged the Agency to expedite action on the exercise which it noted will boost business activities in the South-East and reduce accidents caused by articulated vehicles that presently transport containers to the zone.
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