Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency, ANSIPPA in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs has held an interactive session with Transition Committee Chairmen to seek better ways to promote investment within the State.
The event held in Awka, was aimed at identifing and promoting investment opportunities in the state, in order to achieve Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision of transforming Anambra into a livable, prosperous and smart megacity.
The five areas of engagement during the forum, was identification of investment opportunities across towns and communities , compilation of major industrialists and possible investors within the Local Government Areas to be included in ANSIPPA data base as well as data gathering of industries and other relevant investment across Local Government Areas through tracking of permit for buildings.
Addressing the forum, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Tony-Collins Nwabunwanne said the state is blessed with abundant natural resources that are yet to be tapped into its full potential, hence the interaction with communities to identify their investment potential.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ANSIPPA, Mr. Mark Okoye said there are so many socio-economic capacities that are to be fully harnessed, revealing that partnering the grassroot and supporting the present administration on its five pillars of development will attract investors and make Anambra great.
The Transition Committee Chairman of Orumba South Local Government Council , Prince Neville Uchendu, his Aguata counterpart, Dr. Chibuzor Oforbuike, and Anambra West, Chief Felix Ikechi, among others, called for investment in agriculture and provision of conducive environment for investments to thrive.
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