The Anambra State government has inaugurated the students’ wing of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, known as OCHA-NANS.

 

The inauguration ceremony which took place at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka attracted the management of the university, council of National Association of Nigeria Students, Students’ Union Government of the University, among other top management staff of OCHA Brigade led by its Managing Director, Comrade Celestine Anere.

The inauguration ceremony tagged “Towards Clean and Healthy Campus” is targeted at ensuring that Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision and mission for a better Anambra is adopted and implemented in all aspects of human endeavour.

 

Addressing the students, Comrade Anere expressed delight with the enthusiasm of the students in aligning with the state government’s policies and programmes and revealed that the campaign for a cleaner and greener state cannot be carried out by the government alone.

Mr Anere noted that plans are in top gear to inaugurate the Brigade in higher institutions and town unions, pointing out that the command is committed to replicate Governor Soludo’s vision in all parts of the state.

 

He assured of regular training, joint collaboration and support to ensure that the mandate of the state government is carried out, especially in Ifite Awka and the campus which will ensure healthy environment, ease of doing business and conducive atmosphere for learning, and asked the students’ arm of the agency to see the opportunity as a call to service and not an avenue to make money, warning that any of them caught exploiting others with the name of the agency will face the full wrath of the law.

Contributing, the Dean of Student Affairs, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Prof. Chinonso Achebe charged the newly inaugurated OCHA-NANS of the institution to hit the ground running, and admonished them to assist the state to solve some of the man-made issues facing the environment and society in general.

Responding, the Secretary General, National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS Zone F, Comrade Ifeyinwa Felix and the SUG President of Unizik, Comrade Izuchukwu Ejikeme thanked the state government for the confidence reposed in them to set up the agency and revealed that the students through the student’s union are willing to partner the state to achieve its vision.

They also extolled Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his people-oriented leadership style and described him as a youth friendly Governor who is committed to alleviating the plights of the people.

The Public Relations Officer of OCHA Brigade, Comrade Anthony Agbafune during the event read out the code of conduct of the establishment to the newly inaugurated members of OCHA-NANS before their official decoration and inauguration.

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