Riverine communities in Anambra State have been urged to heed the call by the State government to prepare for relocation ahead of the predicted flood that will affect the state. Speaking in Awka, the immediate past State Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, Sir Norbert Obi said that this will help to save lives and property. Paul Ezeoke reports that Sir Norbert said that the state government has taken proactive measures to ensure that the devastation of the flood is drastically reduced if it occurs and has sustained mass enlightenment and sensitization of the people since the prediction by weather agencies.
He also noted that holding centers in various parts of the state have been reactivated to accommodate those who will be affected by the flood and urged community leaders to encourage their people to move to safer areas before the flood arrives and enjoined privileged individuals to assist vulnerable members of their communities with necessary resources and logistics to facilitate their movement to safer grounds.
Meanwhile, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has been extolled for approving the reactivation, expansion and early commissioning of the Kaolin Processing Plant at Ukpor, Nnewi South Local government Area.
The State chairman of Miners Association of Nigeria, Chief Henry Igboeli said that the Initiative will bring revolution in the state mining sector and accelerate effective harnessing of solid minerals and expansion of the value chain in the state.
Chief Igboeli also noted that the reactivation will generate employment to help provide permanent solutions to the challenges of unemployment and boost the state’s economy as well as increase the state’s export capacity and industrial development.
He said that the project will equally attract investors from various parts of the world to establish industries and small-scale enterprises that will help to build the state and national economy, saying that Governor Soludo has demonstrated commitment to transform all sectors of the state through visionary interventions.
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