There is no doubt that massive infrastructural development opens up the hinterlands, boost socioeconomic activities and empowers rural dwellers.
Over the years, absence of basic social amenities and infrastructure have sustained circles of poverty and economic hardship in most rural communities. Perhaps that was why on assumption of office, Governor Chukwuma Soludo prioritized massive rural infrastructural development including road construction and rehabilitation of roads that lead to remote parts of the state.
Anambra state has vast agrarian land for food cultivation and planting of tree crops. The introduction of dwarf palm trees and coconut to replace the tall species will, according to Soludo will increase income of various households especially, rural dwellers and mitigate hunger, poverty and penury.
The massive road construction and rehabilitation in the hinterlands will also attract agro industries and business value chains that will earn foreign exchange and increase the state’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP.
Again, there will be increase in the tempo of commercial transportation that will convey individuals and businesses to remote parts of the state to explore multi dimensional business potential that will create employment opportunities and wealth creation.
Similarly, it will increase investments in the housing sector that will attract more housing estates and establishment of basic amenities including schools and health facilities .
It will also encourage many youths who are beneficiaries of the One Youth Two skills initiative of the state government to explore emerging opportunities in the hinterlands.
Road construction in semi urban and urban towns will scale up socioeconomic activities, enhance easy flow of traffic daily expenditures of tricycles operators and commercial bus drivers on maintenance of their vehicles, which will enable them to save more money.
. The massive infrastructural development by Soludo administration has multiplier effects on commercial activities in various streets and markets which have increased the internally generated revenues of the state government.
Practical application of the principles of rural development by Governor Soludo’s government has lifted the living standard of the rural dwellers and reduced activities that endanger their livelihood.
There is need for the federal government to put in place proper political structure and review sharing formula of statutory allocation to provide the sub national governments enough resources to frontally address the challenges facing the rural dwellers.
POLYCARP ONWUBIKO
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