The last investment was sealed on Tuesday this week with Zolt Energy Limited to build a 40 megawatts Embedded Power Generating Plant in Ogbaru.
The beauty of this project is that all the power generated from it will be distributed mainly in Anambra State
Agriculture: We launched our Agricultural Revolution on May 15, 2015 in Nteje, Oyi Local Government Headquarters.
Since then, Anambra has assumed a prominent position in Nigeria’s Agricultural map.
Precisely, in January this year, Anambra made headlines when it became the first state in Nigeria to export vegetables (Ugu and Onugbu) valued at $5m to Europe. Biko, kuonu aka!
At the same time, our locally produced brand of rice known as Anambra Rice recently emerged the Best Rice in Africa at an African Products Forum in Lagos.
Anambra Rice was adjudged better and more wholesome than other competing brands from South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Namibia and Cameroun.
That is the Spirit of Anambra!
Our agricultural sector has also attracted investments from 7 companies valued at $1.011bn while the large industrial farms in our beloved state have pushed our local rice production from 90,000 metric tons to 210,000 metric tons.
At this rate, we shall soon surpass the 320,000 metric tons we consume in Anambra State per annum!
Industrialization: Our objective is to become one of the top 3 industrialized states in Nigeria.
We are pursuing this in four key areas – Creation of modern Industrial Parks and Small-to-medium Enterprise Clusters, Improved Drive for Investment and better Access to Financing and Strategic Capacity Building.
Today, we have so far attracted over $140 million of investment to the manufacturing sector…
TRADE & COMMERCE:
Our objective in Trade and Commerce is to move Anambra to the Top-3 states in Trade and Commerce in Nigeria.
To achieve this, we are rehabilitating our existing markets and building new ones alongside ultramodern shopping malls across the state.
Here Are Some Of Our Key Achievements In The Past Two Years:
We commissioned the ultramodern Onitsha Shopping Mall in April this year to give our people a taste of a world class shopping experience.
The Mall is one of the Continuity Projects I inherited from my predecessor which I have commissioned as I promised during my campaign days. Ana ekwu ekwu, ana eme eme!
Work is progressing smoothly on the two other malls in Nnewi and Awka at the moment.
We have flagged off the construction of a $350 million wholesale shopping complex in Ogbunike in Oyi LGA.
This commercial and lifestyle complex will be the first of its kind in Africa. The retail outlets will be operated by leading brands from across the world.
Similarly, the 1st Phase of the 20,000-unit International Market at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area valued at $75 million dollars is nearing completion while Expression of Interest has been concluded on the Umunze International Market.
PILLAR IS OIL & GAS:
Anambra State is blessed with over one billion barrels of oil and 30 trillion cubic feet of gas.
Our target is to have a fully developed Oil & Gas sector by 2018.
We intend to achieve this through 3 broad areas of intervention – policy formulation & infrastructure development, private sector participation and community re-orientation.
In the area of Policy Formulation, we have crafted far-sighted policies to drive the development of this sector.
In fact, my bill proposing the establishment of the Anambra State Oil & Gas Development Agency has already been passed into law.
As a follow up, we have also set up the Oil and Gas Advisory Committee headed by Dr. Emmanuel Egboga, the former Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters.
This committee is charged with drafting a comprehensive Blueprint for the Oil & Gas sector and advising the State on the necessary steps that would ensure the recognition of Anambra as the 10th Oil Producing State in Nigeria.
We have opened access to the oil fields by building Anambra’s longest bridge across the Omambala River in Aguleri.
The bridge is 280 meter long and the road is 42KM. This bridge has since been completed.
We are also building two other bridges to the oil fields through Umueje in Ayamelum and Umudiora in Anambra West Local Government Areas.
