The AET-P will drive the development of key infrastructural projects which are critical to accelerated economic development and the industrialization of our great state and the wider region.
The goal of AET-P is to introduce a private sector approach to conceptualizing, financing and executing infrastructure projects for greater efficiency. The AET-P will ultimately be vested with the mandate to –
1. Operationalize the Onitsha Inland River Ports
2. Upgrade the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway into a world class highway with ultramodern ancillary services.
3. Diversify Anambra’s economy further by boosting activity and participation in the Anambra Basin.
4. Develop the Anambra International Cargo Airport.
Ndi Anambra, I am confident that these transformational initiatives will redefine the economic landscape of Anambra and the region at large.
It will take us to the Anambra that the Great Ikemba and all our other forefathers dreamt of.
To make this work, we will require strong participation from our captains of industry at home, across Nigeria and in the diaspora.
Over the next two months, we will present to you the economic roadmap that will drive the AET-P.
This is the new direction of growth in Anambra State and I count on your support on this.
He also passionately appealed to indigenes of the state all over the world, to lend a hand to the development efforts going on at home to build a better greater Anambra State that all would always be very proud of.
He noted that there was just so much that the state government could do.
“I deeply believe that we have the know-how and the resources to turn our beloved state into a model.
“I appeal to you to bring your money home to Anambra State and invest it there.
“Anambra is the safest state in Nigeria today and our rating is growing every day in the investment community!
“I challenge you to do something ennobling and good for Anambra State today – The ball is now in your court!”
As he made to take his seat, the hall erupted in a joyous exclamation, that ‘now we have a people’s governor who sees, feels and shares the state’s anxieties, challenges and was determined to solve the problems’
From Chuks Collins, Awka
