Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State said natural resources endowed region of the state will be fully utilized to facilitate socio-economic development of the state
He said that it was his administration’s intention to reap bountifully the benefits of planning and effective land use to that effect.
This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Lands and Rural Development, Mr. Bonaventure Enemali, on behalf of the state governor, during the public presentation of the Anambra West Local Government Area 12-years Development Plan to stakeholders at Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka.
The Governor stated that the Master or Development Plan was designed to propel the sustainable growth of the area by re-organising the area and infusing it with supporting infrastructure to create a more livable, lively and lovely environment for the Anambra West population.
He said that the Plan, which was initiated few years ago, had been revived to complement and align with the present administration’s development agenda.
“It gives me great pleasure to state that the Council Area, has by this noble cause, received the well-deserved attention of the State Government, while its potentials, natural, man-made and human, have been considered, mapped and modelled to achieve the Policy Directives of the Pillars in the Agenda of Governor Willie Obiano, he said.
According to him,” This Project is envisioned as a tool that will provide a Comprehensive Development Policy for the people in the area over the next 50 years, for it is designed to focus on ensuring a sustainable and inclusive environment which includes all spheres of the Anambra West: Economic, Social and Cultural.”
He explained that the Council Area, was endowed with well built-up settlements, very rich historical culture, expansive wetlands and rain forest zones all that were yet to be fully explored for the inherent and chain potentials.
Dominica Nwabufo
