The Anambra State Government has approved a new framework to mobilise development partnerships with indigenes at home and in the diaspora.
The Government has also directed the reconnection of the Ogbodi community in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area, cut off by erosion, within two weeks.
The decisions were reached at the 18th meeting of the Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) for Solution 2.0, held at the Light House, Awka.
The Council approved the Soludozie Anambra Framework, an organised platform based on the Public-Private-Community Partnership (PPCP) model to encourage broader participation in the state’s development.
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In a statement issued after the meeting, the Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation, Dr Law Mefor, said the framework would provide an avenue for Anambra indigenes at home and abroad, as well as other development partners, to support government and community-driven projects.
Under the arrangement, government involvement would generally be limited to documentation, official recognition and support where requested, while donors and partners would directly manage their funds and projects.
The framework is intended to strengthen diaspora engagement, encourage private-sector participation and promote collective responsibility in addressing development needs across the state.
The Council said the platform was designed to position Anambra as a model of inclusive development and accelerate the state’s development through structured partnerships among government, communities and other stakeholders.
Immediate Implementation
It also said the Council had directed the immediate implementation of temporary measures to restore access to Ogbodi, pending a permanent solution to the erosion problem.
He said technical assessment and planning for a lasting intervention would commence immediately to address the environmental challenge affecting the community.
The Council also urged communities across the state to adopt responsible environmental practices, warning that activities such as indiscriminate sand excavation, deforestation, tree felling and dumping of refuse in drainage channels contributed to erosion and environmental degradation.
It further identified the diversion of stormwater onto roads and other prohibited practices as activities that could worsen erosion, stressing that communities engaging in such practices would not receive priority consideration for government erosion-control interventions.
Individuals responsible for prosecutable environmental offences would also face legal action.
