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How Hon Tony Onyima, Information, Culture And Tourism Commissioner Summarized Chief Willie Obiano's 100 Days In Office




              Photo: Obiano Launches Agro-Revolution, Flags off 2014 Farming Season Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano launched what may be called an agricultural revolution, Thursday, when he flagged off the 2014 farming season at Nteje, Oyi Local Government Area of the state, declaring that with that ceremony, he had symbolically lighted up the fire of agro-revolution in the state. Addressing a mammoth crowd of farmers who turned up with various farm produce and livestock to mark the beginning of another bountiful season, Governor Obiano explained that the theme of the ceremony, “A New Dawn for Agriculture in Anambra State,” was carefully chosen to reflect the attitude of his administration to agriculture. According to him, from time immemorial, “our ancestors judged a man by the strength of his arm. A man who could not feed his family was regarded as an efulefu! A failure! That tells us how important farming and agriculture in general was and will always be to our people. This is also a major reason why Agriculture occupies a pride of place among the four pillars of my economic blueprint.” Describing Anambra State as a blessed state, Governor Obiano further said, “In the last two days, I have travelled around the food-belt of the state from Anam through Nsugbe to Nando, Ayamelum and finally Nteje. I was fascinated by the vast stretch of arable land that cuts across the eco-diversity of our state. And I was re-assured that our choice Agriculture as a major pillar of my administration was the right choice.” He further observed that all over the world, agriculture was regarded as a major employer of labour, and that informed his decision to inaugurate a Special Committee on Agriculture with a charge to draw up a blueprint for revolutionizing agriculture in the state. For greater clarity and focus, he said he had to give a clear direction to the committee to ensure that the state becomes one of the three top states in agricultural production, ranks number one in production of rice, cassava and fish in the first 4 years of his administration and finally ensure that agricultural output contributes at least 40 percent to the Gross Domestic Product of the state. According to him, the Committee had submitted its report and it was being reviewed, stressing that over the coming few weeks the state would draw from the recommendations to roll out specific initiatives, including mapping out of a land bank for high yielding crops that would give comparative advantage to the state. He maintained that in specific terms, the government would force the door of agricultural productivity open in the state, pointing out that his administration had held several consultations with local and foreign investors with the prospects becoming brighter with each passing day. This he said was the reason he had to receive a delegation from a Vietnamese Joint Stock Group that had indicated a strong interest in investing in the state’s agricultural programme. “I have also held fruitful deliberations with the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina and I am confident that the world will soon pay a closer attention to what we are doing in Anambra State,” he further revealed pointing out that he was entghused that big-time indigenous investors like Cosmas Maduka and Emeka Okwuosa had also indicated interest in investing heavily in the agricultural sector in the state. Calling on Ndi Anambra to make necessary adjustments that would encourage investments inflow into the state, governor Obiano observed that his administration would need the cooperation of all the land owners in the agricultural belt of the state to ensure the availability of land for the mechanized farming his government was planning. He appealed for the cooperation of all for the newly formed Committee for Land Acquisition and Mediation which he inaugurated the same day, saying it would ensure that all issues concerning the availability of land for investors in agriculture are perfectly handled to the satisfaction of all parties. Photo: Gov Obiano’s Campaign for Environmental Sanity The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, does not conceal the weightiness in steering the affairs of his state; he is not a shirker from his sworn responsibility to lift the state to an enviable status either. The Governor’s multifaceted interests in advancing the state, in addition to the unique promptness of his actions, present a man who rests less to nurture his vision for Anambra to tangible terms. Though Chief Obiano has, from the day of his inauguration, maintained heightened commitment to the ‘four pillar’ thrust of his administration itemized as: ‘aggressive mechanized agriculture, oil and gas, trade and commerce, and industrialization,’ he has personally led crusades to inculcate environment friendliness in Ndi-Anambra; just as he has equally demonstrated absolute commitment to the security of lives and property in the state. The effects of these efforts are recognizable in the reinvigorated life among Ndi-Anambra who, apart from celebrating the minimal crime record in the state, have bought into the Governor’s ‘free the environment of filth’ campaign. Environment, in its sheer immensity and bountiful accommodation of life, could passably go for the most expansive as well as the most charitable habitation for life on planet earth. Indeed, life cannot be outside the context of an environment, for even a vacuum depicts an environment of emptiness, absence or nothingness. Vast and vague, environment has been in the front burner of issues of grievous concern to organisations and governments across the globe in their advocacy for wholesome life. The challenges of making environment pliable to the demands of humans are as diverse as the particularities of distinctive human habitations and the consciousness of people to the environmental peculiarities they put up with. The economy of the environment in human life is therefore as immense, convoluted and probably as relevant as life itself suggests. And mindful of the interface (more of fluidity) between its socio-geographical pedestals, our target here is the implication of human actions or inactions on the environment in Anambra State. A few days into the life of his administration, Chief Willie Obiano defied turbulent rainfall to embark on ‘Keep Awka Clean’ exercise. He replicated the environmental discipline campaign shortly after in the metropolitan cities of Onitsha, Nnewi and Ekwulobia where he enjoined residents of the state to wake up to the challenges of reviving an environment that has experienced continual depreciation. His persuasion on the subject is apt: ‘Hygienic environment is a sine qua non for pleasant neighbourhoods and good health.’ Governor Obiano’s passion for a wholesome environment, physical and social, conduced to his choice of ‘Kpochapu’ (evacuate, remove completely) as a codename for a joint security group comprising the Police, other arms of Nigeria’s Armed Forces, Civil Defence and other relevant groups. This octopus subset of the State security apparatus enforces the maintenance of a safe, decent and civilized polity. While ‘Operation Kpochapu’ might fundamentally be referencing containment of criminality in the State, the nomenclature which explicitly points at the maintenance of decent neighbourhoods underpins the Governor’s consummate passion to turnaround the environment and the people to a blend of civilised entity. Anambra State of Nigeria is unfairly burdened with multiple natural ecological constraints. The State has over one thousand active erosion sites whose persistent escalation, particularly during the rains, continues to threaten lives and property of Ndi-Anambra. Conscious of the non-cohesive texture of the soil in many parts of the State which exposes it to malignant erosion, Governor Obiano, in his ‘Save the Environment Campaign,’ stresses the imminent danger a harassed environment poses to its abusers. He encourages individuals and groups to duly dispose refuse at designated points to avoid blockage of the water channels and the consequent erosion. In response to the Governor’s message, it is now common to see people de-silting the drains that run through their neighbourhoods, and properly disposing refuse at designated spots from where the appropriate Government Agency promptly evacuates same. Anambra State leaves nobody in doubt about the difficulties its governance poses; the enviable constellation of stellar intelligentsia it boasts of regardless. This privilege, in addition to the significant value of the wealthy and ‘know-some’ people (who, indeed, might know very little) has ensured a clog in administering the state. It is therefore not strange to see people, particularly the rich, encroach on public land in erecting private structures, with the haughty mindset that ‘nothing will happen’. At times these structures are placed on water or other service lines, or even on deliberate green parks reserved for public use. As Governor Obiano superintended the demolition of such illegal structures at Onitsha and its environs, he admonished perpetrators of such illegality, and sternly warned that his administration ‘will not tolerate flagrant violation of the law and encroachment on government property by anybody, irrespective of social status.’ Again, in furtherance of Chief Obiano’s passion for safe and decent environment, the Anambra State Government has ordered an immediate removal of immobile vehicles along major roads in the state; it has also ordered the removal of random posters and billboards which deplete the aesthetic dispositions of the cities. Given Governor Obiano’s compulsive persuasion on the primacy of well groomed, decent and safe environment in the attainment of great health and pleasant life, and upon Ndi-Anambra’s warm reception of the noble counsel encapsulated in ‘Operation Kpochapu’, Anambra State is surely on course to the haulage of laurels in environmental friendliness. Okechukwu Anarado writes from Adazi-Nnukwu.
You could be surprised on how 100 days in office of  Anambra state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano's 100 Days In Office was summarized by Hon Tony Onyima, Information, Culture And Tourism Commissioner. Take a look at his welcome address

WELCOME REMARKS BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION, CULTURE AND TOURISM, CHIEF TONY ONYIMA AT THE EVENT MARKING FIRST 100-DAYS IN OFFICE OF THE OBIANO ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNVEILING OF THE CORPORATE SYMBOLS OF ANAMBRA STATE AT THE WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTER, AWKA, ON JUNE 25, 2014 

Protocol.
Ndi Anambra, udo dili unu.
We are gathered here today to look back at the last 100-days of the Willie Obiano administration in Anambra State. The concept of observing the First 100 Days in office became very significant when the US President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt got the parliament to pass what the Americans call “The New Deal” in a bid to haul America out of The Great Depression in the 1930s. 

The drastic initiatives that he proposed in “The New Deal” were to eventually set the standards by which subsequent American presidents were judged in their First100-Days. The rest of the world has since adopted that paradigm and in Nigeria’s recent democratic experience, it has become a standard practice. 

The Obiano administration was inaugurated on 17th March 2014.  Looking back in the last 100-Days in Anambra State, there are strong signs to see that our elders were right when they said that Morning shows the Day. We have seen the emergence of a whole new philosophy of governance and a pragmatic high-velocity approach to solving the developmental challenges of our time. The story of this change will be told in words and in moving pictures here today.
Now, today is a special day. And we know why. Not only are we marking the great achievements of this administration in the last 100-Days, but we also have in our midst today, one of Africa’s most gifted story tellers who is also a proud daughter of Anambra State. Ndi Anambra Unu nwelu madu! I am talking about the multiple prize- winning novelist and compelling public speaker, Chimamanda Adichie. Chimamanda is one of the leading lights of her generation and a great ambassador of Anambra State. Very soon, she will be speaking to us in that remarkable voice that has drawn the attention of the rest of the world to the African narratives and the Nigerian story – nay, the Igbo story. Anyone who has read any of her books will testify that Chiamamanda bu nke anyi. Ezigbo nwafor Abba!
Another thing that makes today special is that very soon too, His Excellency, the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, will be unveiling the new corporate symbols of Anambra State. These elements were carefully selected to symbolize the intrinsic values and enduring philosophies of Ndi Anambra.
These are the intangible components of governance that form the core of any meaningful persuasive effort that will help our people to come together as one on the altar of brotherhood.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you once again to this great occasion.
Thank you

Hon. Tony Onyima
Commissioner for Information,Culture and Tourism


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