Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state was celebrated yesterday by workers
after he insisted every worker must have his or her Permanent Voters Card (PVC) for the forthcoming General
election .
To this end, civil servants were mandated to show their PVC’s before they would be paid February salary.
The
Governor, Chief Willie Obiano was not joking with that and all the workers
turned up in their large numbers in what Could be tagged operation show your
PVC. He did not ask anyone to vote for any party but that everybody must have his or her card, an insider told www.odogwublog.com.
The state Chairman of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Ifeanyi Okechukwu had appealed to workers to obtain their cards and be part of the change they wanted hence with the Governor’s directive , workers rushed for the operation show your PVC.
Meanwhile Obiano had at the airport road flag off Obiano flagged off the four-lane road that will lead to the proposed airport in Umueri, in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the first major step in fulfilling his promise of building a cargo airport in Anambra State.
The governor expressed optimism that when all the roads that are under construction in Anambra East and West are fully completed, there would be greater access to the agrarian treasures of the state and more opportunities would be opened there from.
According to him, no fewer than 300 people are expected to be employed during the construction of the Umueri Airport Road alone.
The governor also used to opportunity to announce that Anambra State government had signed on a South African gas exploration company known as Lubcon to work on its newly approved ANWell 1, the state’s first gas well that has been proven to host a large deposit of gas.
According to him, the South African firm will be “producing 100 megawatts of electricity from the gas that will be mined from that well. With this volume of electricity, the power supply needs of this zone and beyond will be met. This will also attract investors from other places who may want to set up their operations here and take advantage of the steady power supply,” he explained.
Earlier, Governor Obiano had inspected the 40 KmAguleri-Uno – Oil Rig road project and expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work done so far hoping that construction work on the road would reach advanced stage before the onset of the rainy season.
In his own remarks, the Commissioner for Works, Sir CallistusIlozumba disclosed that two more dualized roads from Umunya and Nteje respectively would equally lead to the airport while the State government had made several representations to the Federal Government for the dualization of the Onitsha – Aguleri – Adani road with an interchange at the junction of the new road.
Sir Ilozumba also disclosed that the State had secured approval for the airport project and acquired enough land for its construction while the contract for the major road to the facility was awarded to a competent contractor.
The state Chairman of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Ifeanyi Okechukwu had appealed to workers to obtain their cards and be part of the change they wanted hence with the Governor’s directive , workers rushed for the operation show your PVC.
Meanwhile Obiano had at the airport road flag off Obiano flagged off the four-lane road that will lead to the proposed airport in Umueri, in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the first major step in fulfilling his promise of building a cargo airport in Anambra State.
The governor expressed optimism that when all the roads that are under construction in Anambra East and West are fully completed, there would be greater access to the agrarian treasures of the state and more opportunities would be opened there from.
According to him, no fewer than 300 people are expected to be employed during the construction of the Umueri Airport Road alone.
The governor also used to opportunity to announce that Anambra State government had signed on a South African gas exploration company known as Lubcon to work on its newly approved ANWell 1, the state’s first gas well that has been proven to host a large deposit of gas.
According to him, the South African firm will be “producing 100 megawatts of electricity from the gas that will be mined from that well. With this volume of electricity, the power supply needs of this zone and beyond will be met. This will also attract investors from other places who may want to set up their operations here and take advantage of the steady power supply,” he explained.
Earlier, Governor Obiano had inspected the 40 KmAguleri-Uno – Oil Rig road project and expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work done so far hoping that construction work on the road would reach advanced stage before the onset of the rainy season.
In his own remarks, the Commissioner for Works, Sir CallistusIlozumba disclosed that two more dualized roads from Umunya and Nteje respectively would equally lead to the airport while the State government had made several representations to the Federal Government for the dualization of the Onitsha – Aguleri – Adani road with an interchange at the junction of the new road.
Sir Ilozumba also disclosed that the State had secured approval for the airport project and acquired enough land for its construction while the contract for the major road to the facility was awarded to a competent contractor.
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