Insecurity: Government declares state of emergency in Anambra

<p><strong>The Anambra State Governor&comma; Prof&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Chukwuma Soludo<&sol;a>&comma; on Wednesday&comma; declared a state of emergency on insecurity and infrastructure in the state&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Soludo assured the people that he would make the state an industrialisation hub&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The governor stated this in Awka&comma; on Wednesday&comma; during a town hall meeting of traditional rulers&comma; youth leaders and other stakeholders in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the event was put together to enable the state government interact and interface with the various stakeholders with a view to fronting a common good of the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He frowned on the increasing rate of insecurity in the state and admonished the people to report anyone with questionable character living among them&comma; adding that the people causing pain live within the communities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also assured of continued consolidation of projects of his predecessor despite paucity of funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma;<em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today marks 49days we assumed office&period; This is the second time we are calling this meeting to keep you abreast on our commitment in transforming the state&period; We will call you again in 100days&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;buhari-names-killers-of-army-couple-in-imo&sol;">Buhari Names Killers Of Army Couple In Imo<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our first duty is to resurrect Onitsha&period; Onitsha must rise&period; Onitsha&comma; being the Obi of Ndigbo&period; Almost all gutters in the city are all filled up&period; Distilling of Sakamori has commenced&period; All houses blocking the river must come down&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The presence of touts has pursued many businessmen away from the town&period; It is difficult to find where to park to do shopping&period; But we assure you that shopping in Onitsha will become a pleasurable experience soon&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While announcing the recruitment of teachers and health workers to make up for manpower deficit in the public schools and hospitals&comma; Soludo also promised to increase the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;N20m community choose your project initiative” of the immediate past administration to N25m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We will partner with those with private farms to assist us in producing enough palm oil and coconuts we can consume and export&comma;” <&sol;strong><&sol;em>he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Security&comma; Soludo called for assistance from youths of various communities on intelligence gathering&comma; assuring them that their identity would be treated with utmost confidentiality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Traditional rulers and president generals must take charge of their communities&period; You must re-examine and revamp your local vigilante to forestall further breakdown of low and order&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Culture of silence must stop&period; I’m sure you know the hoodlums and you must expose them on time before they strike&period; We must resurrect community participation and mobilize youths to take back our societies&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em>” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;