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From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha
The Governor Soludo administration in Anambra State has awarded various contracts worth about ₦16.7bn for road, electricity and other key infrastructural projects aimed at driving social cohesion, economic growth and improving the lives of citizens across the state.
This is just as the state government, through the Ministry of Environment and the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, also known as the OCHA Brigade, has commenced the enforcement of standards for road setbacks in the newly constructed dual carriageways.
According to a press statement released on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, said the projects were approved and other significant decisions taken during the first Anambra State Executive Council meeting in 2026, held at the ‘Light House’, Awka, on Monday.
Mefor said several other key decisions were taken during the meeting, among which is that the Christmas and New Year celebrations, called the Onwa Dezemba programme, have come to stay as an annual event and will be made into something that Ndi Anambra and the world will look forward to every yuletide.
The statement read in part, “At the first Anambra State Executive Council meeting of the year 2026, held at the ‘Light House’, Awka, on Monday, the council relished the Christmas and New Year celebrations and reiterated that the Onwa Dezemba programme has come to stay as an annual event and will be made into something that Ndi Anambra and the world will look forward to every yuletide.
“The council also reviewed the state of security in the state and the restoration of Anambra as the most secure state in Nigeria, and resolved to continue to promote inter-security agency collaboration and the strengthening of security agencies, such as the 30 Hilux vehicles recently given to the Anambra State Police Command by the state government.
“The council established a committee to determine the best way to give Nnewi a further facelift, in line with the ongoing urban regeneration policy of the Soludo administration. The council also firmed up the plan to give Nnobi a further facelift. The main objective is to revitalise and realign the two strategic urban centres in the state.
“The council mandated the Ministry of Environment and the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, also known as the OCHA Brigade, to commence enforcement of standards for road setbacks in the newly constructed dual carriageways.
“These standards have been set at 1.5 metres for built-up areas and three metres for other areas. The setbacks were re-established as a minimum from drainage on all the new dual carriageways for motorised and non-motorised (NMT) users.
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“These setbacks from the dual carriageway align with global best practices, which include provisions for pedestrian walkways and other road provisions for pedestrians.”
According to him, the contract sum worth ₦16.7bn approved by the council is for the dualisation of the 33–Nsugbe–Aguleri Road, the supply and installation of a 500 kVA, 33/0.415 kV transformer at Irueyim community, Nteje, in Oyi LGA, among others.
“To achieve massive traffic decongestion in the Onitsha and Nkwelle axis and drive development in that direction, the 33–Nsugbe dual carriageway was awarded by the council.
“This will bring the Anambra Beltway and the Solution Government’s policy to dualise all Trunk A roads, state and federal, to a fuller completion and further open up the state and ease up Onitsha and its environs.
“Release of the sum of ₦15,956,407,246.25 only for the construction and dualisation of the 33–Nsugbe to Aguleri road with a one-span bridge, awarded to Ferotex Construction Company Ltd.
“Release of the sum of ₦56,386,718.69 only for the supply and installation of a 500 kVA, 33/0.415 kV transformer at Irueyim community, Nteje, Oyi LGA, awarded to Kennolly Enterprises.
“The release of the sum of ₦159,599,775.14 only for the supply and installation of solar street lights along the Oye Market Road, Isuofia, awarded to Vigeo-Dome Ltd.
“Release of the sum of ₦497,033,367.38 only for the reclamation, re-channelisation and remediation of the gully erosion site at Umugama–Ire village, Abba, Njikoka LGA, awarded to P & K Int’l Ltd,” Mefor disclosed.
