By Chikaodi Chukwuleta

Anambra State Commissioner for Housing, Hon. Pauly Onyeka has assured Ndi Anambra that the Soludo-led administration is unique and intentional about the wellbeing of the people and has important budgets that will serve and engineer a lot of values for them.

Speaking during a session with journalists at his office in Jerome Udoji Secretariat, Awka, Onyeka added that the present administration is not like those in the past, and is working with the People’s Manifesto, Vision 2070 Document as the Chairman of the Committee, as well as other documents that has to do with transition report.

” The documents are three; very sacred to us because we cannot do without them. It projects our attention to basic things we need and those important things are what will help turn Anambra State into what anybody can call civilised, developed state,” he said.

Onyeka said that every sector was receiving quantum of development, including education, health and roads, among others, adding that, over 400-500 kilometres of roads have been awarded, while not less than 300 kilometres are completed with modern infrastructure that will last for 20 years before talking about maintaince.

He stated that for 33-34 years, Soludo’s predecessors worked from make-shift strucures, which they called Government House, but Soludo’s administration took a bold step in building a Government House, the best that will be in Africa, with security posts, clinics, Bouquet Hall and theatre, among others.

He informed that Ministry of Housing is a serving ministry that services MDAs and that under the health sector, the Governor started with three General Hospitals; one at Enugwu- Ukwu, that will serve the Central Senatorial Zone, another at Ekwulobia, that will serve the South Senatorial Zone, and Umueri General Hospital, that will serve the North Senatorial Zone, even as most of the health centres have been restructured, upgraded and equipped with facilities, which are now referral centers.

He mentioned Ugbo Orimili Primary School, Fegge, Onitsha, Ado Girls, Onitsha, Nkpor Urban Secondary School, saying that the Government is equipping them to be standard, including renovation of dilapidated House of Assembly building.

” Mr Governor has thought it wise that our quota about judges are no longer lost. There are five units of Judges’ Quarters that the Ministry of Housing is working on at Onitsha, with boys quarters.”