Anambra Has So Much To Look Forward To – Gov Willie Obiano

The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has expressed great optimism for the New Year, assuring the people that in spite of the severe economic recession experienced in the outgone year, there is so much to be hopeful for as the New Year breaks.


In a special New Year Message titled Making the Most of this Turning Point, Governor Obiano described the out-gone year as a particularly difficult one for Nigeria, recalling that apart from being an election year, it was also a year of severe economic recession with oil prices dropping to an all-time low of $35 per barrel and analysts predicting that it would take years before it returns to $90 per barrel.

”The hard fought electioneering campaigns that led to the last general elections sought to deepen the country’s fault-lines and widen the ethnic gulf between Nigerians”, Governor Obiano observed.

He stated further “The situation was made more intense by the rising audacity of Boko Haram which led to more attacks against soft targets.

The country tottered on the brinks for long moments and was only saved from total collapse by sheer providence.”

Governor Obiano however stated that while the general picture across the country was gloom and doom, Anambra presented a slightly different scenario.

He said “We had foreseen the approaching storm and made adequate preparations for it. That was why in my New Year Broadcast for 2015, I had assured Ndi Anambra that our dreams would not crash with the falling oil prices.

I had assured that with our enormous human and material resources, we would not surrender our ambitions to the falling oil prices in the international market. To the Glory of God, we have kept our promise. Not only have we paid salaries regularly while others are looking for bailouts, we were courageous enough to increase salaries in the midst of economic adversity.”

Offering a panoramic view of his achievements in the out-gone years, Governor Obiano noted that he imposed his full weight on the security situation in the state with a highly successful Regional Security Summit that attracted the governors of the South East and Delta State.

Source:  LEADERSHIP