the Peter Obi administration following the success made by Inta Facts Beverages (subsidiary of Sab-Miller), maker of Hero Beer and other products has fled the state.
The present administration was to ensure that Distell’s facility was set up without unnecessary delay. But alas, this administration could not follow up and couldn’t prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment Report.
Out of frustration, Distell left Anambra, and the State lost the job opportunities and the economic boost which would have accrued to her if the company had begun operations.
Lagos state today boasts of highest IGR of about 300 billion naira annually because it is the industrial hub of subsaharan Africa. Ogun state enjoys same through Sagamu-Lagos and Lagos-Otta industrial corridors.
Dr Chike Obidigbo will ensure that these unnecessary dilly-dallying and bureaucracy occasioned by unseriousness of govt officials that drive away our investors are reviewed. He has proposed to establish functional independent power plants within the first 12 months of his administration in Obosi and Igbo-Ukwu to serve the businesses and industrial clusters of Onitsha and Nnewi axes.
This is the major step to revamping the local economy and attracting industries to the state. Provision of stable power will also boost small and medium scale enterprises. There shall be in place consolidated tax system to be development oriented and business friendly.
Dr Obidigbo’s administration will map out strategic sites for business clusters to ensure that businessmen from Anambra State have easy access to land to pursue investments which they have comparative and competitive advantages.
Doors of business and investment will be opened by limiting the scale at which government interferes with businesses. Investors will be free of all encumbrances that curtail the flow of economic activities.
Dr Chike Obidigbo, is what Anambra State needs now, to unlock the economic potentials in the state, drive the state economy and in his four years administration make Anambra fiscally viable with an IGR that will largely sustain the financial needs of the state.
Let’s support Dr Chike Obidigbo, to Correct Correctly.
