The Executive Governor of Enugu state, Peter Mbah commends the people of Enugu for their cooperation and patience while making a strong remark on his 100 days in office.
Hear him, ” Ndi Enugu, as we commemorate the first 100 days of my administration today, it is important that we reflect specifically on what has been achieved and the projects in progress.
“We have run a purpose-driven leadership that is woven round the interests and overall well-being of our people and it excites me that we have fertilised the ground for the Enugu of our dream to sprout.
“Relentlessly, we addressed the sweltering insecurity bedevilling our state and are glad with the tremendous progress so far. We have launched the Distress Response Squad in the State and have already procured a number of vehicles to enhance their effectiveness and mobility.
“In the area of energy supply and management, we have successfully signed into law the Enugu State Power law which gives the State regulatory power to establish an Enugu State Electricity Market and to attract investors.
“On September 1, we held a hugely successful roundtable which signposts Enugu’s zeal to morph into a private sector-driven economy. The event, which attracted the best of the private sector and the development partner sector, with the likes of AfDB, AFREXIM,FCDO, the World Bank etc, marked the beginning of the process of working with the investment world to curate our project pipeline, with the aim of preparing them for investment.
“We have repositioned the state in its relationship with key development partners like the World Bank, AFD (the French Development Agency) and opened the door to new funding for the State’s projects.
“We are unwavering in our commitment to increasing revenue generation and blocking all income leakages to make government more efficient. We have currently developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered process automation flow that will ensure that Certificates of Occupancy will be generated within 48 hours in Enugu. The resulting Unified Architecture will also enhance annual Internally Generated Revenues from land transactions. We have also set up an ultra-modern and intelligent government website and currently, at least 11 MDAs have had their data uploaded and can be accessed online.
“In the agricultural sector, we have commenced the formation of the Enugu State Agricultural Land Bank where we plan to ultimately set aside up to 300,000 hectares of land for agricultural use. We have also commenced the planting of cassava under the pilot scheme of the Cassava to Ethanol program in Aninri, Nkanu East and Uzo-Uwani.