SOLUDO’S AFRICAN DUBAI-TAIWAN VISION GRADUALLY TAKING FOOTHOLD AS INVESTORS LOOK TOWARDS ANAMBRA

By Christian ABURIME

Now, what is really happening? How is the vision shaping up? Well, the right foundation is being laid, block by block. The enabling environment for ADT to emerge a reality is being quietly and steadfastly created by Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo.

Governor Soludo’s multi-faceted approach, characterized by ongoing infrastructural investments and projects across various sectors, is a clear testament to the meticulous groundwork required for transformation on such a grand scale.

Diverse sectors such as security, road infrastructure, energy, ICT, education, healthcare, transportation, housing, urban renewal, ecology, agriculture and so on are all integral components of this visionary project. For example, security remains a critical enabler of the ADT vision and it is a foremost priority of the Soludo government.

Anambra State’s security architecture is being strengthened every day with committed human, material and technological resources.

On road infrastructure, over 300 kilometers of road network across the entire state are currently at various stages of completion, with more on the way.

Transportation systems will be boosted with light rails and waterways transit facilities too. On energy, the State government has been partnering with the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, to secure 24 hours electricity, starting with the four major strategic towns of Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi and Ekwulobia.

In the area of human capital development and flourishing, education and healthcare are getting massive investment attention from Governor Soludo. He has saved the State from an era of schools without teachers and hospitals without doctors, including a recent offer of free antenatal and delivery services to all pregnant women registered in government hospitals across the state

In fact, Anambra State is today reaping laurels of educational excellence nationally and globally. As there can be no sustainable human flourishing without food security, the government has also embarked on an agricultural revolution by regenerative farming practices and distributing coconut and oil palm seedlings to hundreds of thousands of households across the State to boost the economic status of the citizenry

That is not all. Anambra State’s landscape will be getting expansive transformative facelifts to modernity. Slums are being planned to give way to new revitalized communities of decency, just as the existential twin-threat of gully erosion and flooding is being controlled through re-channeling and desilting of waterways.

Awka, the state capital, will be creatively remodeled and transformed into a model city to behold. There are ongoing plans and strategies to turn Awka into an environmentally friendly, beatific, alluring green city with massive planting of palm trees. Major landmarks around the city will be rebuilt with gorgeous finishing, and magnificent statues of our revered state legends and heroes will be built and mounted at strategic places. The Fun-City entertainment hub to be domiciled in the city of Awka will spice up family entertainment etc

Indeed, nothing will be left undone until Awka becomes an enviable capital city like Abuja. The state’s commercial city, Onitsha, is also getting due attention to bring it back to its former glory through rebuilding of infrastructure and extensive urban renewal. Okpoko the once forgotten slum is massively wearing a fascinating look even to the amazement of the residents

As grandiose skyscrapers rose from the once-barren desert sands of Dubai, so too will Anambra’s landscape transform with modern architectural marvels in no distant future.

Like Taiwan’s technological prowess, Anambra’s investments in Solution Innovation District for deep technology, inventions, startups, etc will undoubtedly propel the state into the digital forefront of Africa. All these preparatory strides and more are not mere happenstances, but intentional steps by Governor Soludo towards fulfilling his sublime vision.

The strength of a great vision lies in its planning and resilience. Can Soludo’s African Dubai-Taiwan vision eventually become a visible reality? Yes, it can and it will.

All the ongoing actions and infrastructure projects by Governor Soludo are part of realizing the vision. As the foundations are being laid, let us all be the ones who stand in support, not in skepticism or toxic pessimism, believing that the journey to greatness has already begun and is fully on course.