Promises to award road contracts to connect neighbouring communities
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra, on Sunday, inaugurated Nibo-Nise Water Scheme to improve water supply to the people of the state.
According to Obi, the small water scheme, valued at N250 million, was the first of the 20 small water schemes embarked upon by his administration.
He commended the community for the support given to his administration and promised to award road contracts to connect the area with neighbouring communities.
The governor also inaugurated a maternity centre and a block of classroom at Ezeike High School in the area.
Obi promised to build more classroom blocks for schools in the locality.
“We hope to start work by September on the nurse quarters at the Nibo Maternity Centre,” he said. “My administration is investing much in Nibo community and other communities because of the collaboration and tremendous support it is getting.”
Emeka Nwankwo, the Commissioner for Public Utilities, Water Resources and Community Development, said the water scheme was a milestone in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Nwankwo said that the water scheme was the seventh so far inaugurated in the state.
The President-General of the community, Chief Goodluck Nwankwo, recalled the numerous supports and projects executed by the state government for the community and assured him of continued support of the people.
Nwankwo said that the community would handle the erosion threatening the maternity centre ?as an appreciation of the numerous good things the Obi administration has done in Nibo?.
