Guests at an event in Onitsha, Anambra State where entertained to some beautiful dance steps on Saturday, July 20, as the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo took to the stage to dance to a popular ‘Buga’ song
Tagged the “Good Olden Days Are Back”, the event, which held at the Achebe Stadium, Fegge Onitsha, marked the official launching of the 2024 distribution of one million, forty thousand (1,040,000) economic trees’ seedlings to the people of the State by the Governor.
It would be recalled that the Governor had pledged to be distributing over one million economic trees’ seedlings annually to Ndị Anambra in his vision for agricultural revolution, as well as environmental and economic sustainability in the state.
Speaking at the well-attended event, Governor Soludo said the initiative signifies history making, acceleration of revolution, and signposting of one of the silver bullets earlier used to drive the society to almost zero poverty, drive sustainable empowerment, new industrial ecosystem, wealth creation, and sustainable environment; yet, without leaving anyone behind.
The Governor, who said the state is on the rise as the Light of the Nation, explained that the initiative targets planting of over 10 million seedlings in Anambra state over the next few years, adding that those economic trees would become Anambra’s oil in the short run, and yield other multifaceted and multi-sectoral benefits for the state and her people on the long run.
While noting that Anambra is the second smallest state in landmass in Nigeria after Lagos, as well as the gully erosion capital of the world, with over one thousand active erosion sites in different parts of the State; the Governor emphasized that erosion gully is the key existential threat to the state.
He, therefore, stressed the need consistent and massive plant trees, both to curtail and to reclaim the lands being taken over by erosion gully menace; as well as to make Anambra the green capital of the world, with enhanced/natural vegetation, among other numerous environmental, health, and economic gains to be reaped from it.
Giving a highlight of what his administration has achieved so far in its five pillars of development and the progresses being made, the Governor commended Ndị Anambra for their support, even as he also charged every household to join hands in the tree planting campaign, as it would be both to their own benefit, that of the State and that the society at large.
Earlier in his address the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Forster Ifejiofor, described the event as auspicious, given that it is coming at the time when the people need it most, given the food scarcity and hard economic realities in the country at the moment.
He described Soludo as a rare mixture of brain and heart, adding that the Governor is always preoccupied with thoughts and beautiful initiatives about how to elevate every Anambrarian to be free, prosperous and progressive , which, he said, is one of the reasons behind the agricultural revolution that has sparked off in the state.
Cheers As Soludo Dances “Buga” in Onitsha (Video)
