The less privileged in Ebonyi will soon have a new lease of life as Africa Nations Development Programme, an Abuja-based NGO, has begun the construction of a N7bn New City free for them.
The New City, sited at Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government area of Ebonyi, when completed will contain 5,000 units of modern two-bedroom detached houses, schools, police stations, markets, hospitals among others.The project in Ebonyi is one the many that will be sited in each state of the country with that in Cross River having been launched and will cost the organisation about N2.7tn.
In the South-East, Enugu and Ebonyi and two other states in South-South, Akwa Ibom and Cross-River have provided land for the project.The project had started at Ikpa Nkanya in Cross River on a 250-hectare land provided by the government.Also, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa and Adamawa have promised to provide land in scattered locations for the project.Dr Samson Omojuyigbe, Director-General of the ANDP, during the groundbreaking ceremony at Uburu on Saturday, said that the project was aimed at giving hope to the most vulnerable segment of the society who are buffeted on all sides of the economic divide.“This is important to us because the project is one of our efforts to ensure the practical fulfilment of the dream of the ANDP in providing relief for the suffering people of Africa.“I feel particularly happy that Ebonyi has become one of the leading states to benefit from the project presently after overtaking two other states hitherto in the run for the project.
“I, therefore, congratulate the government and good people of Ebonyi as a member of the frontline states to proudly benefit first.“The most gratifying issue is that the state government will not make any contribution towards the project but will provide lands and the enabling environment to achieve its success,’’ he said.Gov. David Umahi said that land owners in Ebonyi would henceforth become equity owners of the investments from local and foreign investors sited on their lands.
According to him, the government in adhering to democratic tenets will not dispossess its people of their lands as they are enjoined to offer lands for joint participation in agricultural enhancement and other economic ventures.“We have concluded arrangements with Chinese investors to invest in any local government area that will provide between 5, 000-10, 000 hectares of land for agriculture and other economic ventures.
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In the South-East, Enugu and Ebonyi and two other states in South-South, Akwa Ibom and Cross-River have provided land for the project.The project had started at Ikpa Nkanya in Cross River on a 250-hectare land provided by the government.Also, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa and Adamawa have promised to provide land in scattered locations for the project.Dr Samson Omojuyigbe, Director-General of the ANDP, during the groundbreaking ceremony at Uburu on Saturday, said that the project was aimed at giving hope to the most vulnerable segment of the society who are buffeted on all sides of the economic divide.“This is important to us because the project is one of our efforts to ensure the practical fulfilment of the dream of the ANDP in providing relief for the suffering people of Africa.“I feel particularly happy that Ebonyi has become one of the leading states to benefit from the project presently after overtaking two other states hitherto in the run for the project.
“I, therefore, congratulate the government and good people of Ebonyi as a member of the frontline states to proudly benefit first.“The most gratifying issue is that the state government will not make any contribution towards the project but will provide lands and the enabling environment to achieve its success,’’ he said.Gov. David Umahi said that land owners in Ebonyi would henceforth become equity owners of the investments from local and foreign investors sited on their lands.
According to him, the government in adhering to democratic tenets will not dispossess its people of their lands as they are enjoined to offer lands for joint participation in agricultural enhancement and other economic ventures.“We have concluded arrangements with Chinese investors to invest in any local government area that will provide between 5, 000-10, 000 hectares of land for agriculture and other economic ventures.
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