Anambra State, Governor Willy Obiano has said that Anambra State Investment Agency (ANSIPPA), charged with the mandate of attracting and fast-tracking investments in the state, has so far attracted over $4.2bn deals to the state.
Obiano stated that the concise economic blueprint, made up of Agriculture, Industrialisation, Trade and Commerce as well as Oil and Gas has started yielding dividends.
He said the state was now a socially stable and business-friendly attracting both indigenes and foreigners to seek wealth-creating opportunities.
He also confirmed that the latest investment was sealed last week Tuesday with Zolt Energy limited, to build a 40 megawatts embedded power generating plant in Ogbaru, that when completed in the next 18 months as scheduled, all the power generated from it will be distributed mainly in Anambra State.
On the state of agriculture, he disclosed that, “In January 2016, Anambra made headlines when it became the first state in Nigeria to export vegetables (Ugu and Onugbu) valued at $5m to Europe.
“At the same time, our locally produced brand of rice known as Anambra Rice recently emerged the Best Rice in Africa at an African Products Forum in Lagos.
The governor said he believed that the people of Anambra state had the know-how and the resources to turn the state into a model, and appealed that they should bring their money home to Anambra State and invest it there.
