Enugu State Government has concluded arrangement for the utilization of the enormous wastes generated in the state for the production of electricity and fertilizer.
The State Commissioner for Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), Mr. Chidi Aroh who stood in for the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Ogbuagu Anikwe, spoke to newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council Meeting held at Government House on Friday.
Mr. Aroh explained that the meeting which was presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state, deliberated extensively on this matter by considering “Serene Green Field and Portland Waste To Energy proposal to partner Enugu State Government in the management and waste disposal and ultimately to grow the waste and management to the extent to which we can produce power and fertilizer from it”.
Commissioner Aroh maintained that the council also considered the utilization of its coal deposits for the generation of additional electricity for the people of the state.
He said that this is in line with the report from the former Managing Director of Nigeria Coal Corporation on the proposal partnership between the state and the Saldin Planti Engineering Group from Italy”.
The commissioner, further informed journalists on the proposed construction of judges’ quarters and a befitting Banquet Hall for the state as discussed in Exco.
He stated that the existing infrastructure was located at the Governor’s Lodge and has become outdated and inadequate for the present day events, adding that the erection of new ones would add value to the state.
The Exco further approved a memo from the SPA to the Governor on Small and Medium Enterprises on the collaboration with the state government and Olusegun Obasanjo foundation for the procurement of hearing aids for
people with hearing impairment in Enugu state.
This, according to him, was based on the current administration’s laudable decision towards carrying everybody along irrespective of the people’s status.
Approval of over twenty-four million naira for the construction of a High Court Complex at Awhum in Ojebe Ogene Development Centre Udi local government area was also made by Exco; stating that construction of number two double 2.4 x 1.5 metres box culvert and 1 kilometre failed portion of road pavement at Awgu main town in Awgu local government area was discussed and approved to ease the difficulties being experienced by the people of the area, saying that this is in fulfillment of His Excellency’s promise to the people of the area when he paid an on the spot assessment of the failed facilities.
In the same vein, Commissioner Aroh went on to say that the meeting approved giving a face lift through immediate renovation and repainting of roads and signs in all major streets in Enugu metropolis at the total sum of N27,208,000.00.
Other approvals made by the Executive Council includes payment of monthly pension for the former elected Governors and Deputies in the state, payment of furniture allowance to Permanent Secretaries, Auditor General of the state, Local Government Accountant General and Statistician General of the state.
