NUJ Urges Anambra Govt To Address Infrastructural Decay In ANSPoly

Nigeria Union of Journalists, Anambra state council, has called on the state government to urgently attend to physical and manpower deficits in Anambra State Polytechnic (ANSPoly), Mgbakwu, in Awka North local government area.In a communique signed by the chairman and secretary of the council, Comrades Emmanuel Ifesinachi and Emma Udeagha, issued at the end of the union’s monthly congress, said the attention of the union had been brought to the dearth of infrastructure in the state polytechnic.

The communique reads in part: “The congress deliberated on a number of issues affecting the union and the state and resolved as follows. We commend the Anambra state government for upgrading the State Polytechnic, Mgbakwu, to a polytechnic.

This will help to address the education needs of our youths, but we are urging the government to address the physical and manpower deficits in the polytechnic to enable it to befit the status of a polytechnic.




“The congress commended the state government for providing resettlement centers and relief materials for flood affected communities in the state and urged the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to intensify efforts to ensure that all those living in flood prone areas in the state, including Ossamalla and Omamballa are protected from the increased flood menace.

“The congress called on the state government, as a matter of urgency, to rehabilitate all dilapidated intra and intercity roads in parts of the state, with high quality materials, to guarantee their durability and save the people from avoidable danger.“We regretted the reported influx of stranger elements in parts of the state and urged security agents to ensure that undesirable elements were not allowed to have a field day in the state.

“Congress further commended the National Inland Waterways Authority for the ongoing efforts to upgrade Onitsha Sea Port and make it a port of destination, and urged the Agency to expedite action on the exercise, which, it noted, would help boost business activities in the South East and reduce accidents caused by articulated vehicles that presently transport containers to the zone.”