ANAMBRA TO GO AFTER HOUSES WITHOUT PROPER DRAINAGE IN ORDER TO COMBAT EROSION . (PHOTO).

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 Anambra to go after houses without proper drainage in order to combat Erosion  Worried by the rising menace of gully erosion, the Anambra State Government has threatened to enforce regulations requiring residents to provide proper drainage for storm water from their homes. The State Executive Council (ANSEC), which announced the proposed enforcement, lamented that erosion remains an existential challenge in Anambra, blaming the situation on careless actions by some communities and lapses by regulatory bodies in enforcing environmental laws. Briefing journalists after the weekly executive council meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, said it had been observed that some residents channel storm water from their homes directly onto roads, where it accumulates and worsens the erosion crisis across the state. “ANSEC has resolved to step up enforcement to compel residents to properly channel and manage storm water from their houses. Communities are also expected ...

GOVERNOR WIKE SWEARS IN 17 NEW PERMANENT SECRETARIES TODAY.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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    In a move to re-invigorate the Civil Service of Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Tuesday swore-in 17 New Permanent Secretaries .
Swearing in the Permanent Secretaries at the Government House Port Harcourt, Governor Wike urged them to contribute to the rapid development of Rivers State.
He said: "Use this opportunity to the contribute to the development of the state. You were appointed under this administration, you owe the state the responsibility to perform. "
Governor Wike said that the new Permanent Secretaries should be focused on service delivery.
"Your interest should be to serve the state and to support the commissioners, who are political heads to achieve the right developmental goals.
"Don't give your Commissioners problems. Also do not collude with the Commissioners to carry out illegal activities, " he said.
The Governor urged the new Permanent Secretaries to work in line with their oath of office. He said anyone that goes off the oath of office would be sanctioned.
He said: "I advise you to take your work seriously. Don't take this opportunity as a joke."
He stated that effort was made to ensure that Local Government Areas without Permanent Secretaries were accommodated by his administration.
The Governor said that the new Permanent Secretaries were appointed on the basis of merit. He noted that nobody lobbied for their emergence.
Governor Wike announced the posting of Madume Egerton Ndu as the new Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice of Rivers State. He said other Permanent Secretaries will be posted shortly by his administration.
Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media.
3rd March, 2020.
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