Gov. Obi has called for the deepening of the relationship between the European Union and Anambra State . He made this call yesterday in Abuja during a parley with the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador David MacRae.
Gov Obi who was accompanied by the State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Prof. Chinyere Okunna, said that Anambra was committed to reforms and must continue to pursue policies that would benefit the people however unpopular. In his words: This informs my insistence wherever possible that aids to the State should go directly to the beneficiaries, example being the issue of repair of schools, were I insist that money should go the schools being repaired as going through different channels creates unnecessary toll gates.
Speaking on the issue of minimum wage, Obi said that his Government had paid, but submitted that it was wrong for workers to demand to be paid uniformly as the incomes of states differ in the country.
He said that as a member of the President Economic Monitoring Team, that he would contribute his quota towards the good of the country. He identified policy inconsistency, lack of power, and lack of appreciation of saving culture as part of the problem of Nigeria and called on all to assist President Jonathan while he sought to redress the situation.
Responding, Ambassador MacRae said that Anambra was the first State that he visited while in Nigeria because of kind words he heard about the State under Gov. Obi. He expressed happiness that he was not disappointed.
In another meeting with the head of the Department for International Development (DFID), Richard Montgomery has expressed the readiness of the DFID to partner with Anambra State in her efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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