The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has directed that the medical bills of the previous President, Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Business, Mines, and Agriculture, Okey Akaneme, be lined by the state following his alleged brutalisation by officers of the Anambra State Waste Administration Company and cops.
An announcement issued by the state Commissioner for Info, Regulation Mefor, on Wednesday, revealed that the choice was made through the thirty seventh State Government Council assembly.
Mefor reported that the council reviewed a fact-finding staff’s report despatched by the state authorities to Akaneme, who’s at the moment receiving therapy at a hospital in Enugu after the brutal assault.
Akaneme was allegedly attacked on October 11 at his residence on Obi Lane, America Quarters, Onitsha, by ASWAMA officers, accompanied by two policemen from the Onitsha Central Police Station, over unpaid sanitation charges.
Witnesses described him being manhandled, leaving him with extreme spinal accidents.
Mefor stated, “The thirty seventh ANSEC assembly acquired the report of the fact-finding staff despatched by the Soludo authorities to Mr Okechukwu Akaneme, who stays hospitalised in Enugu following this distressing incident.
“In response, the Council has resolved to take up his medical bills whereas providing sympathies to his household and praying for his swift restoration.”
The commissioner additionally highlighted different key choices from the assembly, together with Anambra State’s recognition as essentially the most inventive cultural troupe on the Nationwide Competition of Arts and Tradition in Abuja from November 22 to 30, 2024.
The council applauded President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Mark Okoye because the Managing Director/CEO of the South-East Growth Fee, a transfer facilitated by Governor Soludo.
Mefor famous that preparations for the Yuletide season have been additionally mentioned, with the council instructing the related Ministries, Departments, and Businesses to make sure that all roads are usually not solely satisfactory but in addition fantastically embellished for the festive interval.
“The thirty seventh ANSEC assembly additionally thought of and awarded a number of key highway contracts geared toward guaranteeing a memorable Christmas for the folks of Anambra,” he stated.
The council emphasised the necessity for improved infrastructure throughout the state to boost the welfare and high quality of life for its residents, particularly because the dry season (harmattan) will increase the prevalence of airborne sicknesses.
The directive additionally urged the general public to stay vigilant and health-conscious throughout this era.
