ANSEC Approves N1.7 Billion For Construction Of Ikenga-Isuofia-Igboukwu Discharge Channel

Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has intensified his infrastructural development drive with new projects, as Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) awards the contract of N1,773,559,976.65 for the construction of Ikenga-Isuofia-Igboukwu Discharge Channel.

The Council made the approval at the 23rd ANSEC meeting held at the Light House, Awka, on Monday, 17th November 2025, where other projects of vital importance were also discussed.

According to the State’s Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, the Council also approved the supply & installation of 32kva solar power system at Country Club of Solution Fun City, Awka and the construction of Solution Park & Pay Garage at Ekwulobia, comprising office building, gate house, toilet facility, concrete floor, park gazebo with solar panel stands & park benches and perimeter fence;

Furthermore, the Council awarded the contract for the extension of electricity to Iyiora Anam Community and Zion Ministry Psychiatric and Elderly Hospital, in Aguleri; and the installation of a 3-way traffic light system at Igwe Orizu Junction (Lot 1); and a 4-way traffic light system at the Nnewi Roundabout, along the Nnewi-Ozubulu Dual Carriageway, Nnewi (Lot 2), with pedestrian lights at both locations.

Also included were the supply and installation of fire-fighting equipment at the College of Nursing Sciences, Umueze-Isuofia, in Aguata Local Government Area, and rehabilitation of failed portions of the St. Thomas Aquinas Road, GRA Awka-Min of Lands-Ekwulobia Street-Chief Abose Ejeagwu Lane.

Interestingly, the transformation of Anambra by Governor Soludo has been applauded by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his visit to the state, while commissioning some landmark projects, including the new government house, now named the Light House, Awka, a 34-year-old jinx broken by the erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

President Tinubu asserted that the innate ability to perform wonderfully is with Governor Soludo, a reason why he holds him in high esteem. “Mr Solution,” he remarked.