The Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Digital Economy, Barrister Chike Maduekwe has stated that the state has been selected to be among the first set of beneficiaries of British funded digital literacy program.
Barrister Maduekwe who was a guest on a radio program in ABS Awka yesterday where he discussed Sustaining Governor Obiano’s Legacy Projects noted that Anambra took the lead when the Governor, Chief Willie Obiano announced complete waiver for Right-of-way (RoW) charges for fiber optic cable installation and hosting of the first Broadband Stakeholder’s Conference where UK representative, His Excellency, Guy Harrison, Counsellor to the United Kingdom Government and others participated.
According to a report from I-Witness, Barr Maduekwe said that the government’s policy on digitizing almost all its affairs like the Anambra State Physical Planning Board which after its eSolutions implementation program crashed building approval processes from three months to less than one week.
The ANSPPB. Boss described the eGovernment Solutions Implementation Award presented to him on behalf of the Board by Beacon of ICT on Saturday, 24th of July, 2021 in Lagos as a testimony to the numerous initiatives of the Governor Willie Obiano led administration in digitizing all government approval processes
Barrister Chike Maduekwe who is also the Chairman/CEO of Anambra State Physical Planning Board noted that the government of Chief Willie Obiano has done marvelously well and opined that the only way to sustain the tempo of development in Anambra was to support APGA in the upcoming governorship poll scheduled for November 6, 2021.