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 coated by the state following his alleged brutalisation by officers of the Anambra State Waste Administration Company and law enforcement officials.
An announcement issued by the state Commissioner for Data, Legislation Mefor, on Wednesday, revealed that the choice was made in the course of the thirty seventh State Government Council assembly.
Mefor reported that the council reviewed a fact-finding group’s report despatched by the state authorities to Akaneme, who’s presently 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 obtained the report of the fact-finding group 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 selections from the assembly, together with Anambra State’s recognition as probably the most inventive cultural troupe on the Nationwide Pageant 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 Improvement Fee, a transfer facilitated by Governor Soludo.
Mefor famous that preparations for the Yuletide season had been additionally mentioned, with the council instructing the related Ministries, Departments, and Businesses to make sure that all roads will not be solely satisfactory but in addition fantastically adorned for the festive interval.
“The thirty seventh ANSEC assembly additionally thought of and awarded a number of key street contracts aimed toward guaranteeing a memorable Christmas for the folks of Anambra,” he stated.
The council emphasised the necessity for improved infrastructure throughout the state to reinforce the welfare and high quality of life for its residents, particularly because the dry season (harmattan) will increase the prevalence of airborne diseases.
The directive additionally urged the general public to stay vigilant and health-conscious throughout this era.