Anambra State government has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP.
The purpose of the memorandum is to address environmental issues and provide creative growth solution for the state.
In order to simplify UNDP activities in the state, the state administration has already opened a temporary office for the organization in Awka as part of the collaboration.
Speaking at the event, Governor Chukwuma Soludo said that the agreement could be extended for another five years at the expiration of the current one.
He also said that the UNDP will be at the heart of three foundations namely, knowledge provision, resource mobilization and network formation with other partnerships.
The governor said, “After I was sworn in on the 17th of March, we went on an inspection tour to Okpoko (Ogbaru) on the 18th of March, and on that day, UNDP sowed a big seed of partnership, and they have continued to scale up their level of support in multidimensional ways to this day.
“On June 9th last year, the UNDP stormed Anambra and visited Okpoko and assisted in the ongoing clean up of the area by fixing the dump sites and providing funding for flooding threat.
“As a state, we have defined our vision and require global and national partnerships with the private sector.
“The UNDP will be at the heart of the three foundations namely, knowledge provision, resource mobilization and network formation with other partnerships.
“We launched a waste management programme called ‘clean, green, and sustainable Anambra,’ and I am very excited about the report I received from consultants and what can be done. This is why I emphasized on the knowledge that UNDP can offer.”