Mrs Ikpeazu goes global with "The City We Want"
Wife of Abia State Govenror, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, has gone global.
Her recent trip to Kenya is already yielding fruit, through the domiciliation of the United Nation program- Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) program aimed at selecting the next 74 cities across the globe for UN habitat's full development support.
The Urban Thinkers Campus Plenary Session and partner groups sessions Of the World Urban campaign, was held today (25/9/17) at the Conference Hall of Hotel Damgrete, Umuahia.
The event, which is a vision of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and his wife, was anchored through her NGO, Vicar Hope Foundation.
The UN backed project has 3 components:
(a) Infrastructure
(b) Human capital
(c) Human rights.
(a) Infrastructure
(b) Human capital
(c) Human rights.
In his address at the event, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu set the tone for "The City We Want" by defining the critical challenges that face the participants and the state. According to him, "we must find answers to the question of the kind of city we want and how we can promote Safer cities in our dear state".
The Governor also highlighted the need to focus mass housing projects to the needs of the people of the state by taking into cognizance local socio-cultural practices with regards to building and ownership of houses in order to develop solutions that are tailored to the needs of the people rather than copy models from elsewhere that might not fit into Abia environment.
Governor Ikpeazu called for "approaches that are centered on the localization and implementation of the New Urban Agenda of the United Nations to suit our environment and the needs of our people living at home and those who periodically return home".
In her address, wife of the Governor of Abia State, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu, expressed belief that "this UTC will instigate congruent actions that would result in the cities of our dreams". She called on the participants to dedicate themselves to bringing out the best ideas and realizable action plans that would help turn around the conditions of Abia cities and make them cleaner, safer, functional and more profitable to dwellers and visitors.
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