Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has initiated a plan to
convert the famous ‘Ojukwu Bunker’ at Amorka Village, Uli in Ihiala
council area of the state to a tourist site, The Independent reports.
Mr. James Eze, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, who made
this known in a post-Executive Council press briefing, said the
facility, which provided a sanctuary to the late Dim Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu during the Biafra war, would be resuscitated and
refurbished for tourism purposes.
According to Eze, the council also approved major tourist centres
in the state namely: the famous Ogbunike Cave in Oyi local council area
and the Ogbaukwu caves and waterfalls in Owerre Ezukala town, Orumba
South Local Government Area.
He said: “The Obiano administration would in its first 100 days take pragmatic steps that would reposition the state’s tourism sector to enable the state mine the potential therein.
“These tourist centres will receive immediate attention with
the construction of access roads to them as well as concrete footpaths
that will lead into the bowls of the caves to make them easily
accessible to tourists,” he said.
Eze said the governor has also directed that the Light-up Anambra
Campaign be taken to the various tourist sites to illuminate the roads
and footpaths leading to the caves and the bunker.
He said two branded buses would soon be deployed to operate shuttle services to tourism locations in the state.
According to him: “Governor Obiano’s drive to develop the
tourism sector into an alternative foreign exchange earner for the state
is consummated by his appointment of a core professional with
experience in the business, Mrs Sally Mbanefo, as Commissioner for
Tourism.
“All these efforts are targeted at drawing attention to the
state’s historical, religious and cultural endowments and make them
accessible to the rest of the world.”
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