The Commissioner for Information in Anambra, Dr Law Mefor, says the 2024 Christmas and New Year celebration will be exciting and peaceful in the state.
Mefor gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday.
The commissioner said the administration of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo was working assiduously to ensure that holiday seekers enjoyed security and good roads during the period.
He said the narrative of insecurity in Anambra was exaggerated, maintaining that the state was one of the safest in the country at the moment, in spite the few incidents of cult clashes.
“The insecurity in Anambra has many dimensions. Look at the issue of cultism and cult related activities, these are outlawed groups which have issues amongst themselves.
“They should not exist but the kind of insecurity they pose should also be clearly understood, it is an internal conflict between these cult groups and not between them and members of the society.
“Our security agents and agencies are working with Anambra government to de-escalate and eventually eliminate all shades of insecurity,” he told NAN.
Mefor said that massive road rehabilitation was going on across the state to ensure free flow of traffic and pleasurable ride during the yuletide.
The commissioner called on Anambra indigenes in the diaspora to discountenance the negative image being painted by some sections, but feel free to visit home with their friends and experience the progress in the state.
He tasked the media on constructive reportage of the activities of government without jettisoning their watchdog role as the fourth estate.
“We look forward to coming home, Anambra is our home and we cannot abandon it to criminals, we will not.
“The government of Prof. Soludo is putting everything in place to ensure our people celebrate Christmas and New Year under a secure and comfortable atmosphere,” he said.(NAN)