The Anambra State Government has commenced the issuance of demolition notices to more than 500 owners and occupiers of illegal, dilapidated, and unsafe structures across Nnewi.
This is part of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s ambitious urban renewal programme aimed at transforming the commercial city.
The exercise, led by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, marked the first phase of a comprehensive regeneration initiative designed to restore order, improve on infrastructure and reposition Nnewi as a modern industrial and commercial hub.
Affected structures include shanties erected beneath high-tension power lines, buildings constructed without approved setbacks, and unauthorized developments.
Others are filling stations, hotels, and other decrepit structures considered hazardous to public safety and urban development.
