By Rose Oranye
The Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation, Dr. Law Mefor, on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, received members of the Unified Drivers Welfare Association on a courtesy visit at his office in Awka, where they decorated him as the Grand Patron of the association.
Addressing the group, Mefor said the partnership
with transport unions was critical to achieving the Solution Government’s
mandate of value reformation across the state.
According to him, the proposal to partner with
the ministry is “historic, timely and strategic” because reaching the
grassroots with the message of value reformation cannot be done without the
transport sector.
The commissioner explained that the ministry is
already working with other organisations and institutions, and a framework for
value reformation is before the State Executive Council. He linked the urgency
to rising insecurity, citing the rising spate of cult killings and activities
in Awka South and Idemili North.
“We cannot get to the governor’s dream of making
Anambra a liveable and prosperous homeland with this level of violence. We must
confront it. That is why we are desperately looking for partners that can help
us reach the nooks and crannies of the state,” he said.
He advised various bodies under the association
to nominate representatives to join the ministry’s technical committee already
working on the value reformation manual, saying that the representatives will
make inputs and also take decisions back to their members to ensure everybody
is carried along.
He added that the transport system will be used
to disseminate messages in English, Pidgin and Igbo, and that drivers will
distribute materials and engage passengers on support for the Solution
Government’s long-term agenda.
“Soludo is not campaigning for votes. He is
campaigning for Anambra to be good. His plans for Dubai-Taiwan-Silicon Valley
Anambra will benefit our children in 2070. That is the mark of a true patriot,”
Mefor said.
He concluded that the partnership had
effectively commenced with the visit and decoration, stressing that
foundational work must begin now so that future administrations can build on it.
Earlier, the National Coordinator of the
association, Elvis Oliver Okolie, said the association, which represents
over 120,000 drivers and more than 450,000 dependents, wants to partner with
the ministry because drivers are key to changing Anambra’s value system.
“On a daily basis, issues of information and
value reformation will be moving within not less than 720,000 people that
operate on Anambra roads. That is the core reason we are here to partner,”
Okolie said.
He added that the group also wants the
commissioner to help oversee drivers’ welfare, as their grand patron, noting
that public attitude and appearance of drivers are part of value reformation.
The decoration of the commissioner was done by
the National President, Drivers Welfare Club, Comrade Monday
Ehinigbe.
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