The Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation, Dr. Law Mefor, has described Presidents-General of town unions as critical gatekeepers in the state government’s efforts to reclaim lost societal values.
Mefor stated this on Saturday, October 3, 2026, when he met with members of the Anambra State Association of Town Union Council (ASTUC) at the association’s office in Awka.
The Commissioner said the visit was aimed at formally acquainting himself with the leadership of the association and strengthening collaboration for the development of the state.
He noted that the Solution Government recognises the important role town unions play in grassroots development, which, he said, informed the administration’s plan to make town unions the fourth tier of government.
According to him, the Ministry of Information was expanded to include Value Reformation because infrastructure development alone cannot guarantee a prosperous society.
“You are all seeing the good works of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo in infrastructure. What is remaining is value reformation. We cannot leave all these works for rogues, cultists and drug addicts,” Mefor said.
He expressed concern over the involvement of some youths in kidnapping and other criminal gangs, saying the government’s value-reformation campaign would seek to help those willing to abandon crime while preventing others from being recruited.
“Our work is to salvage those who are willing to be saved and prevent others from joining. If we start now, those coming after us can continue from where we stop,” he said.
Mefor disclosed that the ministry was currently building a “coalition of the willing” to develop a blueprint for the value-reformation campaign.
He said the manual had already been presented to Governor Soludo and the Anambra State Executive Council, adding that implementation would involve legislation, moral suasion and enforcement, with particular attention to drug peddlers and suppliers.
Responding, the ASTUC Chairman, Sir Vin Dike, assured the Commissioner of the council’s full partnership with the ministry in advancing the value-reformation agenda.
Sir Dike, however, urged the ministry to involve town unions at the policy-formulation stage, stressing that their grassroots experience would enable them to contribute ideas that could improve implementation across communities.
