ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Tony Ujubuonu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA), has announced rates for obituary posters, wedding and church banners and their likes in the state.
Ujubuonu stated that the regulation is in line with Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s aim of building a smart state.
This was contained in a letter addressed to National President, Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU), titled Regulation of Ceremonial Adverts.
He charged Presidents-General of town unions to enforce the government directive which will take effect from 1 November, 2022.
The Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency was created by the State Government and signed into law on 16 September, 2010.
The agency is for the purpose of regulating the use of out-of-home structures, control outdoor structures to be used for signages and advertisements, issue licenses and permits for the construction and placement of outdoor structures in any part of the State.
They also protect the environment from potential adverse impact from visual blights, restoring beauty to our environment and collecting appropriate revenues.
The Agency, in fulfillment of its statutory obligation, also put check on the menace associated with non-commercial adverts that have literally occupied the out-of-home space.
The adverts come in the form of obituary, religious, wedding and sundry flex, banners and posters, and tend to deface the environment and pose a threat to the aesthetics of our communities.
In line with Governor Soludo’s plan of building a prosperous, livable and smart city state in Anambra, the Agency therefore, sees the need to regulate the use of these materials in manners that are decent and orderly.
According to Ujubuonu: “it our wish that the Town Union will take up the responsibility of informing the villages, hamlets, kindreds, churches and any such bodies within their towns that from the 1st of November, 2022, the Agency will begin the enforcement and collection of levies on all such posters and flex used for any of such ceremonies.
The tariff below serves as a guide to what is payable;
S/N/SIZE/DESCRIPTION/N AMOUNT/DURATION
1 4 X 6FT 5,000.00 2 WEEKS
2 8 X 10FT 20,000.00 2 WEEKS
3 ABOVE 10FT SQUARE 100,000.00 ONE MONTH
4 POSTERS 5,000.00 2 WEEKS
“Note that Directional Signs leading to the venue which can come in 1x 2ft size will not be charged. It is also important to bear in mind that after the duration of this period, any such board that is left standing will attract a penalty in the sum of the amount initially paid. This penalty is paid weekly.
“We have written to you because we have always regarded you as progress partners in the development of Anambra State. Thank you in anticipation of your usual cooperation,” he concluded.