Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo has taken over as the Governor of Anambra State, assuming the reins of leadership of the State from now former Governor Willie Obiano.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Prof. Soludo took the oath of office on Thursday, March 17, 2022, to become the 6th democratically elected Governor of Anambra.
He was sworn in as the new Governor of Anambra State along with his Deputy, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim by Hon. Justice Onochie Manasseh Anyachebelu, Chief Judge of the State.
Governor Soludo took over the reins of power from former Governor Obiano, who served the State for eight years, and whose tenure ended today.
Soludo is a world-renowned economist, who formally served as Chief Economic Adviser to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo when he [Obasanjo] was president of Nigeria.
Soludo later became the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) before veering into politics proper.
With an admirable background in the national economy and a stunning academic profile, the new Governor is coming into office with high expectations from the people of Anambra State and Nigerians across the federation.
Soludo urged not to repeat Obiano’s mistakes
Meanwhile, the incoming Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo has been urged by a lawmaker in the State, Dr Timothy Ifedioranma not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessor, Dr Willie Obiano.
Ifedioranma, representing Njikoka Constituency I, under the platform of All Progressives Congress in the Anambra State House of Assembly, made the call while assessing the performance of the outgoing administration of Obiano, on Thursday in Awka.
The lawmaker said that Obiano had good intentions but the actions behind the good intentions were not properly carried out. He lamented that Obiano’s legacy projects were carried out at the expense of other sectors of the state.
“We are grateful for the International Airport, it has made travelling easy for residents but the fact is that the airport project crippled other sectors of the economy and state.
“An example is the state of our roads, they are in bad shape. Now we have an airport but we do not have a road to that airport.
“Another one is that we can have an international convention centre that is not of that magnitude and that will not gulp close to N10 billion.
“We can have 5,000 instead of the 10,000 seating capacity that was built so that the funds can be channelled to other important projects.
“Governance is about the welfare and security of people. Obiano began well during his first tenure in the aspect of security but he ended poorly and somebody has to say it.
“If he had ended his administration in the first tenure, I would have scored his performance 80 per cent but his last tenure was a disaster. So many other sectors suffered because he was pursuing his legacy projects.
“So, I need to tell him the feelings of my constituents as an elected member of the state Assembly.
“My advice to the incoming governor, Prof. Soludo, is that he should not make the same mistakes his predecessor made so that at the end of his tenure, he will be remembered for good,” he said.