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Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo on Thursday rubbished two major legacies that Peter Obi left for the State when he was Governor.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Peter Obi, who is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 elections, had at different fora talked about investments he made when he was governor of Anambra.
He has also boasted about how the investments he made with the resources of the State are bringing back profits and benefits to the people of the State long after he has left office.
Also, Obi had, during the twilight of his tenure as governor of Anambra State, announced that he was leaving behind N75 billion for his successor, Chief Willie Obiano.
However, Governor Soludo, the incumbent Governor of the State, while speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, said the investments by Peter Obi for the State are now worth next to nothing.
Soludo, who is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), also rubbished the legacy of savings, which Peter Obi supposedly left for the State as Governor.
“I don’t know about those investments. There was something I read about somebody speculating about the value of whatever investments; what I have seen today, the value of those investments is worth next to nothing.
“When you talk about investments, that is an area that I think I know one or two things and I have been able to do that. Investment is not about going to invest in a bakery. That is not what the government is about. Because if the bakery goes down, then your investment goes down,” Soludo said.
On the savings Peter Obi supposedly left for Anambra State, Soludo said: “We don’t save money for the sake of saving money. Saving money is not an output; its not an outcome by itself. We put money to produce value for our people.
“If you don’t have something to spend money on, then save it. But if you have something, you can’t have your people in the hospital dying and you say you are saving money and poverty is escalating”.