Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has commiserated with the families of persons involved in the boat mishap that left 10 dead in the Umunnankwo Community, Ogbaru Local Council Area of the state.
It was gathered that tens of people are still unaccounted for in the unfortunate incident, as search is still in progress.
TheNewsGuru.com gathered that the boat occupants were on their way to Nkwo Ogbakuba when it capsized by Umunankwo Ossomala Bridge and over 10 persons drowned.
“This development is still a shock to the government and good people of Anambra State. I sympathize with the families of people involved.” Governor Soludo said.
While regretting the unfortunate incident, the governor further stated that several interventions have been sent by the government to various IDP camps within the State.
He assured that government will continue to do its best to reduce the negative effects of the flood disaster.
Soludo, who is also a Professor, serves as the fifth democratic Governor of Anambra State since 17 March 2022.
On 9 November 2021, Soludo, representing the All Progressives Grand Alliance, was declared the winner of the 2021 Anambra State gubernatorial election, defeating his closest rivals from the PDP and APC, Valentine Ozigbo and Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba, respectively.
Soludo is a former governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He was appointed as the bank’s governor on 29 May 2004.
He is also a member of the British Department for International Development’s International Advisory Group and a member of President Buhari’s Presidential Economic Advisory Committee.
Soludo joined the federal government in 2003 and served as chief economic adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Prior to his May 2004 appointment to the CBN’s chairmanship, he was the Chief Executive of the National Planning Commission of Nigeria.
In January 2008, in a speech to the Nigerian Economic Society, he predicted consolidation in the private banking industry, saying “By the end of 2008, there will be fewer banks than there are today.
The restructuring of the banking industry has been attracting funds from local and foreign investors, which have increased banks’ ability to lend to customers”.