Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, has declared his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra in the November 6 election.
Soludo will
contest on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Declaring his
ambition on Thursday in Awka, he said he had been a party man since 2013 and
would be better if APGA offered him the ticket.
He promised
to achieve victory for the party, hoping to leverage his international
connections to transform the state.
He said that
having served the global community, he was now poised to serve and develop
Anambra.
Speaking
about the incumbent governor, Mr. Soludo stated, “I granted an interview where
they asked if I still stand by what I said in 2017 that ‘If Anambra is not
broken, why mend it?’ and I told them that Anambra is more sound now.”
He added, “In
2010, the Federal Bureau of Statistics conducted a survey and said the poverty
rate in Anambra was 53 percent.
“In 2020, it
conducted another survey and said poverty rate had gone down to 14.7 percent,
what else can you use to measure good governance.
“Anambra is
doing well under Obiano, and my mission is to continue and complete all the
legacy projects of the governor,” Soludo said.
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