Anambra 2021: I’m running to bring prosperity to South-East – Soludo

By By Our Editor/NAN

 

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, says he is in the governorship race of Anambra to make the South-East geopolitical zone an island of prosperity.

EAGLE EYE WATCH reports that Soludo will run for the Nov. 6 poll on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

In a media chat with journalists on Saturday in Awka, he said the South-East had become largely unliveable despite the solid foundation and infrastructure laid down by leaders for the region’s development.

Soludo described the South-East as a “tiny poor place that must begin to turn into a Promised Land.

“For you to create a liveable society comparable to any other place, it requires a crusade for all and it must happen simultaneously in the South-East,” he said.

He said Anambra had been relatively lucky with good governance in spite of its little resources.

“My African Dubai Taiwan metaphor of development for Anambra is not dead.

“The larger goal is to make Nigeria a prosperous nation by creating prosperous and happy states.

“The mission is to create a greater tomorrow,” Soludo said.

He said that his aspiration was not a personal quest to enrich his livelihood, saying, “God has blessed me beyond imagination from a poor village boy to the peak of my career as a professor.”

Soludo, who noted that he had served in more than 25 committees at the federal level and travelled to about 45 countries, said his wealth of experience placed him above other contestants.

“I have done it at the global level and at the national level and now I want to contribute my quota at the state level.

“There is nobody else with the global contact and national network or anything 10 per cent near it as I have for the job,” he said.

Recall that Prof.Charles Soludo has contested for the Anambra gubernatorial election since 2009 when he ran under the platform of the PDP but lost on different attempts.