
Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Anambra 2021: ‘Soludo’s achievements as ex-CBN Governor will speak for him,’ says Govt

[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Anambra Government has stated that the achievements of the gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), would speak for him in the November 6, governorship election.


The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba, who stated this in Awka, said Prof Soludo “under Soludo, there were 350 persons from Anambra State who became owners and operators of Bureau De Change. Before him, they were just one or two. In fact, now there are more Anambra people who got BDC license through merits. Those people became multi-millionaires. That’s Soludo for you.”
Adinuba also disclosed that Prof. Soludo has awarded scholarships to people but would not mention it anywhere. He said as a CBN governor, Soludo created a system that helped Anambra people.
“Again, under Soludo, the CBN made merit the basis for staff recruitment and it favoured Anambra people. Everybody knows Soludo was the person who brought CBN branch to Anambra.
“Before Soludo there was no CBN branch in Anambra state. There are so many instances of what he did without people knowing. He is so humble and down to earth.
“Oppositions have nothing legitimate against him. They are just manufacturing things. Soludo will do you a favour but will never announce it.
“He adopted a primary school in his home town Isuofia. Provided them with ICT facilities. Paid all the school fees of the pupils. Paid all the PTA teachers and nobody knew about it even up to this moment.
“So I call him a global citizen who is very conscious of his roots. His father was a mere driver at Niger Cem at Nkalagu. His mother died when he was only 8 years old.
“Through hard work and with the grace of God, he was able to catapult himself to the pinnacle of global recognition.”