Soludo lauds Ezekwesili for Anambra transition report
Anambra State governor-elect, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, at the weekend, received a comprehensive report from the Dr Oby Ezekwesili-led transition committee, which will serve as a blueprint/roadmap of the incoming administration, billed to begin March 17, 2022.
Soludo who addressed the over 80-member committee said he has a strong conviction that Anambra will be great but said there was a lot of work to be done, just as there was a war to be fought too.
“To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time we are having a transition committee since 1999. What we have always had is a handover team. For the first time, we have a collaborative team of both the hand-over and the transition committee, covering the governor (outgoing) and the incoming.
“I got feedback about how tirelessly all of you worked, and it shows that this moment is Anambra’s moment and you are all ready to serve Anambra people. I heard madam chairman (Ezekwesili) saying that after the swearing-in, your job would be over, but I want to say to you that the work you have done is just five percent. 95 per cent is after the swearing-in, and I will speak to the madam chairman to see if this committee can transit into my advisory body.
“All of you who are here, if you devote just five minutes to think up ideas that we can implement, then Anambra will be great. We have brains in Nigeria and we have brains in Anambra too, and we have decided to use the brains we have in Anambra.”
Soludo further stated that: “Politicians think that campaigning and winning the election is work and governance is the time to eat.
“That was why some people criticized us for bringing you all as a transition committee after they had worked hard to win the election. I always say it that the process of attaining power is just 5 percent of the work, but after swearing-in, the real work begins.
