Professor Chukwuma Soludo, on March 17 this year, completed the first half of his four-year tenure as the governor of Anambra State. And to mark the occasion, a modest celebration was held at the International Convention Centre, Awka.
During the electioneering campaigns which preceded the Governorship Election, Governor Soludo made promises to Ndị Anambra and other residents of the state, assuring them that he would implement the content of his manifesto to the letter if given the opportunity to serve; declaring that he had a burning desire to develop the state and place her on the world map.
It has been two years since he took office and the occasion of his second anniversary as governor has provided Ndị Anambra and other residents of the state the opportunity to assess his performance so far.
From available reports, residents of the state are very happy with Governor Soludo and his leadership of the state so far. The governor has earned himself the trust and support of the people as he is working really hard to justify the mandate given to him by Ndị Anambra.
From road construction to human capital development, job creation to revitalisation of the state’s economy, Soludo has shown and is still showing himself very strong and determined to transform the state for the good of the people.
In the area of road construction, the Soludo-led administration has successfully completed about two hundred and fifty kilometers of road in various parts of the state out of about four hundred kilometres it awarded.
Some of them are the twenty – six kilometer Amansea – Ebenebe – Ugbenu – Ugbene – Awba Ofemmili Road in Awka North Local Government Area, the three – point – two kilometer Okpunoeze – Uruagu Road in Nnewi, Nnewi North LGA; the twenty – six point – four kilometer Amansea – Ezinator – Ndiukwuenu – Okpeze –
Awa – Ufuma Road, a road in Okpoko community covering twelve kilometers , various roads in Awka and its environs including the popular UNIZIK Temp Site Road to Isuanicha that had been dualized, the Club Road, Executive Business District roads and internal roads in the metropolis , various roads in Onitsha, Nnewi and other parts of the state.
Soludo has succeeded in ending the era of schools without teachers in the state through the employment of over five thousand teachers and the ongoing recruitment of about three thousand more into the state’s primary and secondary schools system.
He has also recruited about one thousand health professionals including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and others into the state’s health sector, and they have since been posted to various hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres across the state.
The APGA-led state government under Soludo has also concluded the training of the first batch of five thousand youths under the One Youth, Two Skills Programme and those who were trained have since been empowered with seed capitals to start their own businesses.
The government also trained about twenty five thousand youths in different digital skills under the Level-Up Anambra and Code Anambra programmes.
Soludo has also declared free antenatal and delivery services for pregnant women in the state, and he is also working hard to rebuild and reposition the state’s healthcare system.
Again, the agricultural revolution of the Soludo-led administration is changing the narratives in that sector.
A few months ago, over one point one million hybrid coconut and palm seedlings were shared to over one hundred thousand households in the state. That move was targeted at driving poverty away, encouraging and improving agro-industrialisation and supporting the efforts towards a green and environmentally sustainable state.
To save cost and to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere, the Soludo-led administration has converted about twenty five thousand diesel-powered streetlights to solar, thereby promoting a clean energy generation and usage. That move did not only save cost for the state, it also encouraged nightlife and powered the economy.
Ndị Anambra should be commended for the massive support they have given to the Governor so far and urged not to relent because Solution is here.
Written by OBINNA ODOGWU
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