By Our Correspondent
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has revealed that his administration has saved over N1.5 billion annually by slashing the monthly office cleaning bill from a staggering N137 million to N11 million.
Governor Soludo made the disclosure in a keynote address titled “Ethical Leadership, Security, and Sustainable Development” at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), his alma mater.
According to Soludo, when he assumed office, he discovered that N137 million was being spent monthly on office cleaning.
He constituted a committee to review the expenditure, which initially reduced the figure to N70 million, then to N30 million.
However, Soludo still found the figures outrageous and insisted on further reduction.
After re-evaluating the costs, Soludo calculated that hiring 200 people at the minimum wage of N30,000 would cost N6 million, adding N4 million for consumables, totaling N10 million.
He therefore directed that the cleaning bill be brought down to N11 million, achieving a monthly savings of N126 million and over N1.5 billion annually.
Soludo described the drastic reduction as a symbol of extraordinary prudence and responsible governance, highlighting his administration’s commitment to ethical leadership, transparency, and prudent management of public resources.
