Soludo’s Appointment Into Tinubu’s Economic Advisory Team, A Welcome Development – Obelle
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By Ifeizu Joe
The Traditional Ruler of Nawfia community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State,His Royal Highness Igwe Dr. Ogochukwu Daniel Obelle, mni, has described the appointment of governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, as member of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s, GCFR, Economic Advisory Team as a welcome development.
The Monarch stated this while briefing Journalists in Awka, on Tuesday, on the state of the nation.
He said Soludo, being an Economist and a Technocrat, will help the present administration to address the current social-economic challenges confronting the country.
Igwe Obelle noted that Governor Soludo has the knowledge, expertise, experience and skills as a seasoned technocrat to help resolve the problems facing the country and recalled that he has over the years made remarkable contributions in building the economy of the country.
According to him, in 2003, Prof. Soludo joined the Federal Government with his appointment as the Chief Economic Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, and in the months that followed, he got an additional responsibility as the Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of the National Planning Commission, initiating the process that birthed the National Bureau of Statistics.
In May 2004, Chief Obasanjo elevated Prof. Soludo to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). It was as the CBN governor that Soludo made his most consequential public policy effort; the financial sector reforms, that included a regime of consolidation of 89 banks to 25 with a stronger capital base. Anambra State Governor has been praised for helping to strengthen and institutionalise banking in Nigeria.
“I personally commend the President for constituting the economy advisory team with seasonal Technocrats including our able governor who has been threading in that path for years as an Economist. I am assuring Nigerians that, Soludo as a strict Technocrat who is always objective in his thinking will proffer solution to the lingering economic crisis confronting the country at the moment.
Governor Soludo’s story is an eloquent example of resilience, passion, vision and persistence.
“The experience Governor Soludo has can cannot be bought off the shelf.
“He is a practical professor and not academic one.
“President Tinubu has made a right choice. Kudos to him.
Since Soludo assumed office as the executive governor of Anambra State, March 17th 2022, the state in less than two years has witnessed tremendous changes in all sectors of the state economy, especially, in health, education, agriculture, infrastructure and youth empowerment with the ongoing “one youth, two skills ” programme that have taken thousands of indigenes and non-indigenes residing in the state out of the streets.
He is currently embarking on massive roads projects across the 21 local government areas of the State.
“The appointment is a testimony that he has remained consistent in his approach in handling economic policies and proactive in implementing them.
Governor Soludo over the years has made significant and visible contributions in shaping global economy through his engagements with international organizations and is presently using his wealth of experience to transform Anambra to become a livable and prosperous state in Nigeria.
The Traditional ruler expressed confidence that the team would chart new course for economic recovery to reduce the high cost of goods and services and save Nigerians from hunger, starvation and poverty.
The monarch used the interview to appealed to the governor to rehabilitate the only state government road in Nawfia community, the Nawfia bypass that stretches from the old Enugu- Onitsha Road to the Enugu – Onitsha Express Way.
