David-Chyddy Eleke, in this piece, looks at Governor Chukwuma of Anambra State, his style of politics and how his people see him as he clocked 66 recently.
On February 25, 2021 while still contesting to be governor of Anambra State for his first term, Professor Chukwuma Soludo assembled journalists at his campaign headquarters along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in Awka, almost opposite the former Anambra State Government House, where he spoke about his vision for the state. What particularly stuck for this reporter was when the former Central Bank Governor after espousing on his agenda for Anambra people stated that: “For me, I have seen it all. I have been a university lecturer and rose to be a professor, I have been a presidential adviser, I have consulted for so many financial institutions, and become governor of the nation’s apex bank, and now I want to come back home and work for my people. At 61, I’m still strong and do not have any health issues. I don’t take this for granted and I know that it is not by mistake that God created me an Anambra man. I want to work for my people, that is why I’m contesting to be governor of my state.”
In his over four years as governor of Anambra State, Soludo has constantly demonstrated that he is healthy both in body and mind, and has remained fit for the work entrusted onto him by the people of Anambra.
