President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State for his visionary leadership and infrastructural development in the state.
The projects commissioned by the President include the Emeka Anyaoku Center at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, the new Government House, the Solution Fun City, and the 8-lane Aroma-Government House Boulevard in Awka.
Speaking at the event, Tinubu described Soludo as a friend and a visionary leader.
He said: “I am honoured to be here. I commend my friend, Governor Chukwuma Soludo, who is a visionary and competent leader for the work he has been doing in Anambra State.”
Prior to the visit, Dr. Alex Obiogbolu, Political Adviser to Governor Soludo, had issued a statement advising attendees at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square to dress in mufti (casual attire) and avoid political uniforms.
He said: “This is to inform you that everyone coming to Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square for the reception of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today should be in mufti. Please, nobody should put on APGA clothes or Support Group uniforms.”
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, to provide him with a plot of land in the state for his retirement home.
The President stated this during a town hall meeting with Anambra people during his one-day visit to Anambra State to inaugurate some projects by the governor
It was in the meeting that Governor Soludo disclosed that his party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has taken a stand to support any government in power at the federal level.
Addressing the crowd, Tinubu said, “I am now a bona-fide son of Anambra. A son of the soil. One of your sons.
“And as indeed your own son, maybe my friend your governor, should find me a plot of land for my retirement home.
“You don’t have to move me from the Villa for only one week, give me a permanent abode. It’s well with Anambra. It’s well with Nigeria.
“May our fighting men and women see victory. We’ll conquer insurgency. We’ll defeat them. I assure you. This country is blessed and Anambra is part of it. Anambra is rising and we will rise together.”
