RAYMOND OZOJI reports
Church leaders in Anambra State under the auspices of Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) have endorsed Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo's performance after touring some legacy projects of his administration.
The church leaders who toured the new Government House, the new Solution Fun City Awka and other legacy projects of the present state government, lauded the efforts of the governor, saying that the evidences on ground showed that he is indeed performing.
Speaking shortly after tour of the projects, Chairman of the Christian Council of Nigeria Anambra state chapter and Bishop on the Niger Rt. Rev. Dr. Owen Chiedozie Nwo kolo, said heads of churches and leaders of the Christian Council of Nigeria in Anambra State came to see the great exploits of the governor Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo and his government have done.
Nwokolo said they moved round some of the projects that have been accomplished such as the Solution Fun City, the new Government House and some others. He said that they have also witnessed and seen some of the roads started and completed with drainages thereby showing solid work done with vision.
Nwokolo maintained that he doesn't think anybody who sees what Governor Soludo has done won't be excited because he is absolutely excited and he knows too that his fellow church leaders from their observations and comments they made while they were physically inspecting the projects were all commendable.
He was however cognisant that for many years Anambra State has been in existence, the state lacked a befitting government house which he noted was started and completed within two years of Soludo's administration; showing somebody that is diligent, calculative and also knows how to manage resources.
He said they have seen the evidence of good management of financial resources and that the most exciting thing is that they heard that the projects were built and delivered without borrowing.
The leader of the delegation therefore emphasized that there is nothing more they can say but to thank God that they have someone like Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as governor in their own time because the new Government House and other buildings and facilities, according to him, are not for the governor but for Anambra State, adding that governors come and go but Anambra remains.
Nwokolo said the projects will remain and be the image of the state. He said as a Bishop, he has visited Government Houses in other states and realized that the old government house was a big shame to Anambra State when compared to other states.
He maintained that Governor Soludo has lifted the status of the state and they commend him for his monumental efforts. That on behalf of the Christian Council of Nigeria, they wish him well and pray that God will continue to give him wisdom, insight and ability to continue to manage resources of the state prudently.
Meanwhile the State Chief of Protocols and Deputy Chief of Staff Hon. Chinedu Nwoye Glamour who took the church leaders on the tour of some projects, said Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo is the father of ecumenism and that church leaders always want to identify with him.
Glamour said that the church leaders have gone round and seen some of the projects of Mr. Governor and they were convinced that Anambra State money is judiciously spent.
He said without borrowing, Governor Soludo has put up all the projects, stressing that the new mini city comprised 58 buildings in 23 hectres of land. Glamour said the place consist of 8 lane Emeka Anyaoku Boulevard, 40 feet tower, governor's lodge, presidential lodge, government house and other utility buildings, noting that the governor has done noble without borrowing a dime from anywhere in less than three years in office.
The governor's Chief of Protocols who supervised the tour, said Anambra never had a befitting government house and governor's lodge for the past 34 years. He said that the old government house was a construction yard of a certain construction company when they were building Enugu-Onitsha expressway.
He said that the governor's lodge in Amawbia Awka-South Local Government Area was formerly built for the Chief Judge of the state but Governor Soludo, according to him, has broken the 34 years old jinx with the construction of a befitting government house and governor's lodge as well as other ancillary buildings necessary to upgrade and uplift the image of Anambra State as the light of the Nigerian nation.
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