MONDAY, 18^th October, 2021: The Anambra State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6 election, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has appealed to secessionist groups to allow the upcoming election hold peaceful so the citizens votes can count in determining the next governor of the state.
He stated this in Lagos during the weekend at his manifesto presentation to members of the Soludo Support Groups (SSG) and APGA. He also linked insecurity in the South East to unemployment, poverty and uneven distribution of resources by the Federal Government.
The former governor of CBN said, "Our primary target is sustainable and includes wealth creation with jobs, jobs and jobs. We target at least 130,000 private sector jobs yearly for our youths and 1,000 youth millionaires yearly in the medium term.
“We envision Anambra as an industrial-technology hub to lead Africa’s export market under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), strengthen our dominant status as the shopping centre of West Africa, orchestrate the traffic of millions of visitors yearly, as we position to become Africa’s number one destination for entertainment, leisure and creative economy.”
Soludo revealed that he had a master plan of economic prosperity that will create 130,000 jobs yearly to end insecurity in the state.
He urged Anambra indigenes resident in Lagos to join him to create a modern business community in the state, adding that one of his goals “is to make Anambra the digital and creative capital of Nigeria”. This, he said, will be achieved by “investing in relevant infrastructure, facilitating programmes for digital skill development to boost innovation, creating jobs, encouraging entrepreneurship, enhancing social development and achieving economic transformation by fostering growth in the technology and creative ecosystem.”
He also promised to transform Anambra from a dominantly informal commercial state to a formal, productive and competitive economy underpinned by rapid industrialisation, agriculture, commerce, entertainment and the creative industry, solid minerals and oil and gas.