Charles Soludo

Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR (born 28 July 1960) is a Nigerian economist, banker, and politician who has served as Governor of Anambra State since March 2022, and previously served as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 2004 to 2009. Quotes A poor village boy whom God has lifted and gifted. "Profile: Soludo, the 'Poor Village Boy Whom God Lifted' to Head CBN, and Will Now Govern Anambra", TheCable, 11 November 2021 Today, we celebrate a leader of courage and political sagacity. Your "Renewed Hope Agenda" and bold economic reforms, from subsidy removal to exchange rate unification, are the tough but necessary steps required to secure a prosperous future for all Nigerians. "'Anambra Stands With Your Govt' — Soludo Celebrates Tinubu at 74", Vanguard News, 29 March 2026 With deep humility and heartfelt gratitude to God, I present myself as a conduit for selfless servant-leadership to Ndi Anambra. Our noble endeavor is to forge a thriving and sophisticated smart megacity, a vision of a homeland that stands as the ultimate destination for living, investing. Official Website of Governor Chukwuma Soludo Today, we celebrate a milestone, 33 years of Anambra State's creation! We pay tribute to our visionary founding fathers, the legendary Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, our past Military Administrators, and Civilian Governors who paved the way for our progress. May Anambra continue to win! Idon’t envy President Buhari and his team. His government will preside over the transition to a post-oil economy, and it won’t be a tea party. If Buhari works 8 hours a day, he last less than 7,500 hours left to bring about change in his first term in office or less than 9,700 if he works 12 hours a day, with three substantive annual budgets to go before the next elections. The clock is ticking already. But the Rescue, Stabilize, and Transform (RST) Plan requires a 24 by 7 operation. There must be something in the President’s natal chart that keeps bringing him to govern us just when things are in shambles. But I see hope; I see opportunities. I am aware that the African Heritage Institution (Afriheritage) is planning a session focused on the agenda after it is announced. So, I won’t join this fashion parade of the day. Not yet. For sure, job creation should be the focus of the new post-oil economy. Nigeria certainly needs a Job Manifesto, with a target of 8 – 12 million jobs over the next four years. A fundamental point however is that you can’t create the new Nigeria, a post-oil competitive economy without fundamentally altering the existing constitution. The current constitution and the political-governance structures created by it are designed to share and consume the oil rent. Autonomy from who? I know that it makes for our emotional satisfaction to “deal with the state governors” and let the LGAs have ‘autonomy’— but only in the sense of getting their “allocation” directly and unhindered by state governments but with no incentive-sanctions regime that ties such grants to certain productivity and fiscal viability criteria. It is a funny argument which proceeds from the old model of ‘sharing the cake’. We must decide whether we want a federal or a unitary system; not both at the same time. Let me be clear about it; 100% of the people we have caught are Igbos. It is not about some people invading from somewhere; it is 100% Igbos on Igbos, that is the fact. Giving where things were when we came, we are not saying that Anambra is 100% secured … but everybody in Anambra – the 8.5 million residents of Anambra can testify to you that insecurity in Anambra has come down to the barest minimum. But as we went on, we then discovered that a whole lot of the youths who have been taken to these bushes that got indoctrinated and initiated into all these kinds of things also happen to be citizens of Anambra state or indigenes of Anambra. The first set of people we caught were 100 per cent Igbos from other south-east states and none from Anambra. References External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:Governors of Anambra State Category:Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria