Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has described Nigeria’s challenging economic conditions as an “unavoidable” stage necessary for the country’s improvement.
The governor an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics program said the phase is needed before the country begins to flourish.
He said, “You see, sometimes, I kind of feel we don’t get it.”
“But whether there will be pains for any step you take or the other, it is going to be. It is inevitable. But that is obviously what we need to pass through,” he said.
“maintaining that President Bola Tinubu inherited a bad economy upon assumption of office in May 2023.
“We must realise that things were really bad. We must get it clear that there is no easy way to get this patient who has multiple problems [to become better],” he added.
Speaking about his achievements since 2022, the governor said his government has created jobs for the masses.
”In the first nine months of coming into office, we have employed over 5,000 teachers and processing 2,000 more,” the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor said.
“We have employed over 1,000 health workers and in the area of security, we have over 2,000 employed.”
Earlier in the day, Soludo told a congregation during a thanksgiving service to celebrate his two years in office that he is not drawing salaries from the Anambra government. This, he said, is part of austerity measures.
“As I speak to you, I am not taking any salary, I am not paid any salary by Anambra State government. Even the First Lady of Anambra doesn’t have any official car, she still drives my personal vehicles,” he said.
