Pursue Enduring Legacies, Not Petty Projects, Soludo Charges Cabinet

By Praise Chinecherem

Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra State has charged members of the State Executive Council and permanent secretaries to abandon routine bureaucracy and concentrate on legacy projects capable of transforming the lives of the people.

Speaking during the State Executive Council Retreat, the governor urged his cabinet members to immediately begin drafting what he described as their “valedictory address” for March 2030 and thereafter work backwards with discipline and precision to achieve those targets.

According to him, governance must be measured not by meetings held or files processed, but by visible and enduring impact on society.

Prof Soludo said his administration remained committed to building “a livable and prosperous smart megacity,” noting that the present governance architecture was deliberately designed to lay the groundwork for the state’s long-term Vision 2070 agenda.

Describing the development blueprint as one inspired by leading global technology and economic hubs, the governor said the ultimate ambition was to position Anambra as one of Africa’s foremost centres of sustainable economic prosperity.

“To achieve this,” he stated, “our administration is driving two major cultural transitions.”

He identified the first as an enterprise-driven philosophy aimed at nurturing a commercial and inventive environment capable of harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit of the people to build a thriving technology hub.

The second, he explained, was the promotion of homeland consciousness — encouraging citizens to invest, live, and spend within Anambra State as a strategy for stimulating enduring domestic economic growth.

In a stern warning against the sluggish culture often associated with public administration, the governor reminded public officials that citizens judge governments by practical results rather than official activity.

“The public does not measure governance by the number of meetings held,” he warned, “but by the tangible changes they can see and feel.”

Consequently, the governor directed commissioners and heads of agencies to focus attention on high-impact projects that would leave memorable footprints instead of dissipating scarce resources on numerous minor undertakings.

He declared that the success of the administration would ultimately be assessed by whether at least 40 percent of the population could collectively affirm that their standard of living had significantly improved under the government.

The retreat also heralded the commencement of a new governance phase christened “Solution 2.0: Acceleration With Precision.”

The new phase, according to the governor, signals a transition from foundational institutional reforms to aggressive and targeted policy execution.

Proceedings further featured an extensive review of the state’s five pillars of development, with ministries, departments, and agencies directed to align their budgets, operational priorities, and policy frameworks strictly with those pillars.

By imposing what observers described as an aggressive implementation timeline, the administration hopes to eliminate bureaucratic delays and ensure that governance machinery operates with speed, coordination, and measurable efficiency.
Charles Chukwuma Soludo