Governor SOLUDO endorses TINUBU for a second term

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday, met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he endorsed him for a second term in office.

According to Soludo, President Tinubu has been his long time friend and ally, hence he cannot possibly deny him the opportunity to run in 2027, especially banking on his economic and structural reforms initiated so far.

The Anambra governor, who spoke to State House correspon­dents shortly after the private meet­ing with the president, noted that he adopted kinetic and non kinetic approach in addressing insecurity in his state, part of which entails social empowerment of citizens in the state.

He said the holistic approach to solving insecurity has seen the once thriving native doctors aiding criminality scampering out of the state.

“The president is in such high spirit, hale and hearty and it was such a pleasure to meet with him, it was quite a pleasant meeting”, he said.

On the endorsement of a presi­dent who is in opposing party, Solu­do said, “Well, you know, these caps were produced even from the time the president visited Anambra State and you saw all the billboards and all the stuff proclaiming that progressives are working together, and subsequently, it’s a fundamen­tal idea that I believe very strongly.

“All those political parties who profess progressivism should actu­ally come out together in a massive coalition to deepen the process, not only of our democracy, but also of economic and social development of our country.

“So for me, when I say progres­sives working together. It’s a call for all those who… and talk about Pres­ident Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I mean, I don’t have any apologies about it.

“President Tinubu is my friend. Has been my friend 22 years now and counting, so you don’t deny your friend. I don’t need to be quiv­ering about who is he. He is my friend. I support him, and I’m im­pressed by the bold steps he has tak­en, particularly in the areas of the economy, the structural reforms, and I have said so severally, we’re taking the right steps and we need to stay the course”.

On his approach to addressing insecurity in Anambra State, Solu­do said, “Well, it involves a holistic approach to the issue of security. If you realise, January this year, we passed our Homeland Security Law, which is trying to deal with in­security from the foundations. All the deadly native doctors are on the run from the state, because these are the guys giving false hope and so on and deceiving our young ones and luring them into criminality and all of that.

“But very fundamentally, we’re approaching it very comprehen­sively, what they call the kinetic and non- kinetic approaches. The kinetic is done and the usual, but the non kinetic, especially with what we are dealing with, the youths, the empowerment, the job creation, we have a unique pro­gramme one year through skills that is like no other.