Tuesday, March, 24 2026 - Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has approved the appointment of Mrs Chiamaka Nnake as the new Secretary to the State Government.
Nnake becomes the first woman to occupy that position in the
state.
The appointment was announced in a statement issued on
Monday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime.
According to the statement, Nnake, 39, hails from Nawfia in
Njikoka Local Government Area of the state and is a finance and public sector
professional with more than 13 years of experience in finance, strategy
development and economic planning.
Before the appointment, she served as the Commissioner for
Budget and Economic Planning and also chaired Solution Fun City Limited.
During her tenure as commissioner, she oversaw the
mobilisation, planning and allocation of state resources to support
socio-economic development.
The statement added that Nnake also held leadership
positions across several state boards and initiatives, including the Anambra
State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency, the Internal Revenue Service
Board and the Small Business Agency.
He further stated that she currently serves as the state’s
Reform Champion for Ease of Doing Business and focal point for Social
Investment Programmes, where she has continued to promote reforms aimed at
inclusive growth.
Before joining the state government, Nnake worked as a
Senior Strategy Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Nigeria, where she
handled more than 30 client engagements across different sectors and markets.
During her time at PwC, she contributed to the development
of the Anambra Vision 2070 plan, a long-term development blueprint designed to
guide the state’s transformation over the next five decades.
Earlier in her career, she worked as a Business Analyst at
IHS Towers and later as an Equity Research Analyst at Meristem Securities
Limited.
Nnake holds a Master of Business Administration from Lagos
Business School and graduated with First-Class Honours in Accounting from
Benson Idahosa University.
She is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants and a member of the ACCA National Advisory Committee.
The governor also approved a fresh appointment of key
officials to serve in various capacities within the state government.
These appointments, including principal secretaries and
special advisers, among others, were announced in a press statement released by
Aburime on Monday.
The appointees include the Head of Service, Mrs Ngozi
Iwouno; Principal Secretary to the Governor, Joachim Anetoh; Chief of Staff to
the Governor, Dr Ben Nwankwo; and State Chief of Protocol, Prof Frank-Collins
Okafor.
Others are Attorney-General of the state, Tobechukwu Nweke
(SAN); Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime; Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr
Vincent Okechi; and Deputy State Chief of Protocol, Ms Ngozi Okoye.
Also appointed are Special Adviser, Medicals and
Pharmaceuticals, Dr Godwin Nnadozie; Special Adviser, Innovation and Business
Incubation & CEO, Solution Innovation District, Ms Chinwe Okoli; Special
Adviser, Special Projects and Director, Project Evaluation and Monitoring, Prof
Ebuka Nwankwo; and Special Adviser, Community Security, Ken Emeakayi.
Soludo, a former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, was sworn
in for a second term in office on March 17, 2026.
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