The Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation has tasked former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, to ascertain the total debt currently owed by Anambra Government.
Mr Afam Ogene, Director, Media, and Publicity, of the campaign organisation, made the demand in a statement on Friday in Awka. Ogene noted that it was regretful that Soludo was feigning ignorance over the huge indebtedness of Anambra in a recent Channel Television live interview.
“As an irreducible minimum, the Sen. Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation, requests Soludo to undertake the urgent task of finding out the exact and total debt liability of Anambra,” Ogene stated.
He said Soludo as APGA candidate would have rendered an invaluable service to a people he so eagerly crave to govern by saying the truth.
Data released by the DMO on December 31, 2020, indicated that Anambra’s domestic debt stood at N59,013 billion as of September 30, 2020.
It further indicated that the state’s external debt profile was $115,886 million as of June, 2020.
Some APGA chieftains had severally in the course of the ongoing governorship campaign mocked the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari for hanging a huge debt burden on the country.
“We are, however, happy that APGA’s antics are already known to the people who are waiting to finally send them packing on November 6″, Ogene stated.
He urged Nigerians, especially Anambra people, to beware of so-called intellectuals without character and wisdom, saying the combination would be fatal.
Ogene claimed that Soludo decided to cover up Governor Willie Obiano’s ”obsessive borrowing binge” in exchange for his role in seeking to puppeteer him into political office.
Responding, Mr. C-Don Adinuba, Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Enlightenment, however, dismissed the statement as a “mere joke”.
Adinuba, who doubles as the Director Media, Prof. Charles Soludo Governorship Campaign Organisation, said though Obiano’s administration cannot claim it did not incur debt, that large debt owed could be tagged ‘historical debt’. .
He said that no government could operate without debt, saying that what the present administration incurred was minimal.
