SOLUDO'S TAKE-OFF: A CRACK TEAM KICK-STARTS ANAMBRA'S TRANSITION TO SMART MEGA CITY - by Okey Emmanuel

SOLUDO'S TAKE-OFF: A CRACK TEAM KICK-STARTS ANAMBRA'S TRANSITION TO SMART MEGA CITY

By Okey Emmanuel

The journey to the much awaited smart mega city promised to Ndi Anambra by Prof Soludo, the Anambra Governor elect, shall be taking off with the inauguration of a transition committee to be chaired by Dr Oby Ezekwesiri.

In a media release signed by Mr Joe Anatune - a member of the committee and the Media Assistant to the Anambra Gov Elect, Chukwuma Soludo Secretariat - the committee shall be inaugurated on January 20, 2022.

The 80-man committee comprising of great and successful men of "timber and caliber" from various fields of life cuts across party lines and state of origin. No doubt, the committee is all encompassing.

The release added that the committee members shall be working with other team members that shall be nominated by the Anambra State government.

Reacting to her appointment as the chair of the committee in her verified Twitter handle, Ezekwesili said  "Soludo, wants a solid groundwork for his governance and has asked me to chair his transition committee. I have accepted and  will teamwork with my distinguished colleagues to help achieve his transition goals and competent governance."

Also conspicuous in the list are Prof Pat Utomi who hails from Delta State and Chief Osita Chidioka who is a PDP chieftain, among other prominent people from Anambra State. Oby Ezekwesili herself, popularly known as Madan 'Due Process,' is also not from the same political party with Soludo.

From this crack team, there is no doubt that Prof Soludo is poised to actualise his promise of a smart mega city for Anambra state.

okey.ODEWAIWAI.com

ANAMBRA'S JOURNEY TO SMART MEGACITY - By Okey Emmanuel

SOLUDO'S TAKE-OFF: A CRACK KICK-STARTS ANAMBRA'S TRANSITION TO SMART MEGA CITY

By Okey Emmanuel

The journey to the much awaited smart mega city promised to Ndi Anambra by Prof Soludo, the Anambra Governor elect, shall be taking off with the inauguration of a transition committee to be chaired by Dr Oby Ezekwesiri.

In a media release signed by Mr Joe Anatune - a member of the committee and the Media Assistant to the Anambra Gov Elect, Chukwuma Soludo Secretariat - the committee shall be inaugurated on February 20, 2022.

The 80-man committee comprises of great and successful men of "timber and caliber" from various fields of

life cuts across party lines and state of origin. No doubt, the committee is all encompassing.

The release added that the committee members shall be working with other team members that shall be nominated by the Anambra State government.

Reacting to her appointment as the chair of the committee in her verified Twitter handle, Ezekwesili said  "Soludo, wants a solid groundwork for his governance and has asked me to chair his transition committee. I have accepted and  will teamwork with my distinguished colleagues to help achieve his transition goals and competent governance."

Also conspicuous in the list are Prof Pat Utomi who hails from Delta State and Chief Osita Chidioka who is a PDP chieftain. Oby Ezekwesili herself, popularly known as Madan 'Due Process' is also not from the same political party with Soludo.

From this crack team, there is no doubt that Prof Soludo is poised to actualise his promise of a smart mega city for Anambra state.

_@okey.ODEWAIWAI.com_

ANAMBRA'S DESTINY WITH MARCH : WAITING FOR "SOLUDO'S ICONIC TOWER"

ANAMBRA'S DESTINY WITH MARCH: WAITING FOR SOLUDO'S "ICONIC TOWER"

By Okey Emmanuel

Anambra's unique date with the month of March is strikingly historic. Coincidentally, historians tell us that the month of March was once the first month of the year in the old Roman calendar. Interestingly, too, March has played a number of significant roles in the economic evolution of mankind.

In March 1889, the France's iconic Eiffel Tower was opened. The world was at awe as the then tallest human structure tore through the sky like a galaxy. According to historyextra.com "The tower was an instant hit: illuminated every night by gas lamps, it dominated not just the Exposition, but Paris itself... In the first week alone, almost 30,000 people from all over the world climbed to the top – a sign of how completely it had caught the world’s imagination."

Like the historic luminous Paris tower that brought France to the focus of the world in March 1889, expectations are fever high that March 2022 would mark a turning point in Anambra's march to global reckoning as Prof Soludo takes the mantle of leadership from the incumbent governor.

Ndi Anambra, and indeed the world at large, believe that the economic revolution maestro  has the magic wand to transform the state to become a template of a developed economy within an economically wobbling nation. 

Not surprisingly, the people have started reeling out areas of concern and immediate attention. The list is already staggeringly too long that one wonders where the hit ex-CBN governor would start.

Report had it that at the initial stage of developing and constructing the iconic Eiffel tower, there were so many complaints and agitations against the project - an issue described by writers as "Eiffel Towers' troubled birth". But the then French leader, Gustave Eiffel, insisted on  throwing France to the world through the project. In fact, most of the French intellectual establishment hated the idea. Here are two most scornful phrases some used in writing off the idea: "useless and monstrous';  and “hateful column of bolted sheet metal”.  It was said that about 300 celebrated French writers and artists ganged up against the project and signed a written petition to discredit it. However, Eiffel defeated them in their game and shut up their mouth when the historic tower finally emerged in praise.

Of course, people would always call for change but would on the other hand rise against the change. I would not expect less when Prof Soludo comes up. But just as the undeterred but later celebrated bridge-maker, Gustave Eiffel, was focused on giving his nation the art of modern engineering, the Soludo I know would not be distracted in giving Ndi Anambra a modern economy which, in his campaign manifesto, was described as a smart megacity.

One thing is sure, Soludo would give Ndi  Anambra an " iconic tower" they would be happy with and proud of. 

The march will start in March. 

_@okey.ODEWAIWAI.com_

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