Former governor of Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi
has dismissed Soludo as a man hunted by his past for stating that he (Obi)
built no signature project in Anambra State during his tenure.
Speaking through his Media Assistant, Mr.
Valentine Obienyem, Obi described the article by Professor Charles Soludo as
full of evidence of one who is still nursing deep hatred against those he
wrongly assumed were responsible for not renewing his appointment as the
Governor of the Central Bank and those that thwarted his move towards becoming
the Governor of Anambra State last year.
Obienyem in his response agreed with some
vital points raised by Soludo but regretted that the aim of the write-up was
not to instruct or contribute to positive national discourse, but to hit back
at those he is nursing secret grudges against.
Obienyem recalled how Soludo in 2013, said he
was the foundation upon which the new Anambra State was built, and went on to
commend him on how he changed the fortunes of the state.
He wondered why Soludo would just turn around
so soon to declare that the tragedy of Obi’s tenure was that he built no
signature project by which his regime would be remembered but saved money in
the midst of hunger thereby impoverishing the people of the State.
Obienyem said it was surprising that a
renowned economist as Soludo, who in the same write up, prided himself of
saving $45billion in the nation’s external reserves when he was the Central
Bank Governor in the same article should condemn Obi for saving money for
Anambra State, questioning the wisdom of savings where there were things that
needed to be done...
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