Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, has promised President Bola Tinubu that he and his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), will continue to support him and his government.
The governor pointed out that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his party, the APGA, both support progressivism and collaborate effectively.
Soludo reiterated that the party’s stance of backing the president and the centre-right ruling party was in place before he joined APGA.
He gave Tinubu the assurance in Awka’s Alex Ekwueme Square during the President’s official visit to Anambra State on Thursday.
“In 2011, before I joined APGA in 2013, APGA took an official position to support and work with the political party and government at the centre,” Soludo said. “Indeed, in that year, APGA adopted the sitting president then as its presidential candidate, and I want to report that policy by APGA has not changed.”
“Coincidentally, Mr President, at this moment in history, the government at the centre is the one that also professes progressivism. Then as the foremost progressive party in Nigeria, APGA is strategically and ideologically aligned with the centre. And so far, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the progressives are working well together,” he said.
According to Soludo, the moment has come for all progressives to band together in order to further the goal of a unified and progressive Nigeria.
Around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Tinubu landed at Umueri’s Chinua Achebe International Airport, where he was greeted by Governor Soludo, his deputy, Onyeka Ibezim, and other government representatives.
On Thursday, more than 30 years after the state’s founding, Tinubu officially opened Anambra State’s first Government House, a momentous occasion.
Additionally, Tinubu launched a number of additional initiatives carried out by Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s government.
After his January visit to Enugu State, this is the President’s second trip to the South-East this year.
President Tinubu was also given the chieftaincy title of “Dike Si Mba” of Anambra by the traditional rulers of Anambra State during the event.
The Traditional rulers led by the Chairman of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Chidubem Iweka of Obosi, gave the President the title in Awka during his official visit to the state.
‘Dike Si Mba’, which loosely translates to ‘Hero from another land’, was given to President Tinubu by the traditional rulers representing all the communities in Anambra State.
Also in Anambra State with Tinubu were the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; elder statesman, Emeka Anyaoku; governors of Enugu, Abia, Ogun, Imo, Borno, Gombe, and Delta, among others.
