By Ovat Abeng
The Anambra State Commissioner for Work’s, Engr Ifeanyi Okoma and the Senior Special Adviser to Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Hon Chiejina Obieze has bagged the best performing Soludo’s Commissioner and SSA 2024 award from the Penchily Investigative Limited.
A delegation from the investigative company led by it Chief Executive Officer, Amb. Karen James, presented the award to the recipients in their separate offices in Awka on Wednesday.
Speaking shortly after the presentation, Amb. James, said the duo are receiving the honour for their tirelessly effort in ensuring that the governor achieved his vision of making Anambra a peaceful, livable and prosperous state in Nigeria.
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According to her, good governance is all about leaders knowing what they want to achieve and having a clear blueprint through which it goes all out to realize its objectives, acknowledged that Governor Soludo has exhibited traits of a good leader by the way he is administering the affairs of the state in just two and half years in office.
She said, “it is commendable that when other State Governors are intensifying their tax yoke on their people to be able to meet their statutory responsibilities, governor Soludo is not only meeting its statutory obligations but also introducing economic palliatives to cushion the burden of the present economic challenges on Ndi Anambra through his massive employment in all sectors of the economic and the ongoing one youth, two skills empowerment programme that have empowered over ten thousand youths across the 179 communities in the state.”
Karen James who is also a practicing journalists, noted that the company instituted the awards as part of its corporate social responsibility towards expanding the frontiers of excellence in good governance by recognizing and honouring distinguished leaders with people oriented policies.
In their separate responses, the Commissioner, Engr Okoma and the SSA, Obieze expressed delight that they were found worthy for the honour, the recognitions they emphasized were made possible through the support of Ndi Anambra across board.
According to them, the awards is an evident that the people have recognized that the state government under governor Soludo has continue to set the pace in people -driven leadership in Anambra.
They said the award will spur them to redouble their efforts at galvanizing the abundant talents that the state is blessed with towards the growth and advancement of the state.
The award presentation was also witnessed by the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Nwabufo Nwankwo and the Chairman of Onitsha North Local Government Area, Hon Anthony Obiora.