Awka, March 17, 2024 – Charles Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, says he has deliberately introduced stringent cost-cutting measures in the last two years to shore up the economy of the state.
He said this on Sunday at an event marking the second anniversary of his administration held at the International Convention Center in Awka, the state capital.
The governor said that he had not received salary from the state coffers as governor of the state.
He also said the government had avoided borrowing in the last two years to create an extremely prudent government.
“We decided for the first two years to demonstrate something which is the capacity to do more with less. And so far, as I’m concerned, for two years, despite the fact that we are doing more than the previous administrations.
“We are doing so because we are executing the most austere government ever. As I speak to you, I am not being paid any salary by Anambra state government,” he said.
Soludo, a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, said his wife also did not have any official car as part of the measures to reduce governance costs.
“We are intentional, very deliberate about doing more with less because we are facing an extraordinary difficult situation in Nigeria.
“The first lady of Anambra doesn’t have any official car. She still drives her personal vehicle.
“We are executing the most austere government ever. We are cutting waste and directing resources to what it the most important for the people,” the governor said. (GBN)
