“Follow who know road”, i.e., stick with the expert, is a cliché in Anambra politics. Governor Chukwuma Soludo has once again confirmed the spirit of the statement with his 2026 budget. The 2026 Anambra State Budget, appropriately titled “Changing Gears 3.0: Solution Continues”, will culminate Governor Soludo’s first term with great success and usher in a more ambitious second term, a commitment made by the Solution Governor to drive Anambra towards accelerated growth.
With the budget as input, the expected output and projected outcomes are clearly visible, demonstrating that Governor Soludo is committed to delivering the new Anambra he promised.According to Law Mefor, Anambra State Commissioner for Information, the presentation of the draft Anambra State Budget proposals for 2026 to the Anambra State House of Assembly in Awka on November 25, 2025, was an epochal event. The figures presented do great credit to Prof. Soludo as a world-class economist and global citizen poised to transform Anambra State into a destination of choice for all humankind.
Coming from winning re-election in all 21 local government areas with a historic 73 per cent of the votes cast amid an unprecedented voter turnout, Soludo magnanimously stated, “Ours is one state, one people, with one agenda. Let us unite and build Anambra together!”
As the first term of the administration ends on March 17, 2026, Soludo has been very intentional and focused on delivering across the five pillars of his manifesto, to wit, Soludo Solution: A People’s Manifesto for a Greater Anambra, namely, security, law and order; infrastructure and economic transformation; human capital and social agenda; governance and new value system; and environmental sustainability.
“The budget stands on the solid pedestal of Soludo having built fit-for-purpose infrastructure across Anambra, constructing well over 900 kilometres of roads with up to 600 km already asphalted, undertaking eight bridges including the Ekwulobia flyover/bus-terminal/shopping-mall, dualization of over 100km of all Trunk A federal/state roads, completion of the Aroma Link Bridge connecting the two major sections of Awka, breaking the 34-year-old of not having a befitting Government House and Governor’s Lodge with the construction of the commodious (Light House), delivering the largest West African leisure statement of the Solution Fun City, employing 8115 teachers on merit from 18 states in Nigeria, providing free antenatal and delivery services for pregnant women including 594 free cesarean surgeries, commissioning four out of five new General Hospitals, modernizing 326 Primary Health Centres, constructing the Trauma Centre at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, empowering 13,300 youth entrepreneurs through the One-Youth-Two-Skills programme, building the iconic Solution Innovation District (SID) and training 95,735 young people in various digital skills, clearing N22 billion in arrears of gratuity etc.“
It needs to be recalled that on November 19, 2024, Governor Soludo presented the 2025 Budget, titled “Changing Gears 2.0”, which proposed a modest budget of ₦606,991,849,118 for the 2025 fiscal year, compared to ₦410 billion for 2024, representing a 48 per cent increase.
African version of Dubai, Taiwan, and Silicon Valley (ADTS) is emerging and becoming a reality before our very eyes. Soludo’s tour de force – a performance and achievements that he has accomplished and managed with great skill as an international economist.
So, when Ndi Anambra say, ‘Follow who know road’, they know what they are talking about, Mefor added.