An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo, has lambasted Governor Chukwuma Soludo for exhibiting missed priorities and misplaced ambitions after three years in office through the projects he showcased to President Bola Tinubu to commission.
Ozigbo stated this in a statement on President Tinubu’s visit to Anambra State on Thursday to commission projects.
Ozigbo, the immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, in a statement, welcomed Tinubu to Anambra State, adding “It is always a moment of pride when the Commander-in-Chief visits our beloved state, and we honour your presence as a sign of national unity and shared purpose.”
He however described Soludo’s three-year record as “a glaring theatre of missed priorities, misplaced ambitions, and media optics masquerading as progress,” Ozigbo questioned the wisdom of showcasing projects such as an amusement park — dubbed Solution FunCity — while essential public needs remain ignored.
“Governance is not a film trick,” Ozigbo wrote. “Governance is not about cutting ribbons on facades while the foundation rots.”
He said among the projects commissioned, including a new Government House, the amusement park, and the Emeka Anyaoku Institute for International Studies and Diplomacy at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, are monuments to image management rather than substantive development.
“In over three years in office, Governor Soludo has delivered zero public housing, zero real investment inflow, and zero structural transformation of our economy,” he charged.
About the amusement park, he said, “This facility should rightly have been left to private investors in a healthy economic climate. What critical social problem does this park solve? Hunger? Unemployment? Fear?”
Ozigbo further described the commissioning as an “act of political cowardice” after reports surfaced that APGA members were instructed not to wear party-branded clothing to the event — allegedly to avoid negative optics before the President.
“What a betrayal,” he wrote. “If your policies are strong and your house is in order, why hide your colours?”
A multiple-award-winning global CEO, Ozigbo has emerged as a vocal moral voice in the state’s political arena. His statement today underscored not just policy failures, but a broader crisis of leadership.
“We deserve a government that builds lives, not just lodges,” he declared.
“A leadership that puts people before propaganda. A Governor whose work speaks louder than his PR.”
Ozigbo also drew attention to Anambra’s persistent economic and social woes — especially the housing crisis, lack of transport infrastructure, and unaddressed insecurity.
“Most civil servants in Awka — the same people whose taxes fund this carnival — cannot afford to live in the city,” he noted, citing annual rents of ₦1.3 million for two-bedroom apartments and stagnant wages.
“As I have always said, Anambra is not short of talent or promise — we are short of leadership that puts the people first,” Ozigbo concluded.
“I do not believe in politics as performance art. I believe in politics as service — rooted in compassion, driven by vision, and measured by real change in people’s lives.”
