The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has again covertly disagreed with his predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano, over handover notes.
Soludo had while interacting with the team of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, a World Bank assisted project, in Awka, Anambra State, said the state was not yet an oil producing state.
Obiano had in the twilight of his government told journalists in his Aguleri hometown that he was of handing over to Soludo a state with an producing status.
Obiano had said he received approval of the presidency for Anambra to be recognised as an oil-producing state.
He showed a letter addressed to him (Obiano) on August 24, 2021, and signed by its Secretary, Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission Secretary, under the Presidency, Mr. M B. Shehu, where the Commission approved the attribution of about 11 oil wells to Anambra State. The oil wells include Nzam 1, Alo 1, Ogbu 1, Ameshi 1,2,3,4 and Enyie 1,2,3,4.
He vouched that the state would start receiving payment in that respect from March 13.
But Soludo, who was represented by his Deputy, Mr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, at the interaction, made it clear that the state was not yet in the fold of oil producing states in the country.
That was the second time Soludo had disagreed with Obiano over the latter’s handover note. Obiano had claimed that the state was not indebted to anybody; but Soludo some days after his inauguration said he inherited a debt of over N100bn.
