Vice President Kashim Shettima has commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his contributions to national development, noting that the current administration has benefited from the Anambra leader’s expert insights on issues affecting the country.
Shettima spoke on Tuesday in Awka during the swearing-in ceremony of Governor Soludo and his deputy, Onyeka Ibezim, for a second term in office.
“The policies of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have benefited from the candor, specialist insights, and patriotic counsel of this distinguished economist—this restless thinker, this public intellectual of uncommon range,” Shettima said.
The vice president urged Soludo, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to see his second term as an opportunity to further develop Anambra State, emphasising that leadership carries heavy responsibility.
“That is why this ceremony matters. It is not only about continuity; it is about responsibility. It is about the solemn truth that the higher the trust, the heavier the burden,” Shettima said, adding that leaders must “protect the weak, enlarge opportunity, defend peace, dignify labour, and leave behind a society kinder, safer, and more just than the one we met.”
He also highlighted the Federal Government’s commitment to partnering with states to improve human life, noting that Soludo’s second term is “not a return to reputation, but a return to consolidation—not a call to begin again, but an invitation to build higher on foundations already tested.”
The event drew several high-profile figures, including former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo, among others.
