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Peter Obi Dragged: “His Investments For Anambra Now Worth Next To Nothing” – Soludo

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Nov 11, 2022.

Soludo has said Peter Obi’s investments for Anambra are now worth next to nothing.

Eko Hot Blog reports that Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, says investments the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, made on behalf of the state are now worth next to nothing.

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Recall that Obi was Anambra governor from 2006 to 2014.

During the course of his 2023 presidential campaign, there have been various conversations about the investments he made for the state when he was governor.

In an interview in 2018, Obi had said he invested $20 million in International Breweries on behalf of Anambra as a governor.

He added that the state’s investment in International Breweries had appreciated to $100 million as at 2018.

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi

However, in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday evening, Soludo dismissed said investments as almost worthless.

“The one you’re talking about that, I don’t know about that. I think there was something I read about somebody speculating about the value of whatever investment. What I have seen today, the value of those investments is worth next to nothing,” the Anambra governor said.

In a slight dig at Obi, a proponent of government saving and investment, Soludo said he would rather invest in infrastructure that will better the lives of his people than in a private company.

“First of all, you have to rebuild the public infrastructure, that is building the future,” he said.

“We are investing in our schools, hospital. We are creating Anambra as Africa’s leisure entertainment hub; modernising our cities; embarking on urban regeneration; giving our people light so that they can have quality air to breathe; controlling pollution, and dealing with flooding and erosion.