The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has commended Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his significant contributions to nation-building. According to the Vice President, Soludo has played a key role in fostering unity and strengthening Nigeria’s political, economic, and social institutions through his practical commentaries on national issues.

Describing the governor as a man of ideas and honour, Senator Shettima noted that despite assuming office at a time when many politicians compromised integrity for relevance, Soludo remained committed to national growth and development.

Speaking on Tuesday while representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the inauguration and swearing-in of Governor Soludo and his deputy, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, for a second term in Awka, the Vice President highlighted Soludo’s influence on national policy.

“The policies of His Excellency, President Tinubu, GCFR, have benefited from the candour, specialist insight, and patriotic counsel of this distinguished economist, this restless thinker, this public intellectual of uncommon range, both in open fora and in private conversations. And that is how it should be,” he said.

He added that true nation-building involves prioritising the welfare of the federation over partisan interests, stressing that “Nigeria is too precious a vessel to be abandoned to the storms simply because the rowers wear different colours.”