President Bola Tinubu’s recent visit to Anambra State to commission the new governor’s lodge and “Solution Fun City” has drawn criticism from the African Action Congress (AAC), Anambra State branch, which described the visit as a needless show of extravagance.
According to the AAC, the needless expenditures occur at a time when the nation and the state are struggling with hunger, insecurity, and general suffering.
In a statement issued Friday and signed by Chioma Ifemeludike, the AAC’s candidate for governor of Anambra in 2025, the party denounced what it described as Governor Charles Soludo’s administration’s misguided priorities and charged that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was siding with a Nigerian government that had let the Nigerian people down.
The statement read, “It is disheartening that President Tinubu would honour an invitation to commission projects that do not in any way tackle nor address the pressing issues affecting Ndi Anambra,”
“While the people are living in fear and despair due to rising insecurity, hunger, and human rights abuses, our leaders are busy celebrating frivolities.”
Ifemeludike also charged corruption, nepotism, and a disregard for the rule of law against the federal government and the state of Anambra.
She also criticised what she described as the intentional policy of the federal government under Tinubu to marginalise the South-East area.
The AAC statement attacked the visit’s timing as politically motivated and called the projects—the new Governor’s Lodge and Solution Fun City—”frippery,” implying that they may be a part of a larger scheme to sway the state’s impending 2025 gubernatorial elections.
“Does Mr Soludo need to be reminded about the continued marginalisation of Ndi-Igbo at the federal level?”
“The Soludo and Tinubu administrations have woefully failed Ndi Anambra and Nigerians by neglecting their core duty — the protection of lives and property” she continued.
The AAC advised citizens of Anambra to be on guard, to reject political ploys, and to hold their leaders responsible.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also urged by the party to guarantee that the November 2025 gubernatorial election is free and accurately represents popular will.
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