ADC chieftain reacts to Soludo’s praise of Tinubu over Southeast road projects

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Comrade Adolphus Ude, has strongly criticized Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State for praising President Bola Tinubu over newly approved road projects in the Southeast.

He described the governor’s comments as premature and labeled his claims of a regional infrastructural rebirth a “manufactured consensus” designed for personal aggrandizement.

Ude, who is the leader of the ADC Like-Minds support group and Secretary of the Enugu ADC Caretaker Committee, challenged Soludo to list road projects completed by the Tinubu administration in the Southeast.

He was reacting to Soludo’s statement thanking President Tinubu for approving the design and procurement of two major road projects in the region.

The roads are the 108km Otuocha-Anam-Abaji (Kogi) Road and the 150km Oba-Nnewi-Uga-Ihube (Okigwe Junction) Road, which connect Anambra and Imo states to the Enugu-Port Harcourt Road from Abia State.

The Anambra governor, in his statement titled, ‘History Will Be Kind to You,’ described the approval as part of Tinubu’s deliberate effort to rebuild the South-East.

However, in a statement on Thursday, Ude accused Soludo and some other Southeast governors of focusing more on seeking federal government approval than holding leaders accountable for regional development.

“Governor Soludo should have listed the Southeast road projects done by President Tinubu in his statement, but he did not mention even one, apart from thanking the President for approving the design and procurement of two road projects,” he said.

The ADC chieftain argued that the Southeast had not received infrastructure investments comparable to other parts of the country, citing major federal road and infrastructure projects in other regions.

He also questioned the extent of federal government investments in the Southeast compared with projects in other parts of the country.

Ude urged Southeast governors to focus on delivering development projects and attracting investments to the region rather than engaging in political praise.

He said disagreements over government policies were part of democratic practice, but urged leaders to prioritise the interests of their constituents.

Ude expressed confidence that an ADC administration in 2027 would promote what he described as equity, fairness and justice in the distribution of federal projects and appointments across the country.

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