Just recently, after Anambra’s election of Charles Soludo, an economist and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), voters in other states, especially in the neighboring Enugu, Imo, and Ebonyi have been waiting impatiently to part with sentiments and seek candidates most qualified for the job.
Enugu is next it appears, but on Sunday, March 3, 2022, representatives of a coalition of friends of Prof. Bart Nnaji who purchased his PDP gubernatorial nomination form will be presenting him with the documents. The presentation event will take place at his country home, in Umuode, Nkanu East LGA, Enugu State.
Prof. Nnaji, a former federal minister, is the Chairman/CEO of Geometric Power Limited, the first indigenously owned private sector power company in Nigeria.
This presentation will validate Prof. Nnaji’s most speculated entry into the race and set Enugu’s Governor’s election to a different level – an exploration for more pragmatic solutions to economic and social transformation.
Prof. Nnaji’s aspiration has been in the news. For instance, inspired by the electioneering campaign in Anambra earlier this year, a group of youths began a campaign asking him to run for this position. Their slogan was clear, “Just like Soludo we need him”. That was around February.
Sunday, April 3, that speculation would become a reality when Prof. Nnaji would officially announce his candidacy. According to Hon. Chijioke Ogbodo, a Managing Partner at GMTNews, “the people are now energized about this race because they saw what happened in Anambra State, and they believe that Enugu equally has qualified candidates that can run this state.”
Hon Ogbodo who authored a widely-circulated article, “Who Is Afraid Of Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi”, in 2014, said that an election of Prof. Nnaji could inspire a good collaboration between Enugu and Anambra, “to create a more strategic economic possibilities and development among the two neighboring states.”
