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Group Launches ‘Promise Tracker’ To Monitor Soludo’s Campaign Promises

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A youth-led civic-tech organisation, AdvoKC, has launched a digital platform to track the campaign promises of the Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof Charles Soludo.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the group’s AdvoKC’s Co-Founder/Team Lead, Abiola Durodola.

The group said the platform will monitor the fulfilment of electoral promises made by the former CBN Governor, providing citizens with a platform for follow up on the promises and their progress.

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According to AdvoKC, “The platform called ‘SoludoMeter’ is the first digital sub-national promise tracker in Nigeria that monitors government activities in a state to promote accountability.

“The SoludoMeter dashboard will provide information to citizens and politicians about Soludo’s campaign promises that are kept, broken, in the works, compromised and stalled. Citizens can also click on each of the promises to read short explanatory articles to drive engagement in governance across the state.”

The PUNCH reports that before developing the digital platform, the group stated that it pored through Soludo’s manifesto document, debate videos, rallies and interviews to compile his 100 most important promises.

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READ ALSO: Anambra: Why Soludo Won’t Achieve Much In First Year – APGA’s Chieftain

Hence, “the organisation will track important promises that affect the socio-economic condition of over 8 million Anambra indigenes.

“Furthermore, this is AdvoKC’s flagship project as the organisation builds on the existing BuhariMeter and the Legislative Agenda Meter and is committed to promoting accountability through this project,” the statement read.

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Professor Charles Soludo was elected Governor of Anambra State alongside his running mate, Dr Gilbert Onyekachukwu Ibezim, on the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance at the November 6, 2021, election held in the state.

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Obasanjo, Atiku, Obi Meet In Abuja

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi met in Abuja on Saturday.

The trio were among prominent political figures who attended the Tambuwal Colloquium, titled “Leadership, Service and Statesmanship at 60,” held at the New Event Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, in honour of the 60th birthday of former Sokoto State Governor and Senator, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

READ ALSO:Insecurity: What Sheikh Gumi Told Me After Visiting Bandits Hideouts — Obasanjo

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Atiku confirmed his presence at the event in a post on his X handle, stating that he had arrived at the venue for the colloquium organised to mark Tambuwal’s milestone birthday.

The former vice president also shared images of himself, Obasanjo and Obi at the event.

The event attracted political leaders, statesmen and stakeholders from across the country.

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Wike: Why Removing Fubara Will Be Difficult – Ex-Commissioner

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A former Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Austin Tam-George, has said that attempts to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara would be difficult to sustain, citing what he described as the governor’s performance record and the lack of concrete allegations against him.

Tam-George made the remarks on Thursday while speaking on Prime Time on Arise Television, arguing that the impeachment process being initiated against Fubara was to scuttle his chance for a second term.

According to him, Governor Fubara has continued to place the needs of the people at the centre of his administration, with visible interventions in rural development, housing, education and healthcare.

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He said this, in his view, has made it difficult for opponents to justify moves to remove the governor from office.

READ ALSO:Rivers Crisis: Bad People Won’t Prevail Over Us – Wike

Tam-George also called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, to intervene, arguing that the party should not allow what he described as the humiliation of a sitting governor.

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He said: “Well, all I think he needs to do is to do exactly what he’s been doing from the beginning, which is to place the people at the center of gravity of his administration, prioritize the needs of the people, so that the people can see the direct impact of government action in their lives.

“And that’s exactly what he’s doing in terms of rural development, in terms of housing sector transformation, which I mentioned that he is doing the same in education sector and in health.

“So if he continues, if he persists in placing the people’s need at the center of focus of his administration, there is no way they are going to be able to justify this kind of shenanigans.

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READ ALSO:BREAKING: Rivers Assembly Initiates Impeachment Proceedings Against Gov Fubara

Because, if you look very carefully at the so called articles of impeachment, you will see that there is no specificity in terms of any infraction by the governor or his deputy.

“What they are trying to do is to make sure they scuttle the administration so that the governor doesn’t then get to the point where he will be seeking a second term.

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“Let me be clear, just two days ago, Nyesom Wike was at one of the local governments, and he made it clear in a moment of epiphany, he made it clear that, look, if Governor Fubara were to get a second term in office, it will amount to his own political burial.

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So all of these things that we are seeing the so called impeachment proceedings they’ve initiated, it’s actually an effort to try to scuttle the prospects of the governor coming for a second term, and I don’t see how they will succeed.

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“If you look at the so called articles of impeachment, as I said, they lack specificity in terms of the kind of infraction that they allege that the governor has committed. He has done nothing wrong, and they will see how the process will play out.

“My sense, and in fact, if I were to advise the governor, my sense is that he should just maintain the people, retain the people at the center of gravity of his administration, meet their needs, run a transparent administration as he always done, and then the truth will come out, and he will be able to defend the administration.

“I think the the governing APC should also step in because they can’t possibly allow the governor of the office with probably one of the best performance records in the country to be humiliated by some of these members of the assembly.”

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