10 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT TOP ECONOMIST AND APGA GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE IN ANAMBRA ELECTION, CHUKWUMA SOLUDO

By AZUH AMATUS

1 Name: Charles Chukwuma Soludo.

2 He is a leading Nigerian economics professor.

3 Soludo was the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria between 2004 and 2009.

4 He is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state.

5 Very cerebral Soludo graduated with a first class honours degree from UNN in 1984, an MSc Economics, 1987, and a PhD in 1989, winning prizes for the best student at all three levels.

6 The revered economist is also a visiting scholar at the IMF, universities of Cambridge, Oxford among other globally recognised institutions and organisations.

7 This doting father of six has also worked as a consultant for a number of international organisations, including the World Bank, United Nations agencies among other global bodies.

8 He is also a member of the British Department for International Development’s International Advisory Group.

9 Aguata, Anambra state-born Soludo, who is happily married to Nonye, is also a member of President Buhari’s Economic Advisory Council

10 Soludo who was born on July 28, 1960, was a former chief economic adviser to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Charles Chukwuma Soludo