By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has expressed delight with the Management of Vanguard Newspapers for the prestigious award of Good Governance for the year 2024.

He said the award would spur his administration to deliver more dividends of democracy to the people.

Soludo who spoke Tuesday night when a team of Vanguard editors visited him at the Governor?s lodge in Amawbia to present him a letter from the management of Vanguard Media Limited, assured that he would personally attend the award ceremony scheduled to take place at the Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos on April 11, 2025.

He used the occasion to list his achievements in the past two and half years to include, massive road construction across the three senatorial zones of the state, a world class Solution Fun City and amusement park, the ICT centre under construction, the 10- storey building international hotel in Awka, the Amawbia-Agulu ? Ekwulobia dual carriage way.

He also reeled out others like, the massive Ekwulobia flyover that has helped to solve the problem of congestion in the area, the new Government House which is nearing completion, achievements in healthcare delivery which attracted laurels for the state at the regional and national levels, and the changing of the face of the Okpoko slum with modern amenities.

The governor also harped on the security challenges in the state, expressing delight that the problem was being solved holistically.

He said, ?With the identification of the sources of criminal activities in the state, government is now after those causing the problem.

?My administration have not borrowed any money to execute all the projects because I understand the danger of incurring more debts for the state.

In his speech, the Chairman of the Editorial Board of Vanguard, Ochereome Nnanna who presented the letter to the Governor Nnanna said the Vanguard Management chose Soludo for the award because of his achievements since becoming the governor of Anambra State three years ago.

He listed the governor?s giant strides to include, infrastructure development, particularly urban renewal, improvement in education, and most importantly, rejigging the state?s security architecture, with the setting up of Agunechemba security outfit that is now helping to drive criminals out of the state.

He said that Vanguard holds the governor in high regard, adding that he was among the most focused governors in the country.

Ochereome led the Vanguard team during the presentation.

Other members of the Vanguard team were the Editor of Saturday Vanguard, Onochie Anibeze, Business Editor, Emeka Anaeto, Deputy Editor of Sunday Vanguard, Charles Kumolu and the Anambra State Correspondent of Vanguard, Vincent Ujumadu.