Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has dismissed allegations by the Anambra State Government that his administration left behind debts now being repaid by Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
Obi, who governed Anambra from March 2006 to March 2014, insisted he left office without owing salaries, pensions, gratuities, contractors, or suppliers.
Reacting to Soludo’s claim that the state was servicing loans obtained by previous administrations, including Obi’s, the former governor said:“I left office nearly 13 years ago. On the day I left, I was not owing any salaries, pensions, gratuities or any money that the Anambra State Government was supposed to pay. I did not owe a single supplier or contractor. If you find even one person I owed, I will end my 2027 campaign today.”
Soludo’s administration had earlier stated that its financial strategy was focused on repaying inherited obligations rather than accumulating new debts.
Obi’s rebuttal comes amid growing political debate over fiscal responsibility and governance legacies in Anambra State.
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