Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has said the state’s local government administration is functioning effectively, with primary school teachers and other workers receiving their salaries and retirement benefits as and when due.
Soludo made the statement on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, during a campaign rally in Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area, ahead of the state’s local government elections scheduled for Saturday, August 29.
“Our local government system is working,” the governor said, adding that primary school teachers were being paid promptly, while their pensions and gratuities were also being settled as and when due.
He also said primary healthcare workers were receiving their salaries on time and commended the elected mayors across the state for their performance in their respective councils.
Soludo said his administration was working to make Anambra’s local government system a model for effective administration, transparency, accountability and sustainable development.
He also thanked the state House of Assembly for passing the Anambra State Local Government Administration Law, which he said was designed to strengthen accountability and development at the grassroots.
The governor urged residents to participate in Saturday’s local government election, describing elections as an important component of democracy.
Soludo also addressed the decision by some major political parties not to participate in the forthcoming council election.
He attributed the absence of opposition parties in the race partly to the strong electoral showing of his All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2025 governorship election.
According to him, APGA secured more than 70 per cent of the votes in the last governorship election, which he said contributed to the decision of some opposition parties to stay out of the local government poll.
He claimed that in 20 of the state’s 21 local government areas, no other political party fielded a candidate for the chairmanship position.
The local government election is expected to be held across Anambra’s 21 local government areas on August 29, 2026.
The governor’s comments come amid continued debate over local government autonomy in Nigeria. In Anambra, the Soludo administration has also pursued reforms in education, including teacher recruitment and upgrades to public schools. The state government said in an earlier report that it had employed 8,150 teachers as part of its education reforms.
