Anambra State governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has said that he will not use any other official car than those produced by the Innoson Vehicle Motors (IVM).
Soludo who spoke when he met with his inauguration committee members, also said he believes in patronizing local industries to grow.
He said that he has been wearing local fabrics known as Akwete as a deliberate effort to patronize local fabrics.
According to him, “My akwete dress is not just dress, it’s a statement. I want to make a statement with it. You know, in the entire south-east, this is the only textile thing alive, and it’s handmade, by the women of akwaete in Abia State.
“Igbo land is one and we must protect it. We want to bring back the zeal of patronising our own. I have said it even during campaigns, and I meant it, that if I win, the official car of the governor of Anambra State will be Innoson Vehicle.
“The dresses I will wear are those made here (south-east). We must protect the things that are made in our place. Something is about to happen in Igboland, and together we will get there.”
The governor-elect also said he would not encourage any ceremony to mark his swearing-in as governor, adding that no amount would be spent.
He said, “I have made a wish that not even one kobo of Anambra people’s money will be spent on that swearing-in ceremony. It is a wish, and I mean it. What are we spending money on? Just few people coming to the inauguration and witnessing it, then I will open office and get down to work immediately.
“I do not wish any event, dancers or players and all that. I just want to show up for work, like every first work day. Though it is going to be a Friday, which is weekend, but I’m going to work for over eight hours that day.
“No ceremony, no event, no party, nothing. Not even 10 kobo will be spent. So the people who are saying N20 million has been budgeted should go and tell us where they will get that money. It is going to be work, work, work, and that is what we epitomise.”
