Valentine Okafor
The re-election of Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo for a second term in office has paved the way for the solution governor to further transform Anambra State, with the adoption of the 2026-2028 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).
The approval of the MTEF would ensure that the 2026 Annual Budget, which will be presented to the Anambra State House of Assembly to ensure the 2026 Appropriations Bill is assented to by December 31st, 2026, latest.
According to the State’s Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, the decision was reached at the 22nd Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) meeting held on November 12, 2025, at the Light House Awka, where other issues of developmental objectives were also highlighted.
Also, the Council agreed that 30 new schools should be built across communities lacking public primary and secondary schools, to deepen the impact of Governor Soludo’s education programmes, which ensure that every community benefits from the state’s free education policy.
This is part of the ongoing reforms in the educational system, with a free education policy from primary to Senior Secondary School Year 3 (SS3), and the recruitment of an additional 3,115 teachers, thereby increasing the number to 8,115.
The governor has upgraded 22 secondary schools into smart schools, equipped over 60 secondary school laboratories with the required Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) equipment, and has increased the operational budgets for primary and secondary schools to ensure they deliver the quality education promised.
Additionally, it examined the recent governorship election, in which Governor Soludo was re-elected by an extraordinary 73 percent, winning in all 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra state.
The council stated that this proves the hypothesis that electoral success results from providing value and development to the people, and rededicated themselves to duty, with gratitude to the people of the state for their excellent conduct during the election.