Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has reiterated that the offensive his administration launched against native doctors is part of a wider plan to curb crimes in the state.
Soludo stated this on Tuesday in Abuja in an interview he granted State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu.
“We passed our Homeland Security Law, which is trying to deal with insecurity from the foundations. All the deadly native doctors are on the run from the state, because these are the guys giving false hope and deceiving our young ones and luring them into criminality.
“We are approaching it very comprehensively, what they call the kinetic and non kinetic approaches. The Kinetic is gone and the usual, but the non kinetic, especially with what we are dealing with, the youths, the empowerment, the job creation, we have a unique programme where we trained and empowered about 5000 of them, and another 8700 will be receiving some billions this month or next month,” the governor said.
He also spoke of his relationship with the President: “I don’t have any apologies about it. President Tinubu is my friend. Has been my friend for 22 years now and counting, so you don’t deny your friend.
“I began to be quivering about who is he. He is my friend. I support him, and I’m impressed by the bold steps he has taken, particularly in the areas of the economy, the structural reforms, and I have said so severally, we’re taking the right steps and we need to stay the course.”
