Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the new governor of Anambra State, has kept his promise of using locally made vehicles and clothes as governor.
Soludo who was officially sworn in as governor of Anambra on Thursday, used a wagon produced by Anambra based Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) as his official car while adorning himself on a locally produced fabric.
Soludo had while addressing his inauguration committee few months ago, promised to leverage his international connections to transform Anambra, and to as a matter of policy, support local industries, beginning from wearing Akwete and using Innoson Vehicles as official car.
“My Akwete dress is not just a dress, its 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 its hand-made, by the women of Akwaete in Abia State,” he had said.
“Igbo land is one and we must protect it. We want to bring back the zeal of patronizing 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 motors.
“The dresses I will wear are those made in our place here. We must protect the things that are made in our place. Something is about to happen in Igboland, and together we will get there.”
