style administration, which drew cabinet membership from across the Southwest geopolitical zone and beyond.
Many observers said the composition of the transition left the impression that Soludo plans to replicate Tinubu’s tactics in Lagos by incorporating persons from outside Anambra State, including notable rights activists. Former National President of Nigeria Bar Association and member of the National Political Consultation Front, Dr. Olisah Agbakoba appearing on the list earned the panel the moniker, the ‘Solution Transition Team.
They included Professor of Political Economy, Prof. Patrick Okedinachi Utomi , Prof. Chidi Odinkalu and Prof. Offornze Amucheazi, SAN , Dr. Alex Otti and Dr. Greg Ibe , Prof. Osita Ogbu, Mr. Ferdinand Agu and Prince Ike Chioke. Ezekwesili, who is the founder and chairperson of the Board of Abuja-based School of Politics, Policy and Governance featured in the 2019 General Elections as a presidential standard-bearer. Also, she is currently founder-CEO of Human Capital Africa which is working in the education sector across Africa.
Currently a Senior Fellow at Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, USA, Dr Ezekwesili is a global renowned Speaker and contributor to numerous studies and publications on Economic Policy, Transparency, Accountability and Governance, Human Capital Development and Africa Economic prospects. “He has served notice that he was prepared to fish for people outside the party, this development no doubt could unsettle the party. But, some of us believe that what Nwamgbafor is trying to do may end up as the much-needed turning point for APGA to grow.”
“This may be a way of building a political platform instead of sustaining APGA as a mere SPV for Anambra governorship that leaders use and dump. The committee is a prelude to bigger things, because if Soludo should enlist omnibus persons into the transition committee who says his cabinet would not consist of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities.
However, in his remarks during the inauguration of the transition committee, Prof. Soludo noted the observations of critics that the “bloated transition team seems to underscore the high expectations from the incoming administration, even as it leaves the impression of possible waste through the attendant high cost of governance.”
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