Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has said that human capital, which is the greatest capital of the Southeast region, should be increasingly explored to project the region to a greater economic growth
Soludo stated this during the 2023 Southeast Human Capital Development Conference held at the International Convention Center, Awka, under the theme, Changing the Narrative Towards Entrenching Human Capital Development in South East Nigeria.
Speaking as the host Governor, Soludo said: “This conference is fundamental to who we are. We will not get anywhere unless we fully utilize human capital.
“How does the Southeast, with its uniqueness and vast resources dispersed throughout the world, ratchet up the homeland and build the ones for tomorrow? What do we need to do differently?
“There’s a lot more work to be done for the South East in addition to the ones that have already been done,” Soludo said.
“The concept of communities is very strong in the Southeast; many primary and secondary schools were built by communities rather than the government. Communities have paved numerous roads.
“Most of the recommendations from this conference are government centric, in essence what Government must do, but more than 99 per cent of the region’s resources happen to be in private hands. You must carefully consider and leverage your delivery mechanism.
“Our delivery mechanism in Anambra is a Public, Private Community Partnership. What can the community do to help? What is the government’s role? What can the Local Government do?
“We must mainstream studies, comparative studies and locations, best practices; who do we want to imbibe? Who are our counterparts or benchmarks? We are living in the digital age and the fourth industrial revolution. How can we get from where we are now to where we need to be? How do we make use of technology?
“What will the structure be for networking, collaboration, and cooperation? Can we form a regional team to review curriculum? This is something we’re attempting in Anambra,” Soludo said.
