Professor Chukwuma C. Soludo was born on 28th July, 1960, and hails from Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. After his secondary school education, he proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he graduated with a first class degree in Economics. He also undertook his post-graduate and doctorate degrees in Economics from the same University winning on both occasions, the prize for the best graduating student.

Soludo had cumulative four years of post-doctoral training in some of the world's most prestigious institutions, including: The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; University of Cambridge, UK, as Smuts Research Fellow and Fellow of the Wolfson College; the UN Economic Commission for Africa as a Post-Doctoral Fellow; University of Warwick as a Visiting scholar and Visiting Research Scholar at Center for African Economies, University of Oxford (with funding by the Rhodes committee). He also attended over a dozen specialized courses and has had extensive research, teaching and consultancy works in different areas of economics.

He has worked at the World Bank both as a short and long-term consultant since 1993 and also at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa. He was a consultant to UNCTAD; European Union (EU); Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); United Nations (UN) New York; United States Agency for International Development (USAID); African Development Bank (ADB); Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); African Union (AU); International Development Research Council (IDRC) Canada; Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA); Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); among others.

Professor Soludo has served as Senior Technical Advisor/Consultant as well as a Visiting Scholar at the IMF since 1994, and also taught IMF's Financial Programming and Policy course to senior staff of Central Banks in West Africa and other developing regions. He has served as: Member, Technical Committees that drafted economic and trade policies for the Federal Government of Nigeria; and Executive Director of the African Institute for Applied Economics (AlAE).

Professor Soludo joined the Federal Government of Nigeria in July 2003 as the Economic Adviser to President Obasanjo and the Chief Executive of the National Planning Commission (NPC). Among other accomplishments during the 10 months in office, he was the Chairman/Coordinator of the team that drafted Nigeria's economic and social reform program (2003-2007), the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), and also pioneered the collaborative planning framework in the Nigerian federation by initiating and assisting state governments in designing their State Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (SEEDS).
As Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria since May, 2004, Prof. Soludo has refocused the Central Bank as an effective monetary authority and successfully implemented a fundamental restructuring which has led to unprecedented consolidation of the Nigerian banking system.

On account of this, the Nigerian banking system has been rated the fastest growing in Africa and one of the fastest growing in the world. He has also championed the establishment of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a continental, private -sector driven, investment bank. He is promoting the Financial System Strategy 2020 (FSS 2020), the blue-print to grow Nigeria's financial system to become Africa's financial hub and to drive the Nigerian economy into the global league of top 20 economies by 2020. For his achievements, Professor Soludo is the recipient of scores of awards and recognitions from civil society organizations; NGOs; private sector organizations; religious groups; the Press; professional associations; student unions; universities; among others. The Financial Times of London has described him as Ita Great Reformer'. He is the winner of the 'Global and African Central Bank Governor of the Year, in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by different international media institutions including The Banker Magazine published by the Financial Times of London.

He is currently a Member of the International Advisory Group for the UK-DFID; a member of the Chief Economist Advisory Council of the World Bank and the International Advisory Group of the UK Department for International Development (DFID). He is also a member of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), a global network of more than 200 leading economists, political scientists, and practitioners to help developing countries explore policy alternatives, and enable wider civic participation in economic policymaking. He holds Nigeria's third highest national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN); Fellow of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) and has been awarded D.SC (Honoris Causa) by the University of Calabar and also by the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
https://www.cbn.gov.ng/AboutCBN/TheBoard.asp?Biodata=soludo&Name=Prof.+Chukwuma+C.+Soludo%2C+CFR

Lalasticlala

Now, he is Governor AGAIN. From CBN to Anambra. He'll know that State Governor is different from Central Bank Governor.

It's very good to have someone like Soludo as Anambra state govenror, A professor and former CBN governor

Very certain that Soludo would tap into Anambra's potentials in everything

Prof Soludo was awarded best African and Global Central Bank Governor of the Year 2005, 2006 and 2007 by 'The Banker' magazine.

Alright

He's Excellency! May you succeed but please don't be hard on people....he seem to be a bit difficult person

helinues:

It's very good to have someone like Soludo as Anambra state govenror, A professor and former CBN governor

Very certain that Soludo would tap into Anambra's potentials in everything

So you are no longer supporting Andy uba

Congrats "Charlie nwa-mgbafor" as he's well known in Anambra

As governor of Anambra one of his biggest challenges will be security. He will have to either crush ipob and its affiliates or keep trying to appease them in vain.

mu2sa2:
As governor of Anambra one of his biggest challenges will be security. He will have to either crush ipob and its affiliates or keep trying to appease them in vain.

Anambra have no security problem not until election

mu2sa2:
As governor of Anambra one of his biggest challenges will be security. He will have to either crush ipob and its affiliates or keep trying to appease them in vain.

Crush IPOB, like what have they done for such!?!

Anambra my state

Soludo is a propagandist and an incompetent bank chief. His poor handling of the country's monetary policies sets us a decade backward.
I dare anyone to list his achievements as Cbn Governor.


- erase the dot

EraseTheDot:
Soludo is a propagandist and an incompetent bank chief. His poor handling of the country's monetary policies sets us a decade backward.
I dare anyone to list his achievements as Cbn Governor.


- erase the dot

Honestly,

I feel your pain.

Pelé

We are waiting to see rhetorics turn to deliverables

EraseTheDot:
Soludo is a propagandist and an incompetent bank chief. His poor handling of the country's monetary policies sets us a decade backward.
I dare anyone to list his achievements as Cbn Governor.


- erase the dot

I feel your pain

Watchout Anambra under Prof Soludo when your state is under the care of incompetent governor, Anambra people are very smart �

Since my days in University, I have been admiring his quality leadership, I always tune to Federal radio corporation 7 am news then to hear his voice, I have been praying and dreaming for Prof Soludo to take over mantle of leadership in Anambra, when he contested and didn't succeed I felt so bad, now my dream has come to reality, I'm very optimistic he will do well, because he know his mandate is God's mandate and was driven by those that admire and cherish him, more than 47 self funding groups first in history of Anambra, many of our wealthy guys openly endorsed and supported him, they trust in him, I know with his wealth of experience and contacts Soludo will bring them together, Gov Obiano tried preaching Aku lu uno, many responded Prof Soludo will take it to higher level, I know he will not fail his pedigree is at stake , I have followed his antecedents when he was CBN Governor, all his transformations, I once wrote to him then and he replied me, congratulations to Us, forward ever back never, this is governor Obiano greatest legacy.



Lalasticlala

EraseTheDot:
Soludo is a propagandist and an incompetent bank chief. His poor handling of the country's monetary policies sets us a decade backward.
I dare anyone to list his achievements as Cbn Governor.


- erase the dot

You are a clown.

His capitalization policy is the reason why banks are stronger now and are not crashing anyhow like they used to.

He forced smaller banks to merge and create capital.

He was the most effective CBN governor since 1999 till date.