Chiamaka Nnake Appointed As SSG in Anambra

Summary: Ms. Chiamaka Nnake, the former commissioner for Budget and Planning Committee, Anambra state, has been appointed as the first female Secretary to the state government. 

Chiamaka Nnake, the former commissioner for  Budget and Planning Committee, Anambra state, has been appointed as the first female Secretary to the state government. This announcement was approved by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, issued in a statement on Monday, March 23, 2026, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime.

Chiamaka is a finance and public sector professional with more than 13 years of experience in finance, strategy development and economic planning. She has also chaired Solution Fun City Limited. During her tenure as commissioner, she oversaw the mobilisation, planning and allocation of state resources to support socio-economic development and currently serves as the state’s Reform Champion for Ease of Doing Business and focal point for Social Investment Programmes.

Before working with the state government, Chiamaka was a Senior Strategy Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Nigeria, where she handled more than 30 client engagements across different sectors and markets. During her tenure there, she contributed to the development of the Anambra Vision 2070 plan, a long-term development blueprint designed to guide the state’s transformation over the next five decades.