By MAX AMUCHIE

There are debts that cannot be quantified.

They are not financial. They do not accrue interest. They send no reminders. Yet they settle quietly on the conscience and refuse to leave.

This is one of them.

Some people also enter your life almost silently, almost accidentally, yet leave impressions so enduring that you only recognise their depth in their absence. Dr. Chris Asoluka was one such person.

Dr. Asoluka, who passed away on 10th May 2025, at age 70, was an economist, a public servant, and a technocrat of rare intellect. He served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Third Republic and as commissioner for finance and economic development in Imo State from 1994 to 1996. Later, he became Chairman and CEO of Nipal Consulting Network, a firm that provides strategy and policy development for national and subnational governments. He bridged public service, private enterprise, and intellectual.

•Dr. Max Amuchie, Publisher of the Abuja-based Sundiata Post, writes the weekly column, “The Sunday Stew”.