Obinoscopy:

Obi is closing in on Soludo on the polls but Ngige's lead is wide at the moment

sjeezy8:

Fashola of course!!!!!

lmfao

Why are so baiased against the man. He has voluntered to serve his State/Country and you'd rather have him turn his back and join the already succesful elite? What happened to patriotism

I thought the whole Idea of moving a country foward is for the good to fight the bad. Why should we praise those who bailed out of the race and condemn those who decided to stay and fight

SINCE His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi assumed the governorship of Anambra State, the thought of being the first to do anything in the state has been his obsession. If he is not the first to buy five ambulances, he is the first to visit all 177 communities in the state or better, ‘develop’ all sectors simultaneously.

On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, the Governor through his Commissioner for Local Governments, Mr. Dubem Obaze, organised an elaborate party in Awka where the Governor gave out cheques to different town union presidents and in some cases, traditional rulers in the absence of the presidents, for the reconstruction of school buildings. It is indeed a first.

As unprecedented as this feat of sharing of Anambra money to non- accountable organisations for the ‘benefit’ of the ‘educational’ sector was, I ask Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the former Finance Minister and World Bank chief who told the whole world that Peter Obi ranks number one in fiscal control, whether she envisaged such display of naivety when she gave her unsolicited opinion? Can this be the display that earned Obi her thumbs-up? Can she come back to confirm her rating of Obi or will she retract her rating?

I stood in the hall and watched the traditional rulers whose modus operandi is to support any government in power and the town union presidents hail the Governor as he doled out Anambra State money to a body that is neither a legal entity nor was there any form of control in place to prevent the recipients from squandering the money received. These are the same people he has been releasing Anambra money to for palliative measures of our rural roads every December with nothing to show for it.

What makes him think that having squandered those palliative monies meant for our roads, this one will be an exception?

It, however, confirms to me why the Governor keeps interfering with who becomes president-general of our town unions as he intends to use them as his campaign coordinators. This being the case, it will really not matter whether they squander the money or not. The more I looked at what was going on in the hall, the more questions arose in my spirit.

The first question was: If the recipients squandered this money, who will be held accountable or are we practising democracy without accountability? On the cheques were written the names of the towns or communities as the case may be. For example, the cheque for Awka town bore ‘Awka Town’ on it. Who on earth is Awka town? Where does it maintain a bank account or if it is a cash cheque, who will cash it? Is this not an invitation to chaos? I ask further. Under what legal or social framework are they to ensure performance.

The second question was how do these town unions award or execute the contracts? Are they going to invite tender or what? Is it part of their duty as town unions? I began to query where Dr. Oby Ezekwesili’s due process had gone to, knowing that Dr. Ezekwesili is a close confidant of Mr. Obi. I started wondering why “Madam Due Process” has not been able to get her friend to see the need for due process to be given a pride of place in the state, her own state by birth and by marriage.

Governor Obi replying his critics in one of his interviews on due process, ignorantly and sarcastically noted that due process was about ‘saving money’ for the state and he knows that he has been saving money for the state by his micro-management of the state affairs.

That is what he understands by due process. The next agitating question on my mind was whose money Obi was distributing. Was it his internally-generated revenue or money released to the State by SPEB, a Federal Government agency? I realised it was money in custody of ASUBEB and received from the Federal Government. I began to imagine how Gov. Obi will account to the Federal Government who I know still believes in due process. I wondered where this ignoble decision was taken, knowing that SPEB has its dos and don’ts.

Looking at the Chairman of ASUBEB who looked completely lost in the hall, I was sure he had a few issues flying around his head. As the chief custodian of the money being shared, I could see him sweating and fidgeting. Such is the lot of the men and women who work with the first scoring Governor.

For the headmasters whose classrooms were to be renovated, I wondered who they should approach to assist in making sure that the monies are applied well. Having approached the Chairman of ASUBEB for comment and he declined, I decided to tell the world through this medium that another vista has been opened in Anambra State and things will only get worse as the election approaches.

Why did every community receive N2 million? A town like mine, Awka, received N2 million while another town like Akwa-Ihedi received the same amount. By my calculations, Awka town has more schools than all the towns in Nnewi South Local Government where Akwa-Ihedi is located, put together. I wondered where this decision was coming from.

I finally had to leave the venue when one of the commissioners whispered to his friend that the Governor is beating other politicians to their game.

I realised it was all politics with Anambra money. It was money earmarked for campaign and not anything serious. It was N354 million of Anambra State’s money which the Governor reckoned will oil his campaign machinery. I left the hall before the end of the ‘game’ but before I did, I prayed a short prayer which I know God heard. I prayed that God would have mercy on my state.

By Joe Ofodile
Mr. Ofodile, a commentator on national issues, writes from Awka, Anambra State.
As culled from VANGUARD.

chidichris:

@ujujoan,
i want to believe no one sees beyound his or her horizons.
i would love to lecture you a bit that is if you are out to learn.
elite, who are the successful elites you mentioned?
patrotism, do you know of any patrotic leader under under pdp?
forward, how has pdp moved your nigeria forward since 1999?
soludo for your information belong to this group and party without plans. those who rule nigeria without programes.
are u depending on soludo's promise of turning your state to dubai? then u need a second thought.
anambra has been a one of those states where pdp had faced difficulties in the past hence they have been doing anything within their reach to get it over.
the big question is, from nigeria down to states under pdp, which of them did u see turn into du talkless of dubai? why do u see soludo coming from the sun to change the trade mark of pdp which is a step forward five steps backward.
if soludo is man enough or believes in himself, he shld get himselve involved in party politics and not obj anointment and appointment.
his means to the seat is the same as those pdp criminals hence he is a criminal in advance.

slimghost:

Good governance is not all about roads, so if u ask me, Ngige achieved almost nothing in his 3 yrs as Governor. he knew the depth of intelligence of Anambrarians and he used that to his credit. I hate cheap popularity and thats what Ngige was able to achieve in 3 yrs. For God's sake road constrution only wont make Anambra a better state. It has been proven that Obi has done more roads than Ngige, yet some ill informed folks are here blabbing roads roads roads. No nobody would get it right in just 4 yrs, its not possible, and givin what Obi has achieved so far, i'd say he has done wonderfully well. i say OBI 4 another term,

alexchiny:

@Ujujoan

So Ngige construted roads for three yrs, and because of that he is the best? nne you must be sick!!!!!!!!!!! . Listen, that is what is called cheap popularity, u heard? Ngige even construted the roads because of the power tussle between him and his godfather inother to gain people's sympathy. I can categoritically tell you now, that Ngige never meant well for Anambra. Its either Soludo or Obi, period. We dont need people without blueprint.

NB. go check all the roads contruted by Ngige in Onitsha, all death traps. So stop spitting dust pls.

@Ujujoan

Honestly, you sound pathetic my dear, so listening to the people is to construct roads for 3 yrs. Well, i wont say any other thing here until you tell me what Ngige acheievd in 3 yrs, bearing in mind there is no much difference between 3 and 4 years. Honestly people, Obi is like the biblical christ who was killed by the world, only for the same world years later, to come to understand that he really came to save them.

Building a state is not a "the more you look, the less you see" kind of a thing. It takes proper planning and execution to achieve that( not building of roads to get peoples sympathy, while other areas continue to decay). I was opportuned to see the new master plan of Onitsha and i tell you people, if it can be executed Onitsha will turn into a modern city. And he has already started the execution because i can see the two modern parks being constructed at Onitsha.

Ujujoan:




Truth be told, he has failed the people. Even NL pool prefers Ngige the ritualist/criminal to him!!


I laugh in Syria. which pool? stop decieving urself sis, how many of them will vote on that day? how many of them are from Anambra sef? Tell your Ngige to stop attacking Mr Obi if he is sure of the people backing. He is so scared of Obi.

ofala:

@Alexchiny

You got it ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Does one going from one traditional marriage and weddings to another to receive cheering from define his readiness to DO SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE for Anambra State. We all have too short a memory[Someone who can SELL his conscience for power] isn't my choice any day. Can you imagine Mr. Peter Obi going to a shrine for anything what-so-ever? Absolutely impossible. We need people with some bit of conscience. Then Prof. Soludo has some court issues to scale through in PDP.

Read this:
http://anambra2010election..com/2009/10/more-on-pdp-anambra-state-primaries.html

Lets be fair to ourselves. Mr Peter Obi shoud be given a second term so that the man may be able to really apply his thinking for the benefit of ALL.

zukkyjay:

NGIGE ALL THE WAY.I'm an Anambrarian and i was there when it all started.For the person that said Ngige didd't have a choice and that he built roads for the people's sympathy,you lie because he had so many choices.He had the choice of sharing the money with obj and his Godfathers and believe me nothing would ve hapened 2 him b/c he would have OBJ's annointing but he chose not to.He chose 2 listen to the plights of Anambrarians.He did what no other governor b/4 him had done.As for grass root governance,almost all the communities in Anambra had at least one thing to gain from his administration.As 4 OBI,i have never been dissapointed in anyone like the way i'am in him.4 the last 4yrs Anambra have been in a Limbo.so many bloodshed,kidnaping,lack of infrastructure,teacher's strike to mention a few.He dissapointed the people that put him there and a mistake Anambrarians will not make again even when blindfolded.u only need 2 step into the state to confirm this.I like SOLUDO as a man but PETER OBI has taught us that being succesful in a coperate body doesn't necessarily mean u'lll be succesful as a governor so i advice soludo 2 go back 2 what he knows best.

KnowAll:


This is a straw poll it is use to harness and test the popularity of each of the candidates, in most developed society the actual results rearly differs from the straw poll result.

For e.g the Labour goverment in the UK already know it will take a miracle for them to win the a general election which is a year from now, this is as a result of the straw poll conducted, and on each every occasion the results were always the same the labour party seems to be 15% behind the conservatives.

However having said that it looks going by the comments made, it appears Soludo has the most positive comments yet it does not reflect on the poll results it could either be that some Ngige supporters are voting without making any comment or some people like u rightly said have multiple ID's. It will be sad that an innocent and harmless exercise such as this is subject to fraud and rigging I choose not to beleive that line of thinking, but if it were true then Nigeria as a nation will soon be an endangered entity.

OYB_MEND:

what poll?

A poll that even becomerich can vote 5 times if he likes with his numerous IDs. Keep fooling yourself.

If you want me to ensure Obi closes on ngige in the next 2 hours I can do that by simply creating 20 emails right now.

Ngige might win, Obi also can.

BUT THIS POLL IS NEVER A REFLECTION O|F THE WILL OF ANAMBRA PEOPLE.