Friday, October 12, 2018 10:35 pm

Here is the complete profile of Peter Gregory Obi, named Friday as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the 2019 elections.

The profile was published by Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Director-General Atiku Abubakar’s campaign.

NAME : Mr. Peter Gregory OBI, (CON)

DATE OF BIRTH : 19th July 1961

PLACE OF BIRTH: Onitsha, Nigeria

NATIONALITY: Nigerian

MARITAL STATUS: Married with two children

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

· Christ the King College, Onitsha (W.A.S.C.)

. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Philosophy)

· Lagos Business School, Nigeria (Chief Executive Program)

· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Mid to Mid Marketing)

· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Changing the Game)

· London School of Economics (Financial Mgmt/Business Policy)

· Columbia Business School, New York, U.S.A. (Marketing Mgmt )

· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Senior Executive Program)

· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Break-Through Program for CEOs)

· Kellogg Graduate School of Management, U.S.A. (Advanced Executive Program)

· Kellogg School of Management U.S.A. (Global Advanced Mgmt Program)

. Oxford University: Said Business School, (Advanced Mgmt& Leadership Program)

. Cambridge University: George Business School (Advanced Leadership Program)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

· Governor, Anambra State of Nigeria (2006-2014)

· Honorary Special Adviser to the President on Finance (till May, 2015)

· Member, Presidential Economic Management Team (till May, 2015)

· Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (2008-2014)

· Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum (2006-2014)

. Former Chairman: Board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

· Former Chairman: Fidelity Bank Plc.

· Former Chairman: Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Ltd.

· Former Chairman: Future Views Securities, Ltd.

· Former Chairman: Paymaster Nigeria Plc.

· Former Chairman: Next International (Nigeria) Ltd

· Former Director: Guardian Express Bank Plc.

· Former Director: Chams Nigeria Plc.

· Former Director: Emerging Capital Ltd

· Former Director: Card Centre Plc

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS

· Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)

· Member, Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers

· Member, British Institute of Directors (IOD)

MEMBERSHIP OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES

In my capacity as the Governor of Anambra State, I served as a member of:

*Federal Government Committee on Minimum Wage

*Federal Government Committee on Negotiation with Labour on Subsidy

*Federal Government Committee on Mass Transit

*Federal Government Committee on Natural Resource

*National Economic Council Committee on Power Sector Reform

*National Economic Council Committee on Sharing of MDGs Funds

*National Economic Council Committee on Accurate Data on Nigeria’s Oil Import and Export

*Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council

*Sub-Committee on Needs Analysis of Public Universities in Nigeria

*National Economic Council Review Committee on the Power Sector

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2015: Golden Jubilee Award from Catholic Diocese of Onitsha for outstanding contribution to quality healthcare delivery in St. Charles Borromeo Hospital in particular and Anambra State in general, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the hospital.

*2014: Nigerian Library Association Golden Merit Award for remarkable improvement of libraries in Anambra State, exemplified by our Government’s construction of the Kenneth Dike Digital State Library, remarkable upgrade of the Onitsha Divisional Library, and provision of library facilities in secondary schools across the State.

*2014: Champion Newspaper Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade.

* 2014 The Voice Newspaper (Holand) Achievers Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership and Governance.

*2013: Silver Bird Man of the Year (with Governor BabatundeFashola of Lagos State).

*2012: Business Hallmark Newspaper Man of the Year.

*2012: The Golden Award on Prudence – by the Methodist Church of Nigeria as the Most
Financially Prudent Governor in Nigeria.

* 2012: Leadership and Good Governance Award by The Ezeife Leadership Foundation Award for restoring peace and harmony to Anambra State.

* 2012: Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East Nigeria – by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

* 2012: Outstanding Financial Planner and Manager – by the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion for my resourcefulness and creativity in governance.

*2011: Zik Leadership Prize.

*2010: ICT Governor of the Year – by the West Africa ICT Development Award.

*2009: Champion Newspaper Nigeria’s Most Trustworthy Governor Award.

*2009: Thisday Newspaper Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria.

*2007: The Sun Newspaper Man of the Year Award.

**The Nigerian MDGs Office/UNDP Best Governor in the Implementation of the MDGs in Nigeria

INTRODUCTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER MAJOR CHANGES IN NIGERIAN POLITICS

*He was the first gubernatorial candidate in Nigeria to legally challenge to its logical conclusion, his governorship electoral victory that was denied him. He won in the Courts and reclaimed his mandate.

*He was the first Governor in Nigeria to legally challenge his wrongful impeachment and was reinstated by the Courts.

*He was the first Governor in Nigeria to seek the interpretation of tenures of Governors when INEC allowed elections to take place in Anambra State when his tenure had not expired; the election already concluded was cancelled and he was allowed to complete his tenure.

*He was the first Governor to serve a 2nd term in both the new and old Anambra State, that is, almost 40 years after creation of the State.

*He was the first Governor, whilst still in Office, to be appointed a Special Adviser to the President.

*He was the first serving Governor to be appointed into the Presidential Economic Management Team.

*He was among the first Governors to be honoured with a National Award in 2011, while still in office.

*Though the only Governor whose political party was in government in only one State, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum twice.

*Though the only non-PDP Governor in the South-East (made up of 5 States), he was elected by the other 4 PDP Governors as their Chairman for 8 years rather than the usual one year.

FUNDAMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE (PARTIAL LISTING)

1. Anambra was the first State to commence Sub-Sovereign Wealth savings, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. At a time many other Governors were leaving huge debts, I left the equivalent of $500 million Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including $156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds.

2. For the first time in the history of Anambra State, Ambassadors and High Commissioners of notable countries such as United States, Britain, Russia, European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, Canada, among others, visited the State. Before my tenure, Anambra was practically a pariah state blacklisted by the Diplomatic Corps and international development partners.

3. Development partners such as UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID, the European Union etc., which hitherto were not in Anambra State started working with the State. Anambra was consistently adjudged one of the best states in development partnership and commitment to reforms for good governance.

4. He was recognised as Best Governor by the Millennium Development Goals Office (OSSAP-MDGs) and the UNDP in the implementation of their programmes in Nigeria.

5. The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) rated Anambra as the least indebted state in Nigeria. In spite of visible and measurable achievements recorded in various sectors, the State under him did not borrow or raise bonds for her various projects.

6. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra State as the most financially stable state in the country.

7. The State’s ground-breaking return of schools to their original owners – Voluntary Agencies (Churches) on 1st January 2009, and subsequent partnership with the Agencies in Education, saw the State move from 24th position out of 36 States to Number One in National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations for three consecutive years. This made the World Bank to commission a study, led by the renowned Prof. Paul Collier of Oxford University, on this revolutionary partnership and phenomenal achievement.

8. The State also entered into strategic partnership with the Churches in the Health sector. This symbiotic relationship resulted in a tremendous boost to health care because of the services offered by health institutions owned by Voluntary Agencies, while the State restored grants to the agencies and made available to them more than 50 million Dollars in various types of support.

10. Through partnership with the Church in the Health sector, his Government funded the transformation of -:

a: Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi;
b: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala;
c: St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha;
d: Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha; and
e: St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi-Nnukwu.
His Government also built the Joseph Nwilo Heart Centre in St. Joseph, Adazi-Nnukwu, where heart operations are now being performed.

11. His Government won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (1 Million dollars) as the best-performing state in immunisation in the South-East. With complementary funding from our Government, they used the money to build 10 Maternal and Child Care Centres across the State, particularly in rural communities, in partnership with the Churches.

12. The State was the first to procure and distribute more than 30,000 computers to secondary schools, including 22,500 from HP. The Managing Director for Personal Systems Group HP Inc, Mr. FabriceCampoy described the deployment as the biggest of such projects in the Middle-East and Africa.

13. Anambra State Government provided Microsoft Academies to more than 500 secondary schools, which the Head of Microsoft in Nigeria (Mr. Ken Span) described as the biggest such deployment in Africa so far.

14. The State provided Internet access to more than 500 secondary schools, which the CEO of Galaxy Backbone (Mr. Gerald Ilukwe) characterized as incomparable to any in the country.

15. More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our Government.

16. Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State.

17. Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State.

18 As part of the efforts to turn around the economy of the State, a number of companies were attracted to build their facilities in the Anambra State. A case in point is SABMiller, the 2nd largest brewery in the world, which built their first Green Field facility in the State, which is today one of the most successful facilities they operate globally.

19. A number of other companies followed the SABMiller initiative and were all supported and encouraged under our Government; a good example is INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company, from which our government bought more than 1,000 vehicles.

20. Anambra State for the first time started close collaboration with recognized government security agencies (the Police, Army, Navy, Department of State Security, Civil Defence, among others), offering them various types of support including provision of more than 500 security vehicles. The improvement in security was phenomenal, such that the former IG of Police (Abubakar Mohammed) lauded Anambra State for not witnessing any bank robbery in my last three years in office.

21. To further enhance security, Anambra State provided at least one security vehicle to each of all the 177 communities in the State as well as various organizations such as markets and Churches.

22. His Administration conceived and built, from scratch, the first state-owned Teaching Hospital, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu teaching Hospital, Awka.

23. His Government commenced the planned development of the Igbariam Campus of the ChukwuemekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu University, including the fencing, construction of internal roads, electrification, construction of the Faculty of Law, Auditorium, Administrative Block, Faculty of Agriculture, Management Building, among others).

24. His Government attracted the World Bank support on erosion – National Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) – to Anambra State.

25. His Government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for the effective implementation of our poverty-alleviation strategies.

26 His Government, for the first time, undertook the aerial mapping of Awka as well as the production of Structure Plans for Awka Capital Territory, Onitsha and Nnewi.

27. During his tenure and with his Government’s support, Anambra State became an oil producing State.

28. He built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State.

29. His government commenced the development of the ‘Three Arms Zone’ comprising Government House/Governor’s Lodge, Legislative Building/Speakers Residence, and Judiciary Building with Chief Judge’s Residence.

30. By the end of his tenure in 2014, more than twelve (12) health institutions, including two hospitals, had secured accreditation; when we took off in 2006, no health institution in Anambra State was duly accredited.

31. Anambra State was the first to undergo national peer review, which scrutinised State Governments for good governance, through the State Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM), an initiative of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum in collaboration with the DFID.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/10/12/the-intimidating-credentials-of-peter-obi-atikus-running-mate/

Lalasticlala Mynd44

Buhari get CV self?

Wawu!!

See the way Achievement long pass Nairabet slip..... And the Owner of this post is a renowned zombie..... Is our God not a wonderful God?


Now, this is what we call achievement not the copy and paste truckload of bullshit buhari rolled out to his already exhausted and decapitated zombies worshipers.

God bless the PDP
God bless Atiku
God bless Peter Obi
God bless Saraki
God bless Wike
God bless Okowa

















God bless Chief James Onanefe Ibori.

JasonScoolari:
See the way Achievement long pass Nairabet slip..... And the Owner of this post is a renowned zombie..... Is our God not a wonderful God?


Now, this is what we call achievement not the copy and paste truckload of bullshit buhari rolled out to his already exhausted and decapitated zombies worshipers.

God bless the PDP
God bless Atiku
God bless Peter Obi
God bless Saraki
God bless Wike
God bless Okowa

God bless Chief James Onanefe Ibori.

BROS, the guy port after primaries... he said it himself that an atiku presidency is s heavy threat to APC and ever since I have been seeing him trying hard to curry favour from PDP.

Wow


Loaded,!!!!

No doubt b'cos i am a witness. I ADMIRE and ASPIRE to be more prudent and enterprising....... OKWUTE CARRY GO!!

No doubt b'cos i am a witness. I ADMIRE and ASPIRE to be more prudent and enterprising....... OKWUTE CARRY GO!!

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He encouraged the killng of IPOB and MASSOB Members and dumped their bodies in streams acrosss Anambra.

He was part of the GEJ govt that looted our dollars in hundreds of millions just to campaign for a failed govt.


In PETER OBI, ATHIEFLOOT sees another OPPORTUNITY TO LOOT.

Buhari is a very good manager of cows...#fact

BestDude:


BROS, the guy port after primaries... he said it himself that an atiku presidency is s heavy threat to APC and ever since I have been seeing him trying hard to curry favour from PDP.

You don't mean it...

Hunger don hook am for neck like bow tie. E never see anything yet.

JasonScoolari:
You don't mean it...

Hunger don hook am for neck like bow tie. Each never see anything yet.

Not really hunger. Dude is not even based in Nigeria but I think he is smart enough to see that Buhari is losing this one big time.

otipoju:
Buhari is a very good manager of cows...#fact

Now this is funny

Hmmm, HungerBad, seems you've also been bitten by the bug?

Quite an impressive "resumé" up there but, nowadays, when stuffs like this are put up, I prefer to await the virdict as per their veracity from Premium Times and co before giving the thumbs up.

We know how notorious Nigerian politicians could be when it comes to falsification of their resume.

BestDude:


Not really hunger. Dude is not even based in Nigeria but I think he is smart enough to see that Buhari is losing this one big time.

Lmfao!!!

We do hope that the likes of sarrki(Oba of Zombies) and the other one struggling to sell his suya online will receive this miracle.

otipoju:
Buhari is a very good manager of cows...#fact

I disagree completely. All his female cows (150 in numbers) are barren. This goes to show that Buhari is not fertile and also a lackadaisical manager.

Ahead Ahead 2019. zombies should go crawl back to their graves,A PRESIDENT WITHOUT A WAEC CERTIFICATE RULLING NIGERIA,the giant of africa. and zombies are comfortable with it.

Corrinthians:
Hmmm, HungerBad, seems you've also been bitten by the bug?

Quite an impressive "resumé" up there but, nowadays, when stuffs like this are put up, I prefer to await the virdict as per their veracity from Premium Times and co before giving the thumbs up.

We know how notorious Nigerian politicians could be when it comes to falsification of their resume.

Bitten the bug because he chose to spill the truth? Bitten the bug because he chose to rise above petty and tribal politics? You think Peter Obi is like the million fake Olowole professors filled all over Yoruba land and Nigeria?

One thing you people failed to realise is that contrary to popular opinions that Igbos are very tribalistic, recent events are now show casing who the real tribal people are.

Yorubas are supporting an iddiot Buhari only because they want to become president. Its not out of love for Buhari, the North or Nigeria. You people just want to be in charge so that you can use Nigeria's resources and develop our region massively. But guess what? That will never ever happen! Apologies to reasonable Yoruba people though.

Why I laugh at you guys political permutations is that the hatred of yoruba people for the Igbos is what will divide this country.

Let me tell you why. The Yorubas of course will vote Buhari again not because he is good but only because they hate the idea of an Igbo VP and the idea Igbos dreaming of presidency. Finally, they also want to become president after Buhari. Lols... I laugh in Northern Agenda.

Newsflash bro.... The Northerners can never allow that!

Even if Bullhary wins the 2019 elections, we Igbos are ready as usual to face him squarely. Are Yorubas ready to endure another hunger for the next for years? Me and you knows who controls importation and business in this country. Do you know the banger? The Northern cabals will never allow Buhari to handover to a Southerner. When APC zones back power to South, all of them will port back to PDP, choose an Igbo vp again and still win the South! The North is already in the bag. Do you expect Igbos and South South to support you guys to be president for 8 years, vp for 4 or 8 years and still watch as you become president again? That can never happen! Quote me anywhere.

Kpatakpata, Tinubu will form another regional party as usual and take you guys back to Oduaa land!

We are wiser now!

Corrinthians:
Hmmm, HungerBad, seems you've also been bitten by the bug?

Quite an impressive "resumé" up there but, nowadays, when stuffs like this are put up, I prefer to await the virdict as per their veracity from Premium Times and co before giving the thumbs up.

We know how notorious Nigerian politicians could be when it comes to falsification of their resume.

Lol no bro.

I am not yet an Atiku man. Atiku as a person i have no problem with. It Is the PDP as a party I am scared of. If they get into power again,something tells me Nigeria might not survive the looting.

And that is my dilemma.

hungerbad well done

nice

HungerBAD:


Lol no bro.

I am not yet an Atiku man. Atiku as a person i have no problem with. It Is the PDP as a party I am scare of. If they get into power again,something tells me Nigeria might not survive the looting.

And that is my dilemma.

Apc has been worse of.
that's not the issue tho






Nigerians need to make a statement.
"if you don't perform well you go"

let's start from somewhere

capatainrambo:
Apc has been worse of.
that's not the issue tho






Nigerians need to make a statement.
"if you don't perform well you go"

let's start from somewhere

Fair point.

Impressive résumé I must say ...

Corrinthians:
Hmmm, HungerBad, seems you've also been bitten by the bug?

Quite an impressive "resumé" up there but, nowadays, when stuffs like this are put up, I prefer to await the virdict as per their veracity from Premium Times and co before giving the thumbs up.

We know how notorious Nigerian politicians could be when it comes to falsification of their resume.

Peter Obi is not that kind of person. I am from that side of the country and I must say he is just among the few I admire.

HungerBAD:


Fair point.

You're now making sense..

E remain make you forget ipob.. na day one dey really cause fight.. allow Dem dey dia lane. Dem no disturb you or stop you from being who you are.

You suppose be a salted personality On this forum.

Atiku obi ship has set sail..
New Nigeria loading..

Cc herdsmen.

pained motherfuckers. . Viewing

Having impressive credentials doesn't necessarily translate to one, knowing how to govern and deliver on election promises.

At least, Thomas Sankara didn't have half of what Peter Obi does, yet, he's still a respected name when it comes to African politics.

HungerBAD:


Lol no bro.

I am not yet an Atiku man. Atiku as a person i have no problem with. It Is the PDP as a party I am scared of. If they get into power again,something tells me Nigeria might not survive the looting.

And that is my dilemma.

if they loot we take them out simple


we will keep doing it like that until one of them learn

truly the only problem we had with the gej government was the looting outside that Nigerians were happy

in APC government we have not really seen any difference in the looting issue
yet everything has become hard

we have more mad people in naija
more fraudsters
more beggers
more unemployed young people
more churches
more shrines etc

Okwute ndi Igbo! We are behind you!!

BestDude:

Peter Obi is not that kind of person. I am from that side of the country and I must say he is just among the few I admire.

That you admire him doesn't mean he's a saint.