First of all, i thought it pertinent to state here that i am from Anambra State cos i know some Peter Obi Sycophants will be lurking somewhere to attack me verbally. This piece was not done by me but by Emeka Chiakwelu, a reporter from Sahara Reporters. Please your contributions esp if you are from Anambra or lived/know Anambra State "very well" is needed.

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Contrary to the successful and well oiled propagated image of Governor Obi‘s government on the pages of daily newspapers, all is not well for it may be tilting to a brink of collapse. The most important component in the democratic dispensation - the people have registered their dissatisfaction with their votes they cast in the last election.

The anatomy of the dislocation with the electorates is the floundering on provision of essential social infrastructures and mundane needs of the people. But many of ardent supporters of Governor Obi and his administration have buried their heads in sand and refused to listen to voice of reason that will rejuvenate and stir away the administration from total collapse to a more assertive, meaningful  and productive governance.

No one is saying that the government of Anambra state is not doing anything; alluding to that may not be a fair assessment. Of course it is doing something but comprehensively and in totality Governor Obi‘s administration impact has not make a major difference in the lives of the people of Anambra state.

For a government to be deemed successful it must be effective and functional by attending to the mundane needs of the populace and Obi’s ineffective tactical operation is the stumbling block.

First and foremost, from a strategic outlook, one must be logical and analytical to solving problems. First of all, identify the problems and then prioritize them according to pressing needs. But Obi’s administration appears to be incoherent and illogical. The government does not have to poll the people to ascertain their needs because it is self-evident that they are lacking basic existential necessities.

With all the developments and achievements that are being propagated by the administration, when one drive through cities of Anambra state including Onitsha, Awka and Nnewi  there are no major changes both environmentally and aesthetically to show any significant presence of enduring development and economic growth.

Most of the new paved roads are being sweep away by flood and erosion. The streets are litter with solid waste and debris. While the ditches and gutters were clogged with overflowing refuse and ‘pure water’ sachets. There are no changes on the streets and roads of the townships of Onitsha and Awka to show that something new is happening. Rather the streets look unkempt, dirty and unappealing - there are little or road signs and traffic lights to be found in traffic urban areas.

Anambra state does not have a comprehensive and functional drinking water scheme. The people have resorted to boreholes for water supply and in some cases the government is encouraging the ubiquitous presence of water boreholes by financing them.  Some of the water supply from boreholes are saturated and layered with heavy metals and radioactive elements that have carcinogenetic properties. The business of hawking untreated ‘pure water’ sachets have become the source of drinking water while the empty sachets are littered every where.

Where are the developments?  Probably the buying of vehicles and building government offices are being count as developments, instead of seeing them as necessities. At the dawn of 21st to build office quarters may not be as important as tackling crimes, thereby give the masses a sense of security.

The wealthy sons and daughters of Anambra state who can contribute to developments of the state are not coming back home due to fear of being kidnap.  What is the present government of state doing about it? Giving excuses are not good enough. Blaming and pointing to the federal government is not good enough. After all, the major problem constituting to the crime of kidnapping is due to rampant unemployment among the energetic youths. What is the governor and administration doing to ameliorate joblessness among the youths?

The administration beloved blueprint - Anambra Integrated Development Strategy (ANIDS) may be reclining to a total mishap because it was not well thought of and the mechanism for implementation not sufficiently formulated by the framers.  The rudimentary economics thought us that resources are limited in supply. So with that in mind, the manager of scarce resources must primarily depend on priority, choice and preference to leverage optimum output. Instead of the governor and his advisers scattering limited resources around many projects, with little outcomes they might as well concentrate on few projects that will make major differences in the lives of the poor people of the state.

This is not to say or suggest that other peripheral projects will be neglected but the essence of priority is to ‘attack’ those pressing needs at the expense of less pressing needs. This managerial capability requires a leader who is efficient in application of specialized skills which are found wanting in ANIDS scheme. Moreless, distribution of limited resources on all the intended operations diminishes the presence of requisite projects that will standout as testaments of accomplished works. This is the reason when one steps into the commercial city of Onitsha there is nothing that stand out and to show the presence of ANDIS. The streets look dull, disorganized and ugly without vibrancy when compared to well-organized Chime’s Enugu and Fashola’s Lagos.

Anambra state needs free education at primary and secondary levels to avert the encompassing ignorance stealing away the future of our youths but Governor Obi has no education policy. Taking a page from the new governor of Imo state the pragmatic Rochas Okorocha might do Governor Obi good; for Okorocha cut down his security vote fund from N6.5million to N2.5 million. Then with it he lunched his free education scheme for primary and secondary schools. Why is it that it is not happening in Anambra state?

Governor Obi is busy telling us how Anambra state is without enough funds but he has not given account on how he managed the funds allocated to the local governments. As a transparent and accountability prone governance as he claimed, Anambra state citizens deserved to know how much revenue is generated from the state and how it is being utilized for the various projects.

Governor Peter obi always emphasis on how he balanced his budget and do not have deficits when compared to other states. But the truth is that the management of private enterprise is quite different from public/government business. In private venture the prime mission is to make profit while in government, it is to embark on projects that will contribute to elevation of public good and wellbeing.

Take for instance; the Onitsha-Awka Highway has become a road safety hazard and begs for reconstruction and maintenance due to numerous potholes. Although it is a federal road but Anambra government can repair the road and ask the federal government for reimbursement. This can dramatically cut down on the unnecessary road accidents along the highway.

Therefore instead of Governor Obi to deposit state money in the bank until inflation diminish its value, he might as well utilize the money even borrow more to build and provide social amenities and infrastructure that will enable the people to live a better life and create wealth.
Money in the bank is not wealth. The creation of wealth becomes eminent and possible when investments that enrich community are made in the people including the provision of free education and protection of life and property.  These are the investments that made the environment conducive for the creation of  wealth and these are not accomplish when inflated money is left dormant in the treasury in the name of  balancing the budget.

Let’s be careful here nobody is calling for wasting of resources and not balancing the budget when it becomes necessary and imperative. But when the people lacks the necessary and basic amenities for survival and the governor goes around talking up its skill of not having deficit contradicts the fundamental principle of development in 21st century. Anambra state is crumbling as an entity.

The state is poorly managed; the one time contract awarded to a ‘foreign’ contractor to re-dredge Otumoye/Nwangene Creek has been abandon. Crime and kidnapping are making the state inhabitable while debris, erosion and flooding are claiming a chunk landmass of the state.

There are lots of things needed to be done; instead of the administration devoting quantifiable resources (time and money) on public relation and self adulation it might as well do the job of the people.[/b]

Emeka Chiakwelu is the Principal Policy Strategist at Afripol Organization.

Peter Obi increased the tuition fee of anambra state university from 44000 to 130000. Health workers are on strike, no local government election, he is threatening to sack workers. He is a disgrace to Ndigbo

As you are a disgrace to your father's house

^^^ zombie, why did he  increased ANSU's tuition fee?

warrior01:

As you are a disgrace to your father's house

Address his points and stop the insults

Peter Obi is just an egg head with feminine voice!

warrior01:

As you are a disgrace to your father's house

A Peter Obi Sycophant or APGA stalwart talking.

Ogbonaikenna:

Peter Obi increased the tuition fee of anambra state university from 44000 to 130000. Health workers are on strike, no local government election, he is threatening to sack workers. He is a disgrace to Ndigbo

I tend to agree more with more with you. Peter Obi right from his inception as governor remains a complete failure because he failed to touch the hearts of the average Anambrains. Instead of carrying out projects that will improve the livelihood of the masses like providing good roads, portable drinking water and most importantly, security in Anambra state especially Onitsha, he is delving into irrelevant things.

How does building the Stock Exchange Office in Onitsha and advocation of Central Bank in Awka improve the lives of the people of Anambra State? It is on record that he deliberately refused to renovate the road networks in Nnewi amongst many others which are in a dispeakable condition simply because according to him,"The people of Nnewi gave huge support to Ngige" during the last gubernatorial elections"! This is coming out from the mouth of our "learned" governor!

What about Onitsha? You dare not walk in most parts of Onitsha after 8:00PM without the fear of being robbed, dispossessed or even killed by robbers or ritualists. Recently, about 25 bodies or thereabout including that of a corps member was found decomposing in a big drainage at Upper Iweka. This discovery was made after some unknown persons attempted to r@pe a young lady at the scene whose screams for help attracted a team of Vigilante group newly deployed in the area. The hoodlums escaped.

Don't hold unto the things you read on papers or hear on the radio and see on television. Adverts are sponsored. A visit to Anambra state  will spell out the obvious fact that Governor Obi as far as i am concerned is no better than Mbadinuju.

hmm. I guess if Anambrarians had to do it over again, they'd have gone for Soludo or Ngige

@OP
How do you want us to comment logically when your excerpt/post is so disjointed and incoherent.
@ekt_bear
No,if there is to be a do-over election in Anambra today,Obi will still win.
An administration's performance is not judged by the incoherent rantings of characters who were shoved out in the scheme of governance,but by the parameters of what it purposed to achieve at inception,the resources available to it,how such resources were applied and what it has a achieved at the end of the day,taking into account the challenges it has to surmount.On that score,Obi has done very well.

pokur:

@OP
How do you want us to comment logically when your excerpt/post is so disjointed and incoherent.
@ekt_bear
No,if there is to be a do-over election in Anambra today,Obi will still win.
An administration's performance is not judged by the incoherent rantings of characters who were shoved out in the scheme of governance,but by the parameters of what it purposed to achieve at inception,the resources available to it,how such resources were applied and what it has a achieved at the end of the day,taking into account the challenges it has to surmount.On that score,Obi has done very well.

Well it's not compulsory to comment on the topic but you went further to shoot yourself on the foot by typing rubbish. Speak for yourself and not others. In what area did Obi do well? I schooled at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka and was there when Ngige was Governor and when Peter Obi came in.
In the brief period in which Ngige piloted the affairs of the state, there was considerable changes and he took giant strides in providing basic amenities for the people of Anambra. 90percent of the road network in the state was not pliable but all that changed when Ngige became governor. Some of the road projects Ngige was handling which was unfinished due to the crisis that rocked his political career and was completed by Peter Obi which he (Obi) later claimed that he was the one who started.
I think he did some work in the area of infrastructural improvement which is the only point i know you would tackle me with if given the opportunity but he failed woefully in the area of employment. No single civil servant was employed in his four years. Empowerment of the people was zero. He created more poverty than he met. And of course the last two items are the most important dividends of democracy.

when we talk some would call us boko haram even other would say Yoruba Yoruba mumu i am.well it has come to this na

To those praising peter obi that he has transformed anambra, where are they now?

APGA APGA APGA that is all we hear, eastern region etc i have said it all this ethnic parties are the not way forward

take a look at tinubu and ACN lets see where they would be after 4 yrs

i am waiting

Peter obi is a disgrace,he is not good for anything,all those court cases he won,didn't come cheap,somehow he has to recover those money to our detriment,i knew he  is not worth it,i voted for ngige,not because he is an idemili man,but because is a better man for the job,anambrarians were deceived by obi's girly voice,even my parents and younger ones against my advice voted for him,with this kind of performance i wonder who would vote for APGA,again in anambra.

The guy is a complete failure and is easily one of the worst govenors in nigeria. How many people have died on the deathtrap of an express road, children don't even have common restrooms in schools, govt workers don't receive pay and he wants to insult the intelligence of the people with empty talks of uncompleted projects. He should take notes from his counterpart in Enugu and all he has done. He has made visible strides for the people but for Obi his pocketbook comes first. When private offers were made to assist in developing infrastucture he refused because it would make him look bad. He has the biggest market in west africa in onitsha and not even 1% of its potential has been reached. The tax revenue from onitsha alone could fund projects in the state. You have a cash cow in a dormant port which could benefit not only anambra but the whole south and east region and decongest the traffic in lagos. These are just the obvious failures. He should be punished for his enormous disappointing tenure.

ha, peter obi. one just has to take a look at onitshsa, the gateway to the southeast from the southwest to know how monumentally Mr Obi has failed. I passed through Onitsha not too long ago and was appaled by the level of disorder and apparent absence of government presence there. It was so appalling i had to take pictures, to document the anomaly. The only acceptable area was the G.R.A, every where else seemed joined together paper gum; a city falling apart. Is it just that? How about dabbling in the affairs of other parties in other states? Being one of the first to run to Abia when Theodore Orji left the ppa to cobgratulate him. Being one of the first to run to Abuja to congratulate GEJ too, something governors of opposition parties all shunned. Serious governors like Fashola and Chime spend less time talking and more aorking. Peter Obi just hogs the press, puts up these huge billboards of minor achievements all over onitsha. Infact, commenting on the man's achievements is an excercise in futlility.here else seemed joined together paper gum; a city falling apart. Is it just that? How about dabbling in the affairs of other parties in other states? Being one of the first to run to Abia when Theodore Orji left the ppa to cobgratulate him. Being one of the first to run to Abuja to congratulate GEJ too, something governors of opposition parties all shunned. Serious governors like Fashola and Chime spend less time talking and more aorking. Peter Obi just hogs the press, puts up these huge billboards of minor achievements all over onitsha. Infact, commenting on the man's achievements is an excercise in futlility.

He failed like ikemba did at the war front

I keep getting contradictory information regarding the performance of Peter Obi. I don't know which one to believe. All I can say is if Onitsha is yardstick for rating he's government then he has failed woefully because Onitsha has remained an eye sore that has refused to heal. Though I don't know much about other parts of Anambra. Thanks God he'll be leaving in 2 years timr(I think). So that we can try someone else. That's if Nigeria still exists by then.

There is no government inn Anambra state!!!!

seanet02:

He failed like ikemba did at the war front

You are just an ordinary myopia. Do you know that if Ikemba sneeze yorohahs will be no more. You call yourself Oduduwa republic do you know how get to that your silly 'promised land'?? So keep mentioning his name anyhow and see what Biafrans can do you silly yorobah animals.

Back to topic: Peter Obi, to cut it simple is laying down the frameworks upon which the next gov will work on. However he remains among the best gov performing gov in Nigeria with his developmental stride thru ANIDS.



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Are you talking of the same ojukwu that ran away from OBJ?

I do not support Peter Obi, but it is my opinion that Nigerians should stop requesting for cheap sub standard education. If he is asking for 130000 naira, my response to him will be
1)Will we get a better level of education compared to what is obtainable in other parts of the country?
2) What are the options for indigent students? loans? or study and work options?

It was on this nairaland that someone had the guts to compare Obi with Ngige.I'm very happy with the writer for placing that stingy mofo where he belongs.

i am currently servin in anambra state as a corper, d truth is, d impact of a governor is nt felt in any area of life here, d roads are bads, no water for masses, transportation here is nt organised at all,security is zero, infact i cant wait to go back home. Jeez!

Adaobi is a colossal failure. To say dt he is d biggest mistake dt Anambrarians made will b an understatement. Everything is at halt. Health workers r on strike. Teachers are planning 2 follow suit due 2 excessive deductions from their salary. Dora Akunyili lost d election cos d masses saw it as a punishment 4 obi. He hijacked a major road @ onitsha 4 d past 3yrs 2 build an unexplainable project. Dis has caused a major suffering 4 d motorists due 2 d huge traffic jam dt is always met there. He gave bogus computers 2 schools. Closed down a school and a market 4 24hrs cos dey jeered @ him. Infact d list goes on,

Has it changed?

Bliss4Lyfe: OP did Ngigi and APC send u? Go back and tell dem dat the people of Anambra would vote Obi a third time if they could. simples.

it would do you a lot good if you learn to speak for yourself alone. Peter Obi as it stands now cannot even win a councilorship position in his village today.

Mr. Globe:

it would do you a lot good if you learn to speak for yourself alone. Peter Obi as it stands now cannot even win a councilorship position in his village today.

Really, how did he get a second term and don't say APGA?

Mr. Globe:

it would do you a lot good if you learn to speak for yourself alone. Peter Obi as it stands now cannot even win a councilorship position in his village today.

Nwanne biko mechie onu. IF that man is allowed to go for a third term, he would still disgrace anybody, Ngige inclusive at the polls. That man has intimidating grassroot support. Am very very conversant with Anambra State politics, so I can comfortably tell you that. We might not agree with his vision of trying to developing to develop both rural and urban areas at the same time, but only an efulefu will deny the fact that this is the first Government in Anambra felt heavily by rural dwellers and those people count massively during elections. Yall should make your researches before coming here to spill bollocks.

If i remember my economics well, their are three key infrastructural requirement for a state to function, namely Transportation and Telecommunications, Banking and Fianance, Water Supply, Gas and Electricity(basic amenities).
Which of these is Anambra lacking? Prior to Peter Obi no proper road.

Today Anambra is at an infant stage of attaining a world class Transportation network, tanks to the solid foundation of the Obi Gov. The European Union don't just give awards to Govs and State for no reason u know. Rome was not built in a day, Mr Globe.

Wonderful Article! Let me hear anyone accuse Rochas again on this forum. Ndi ara!

Wow,people just wake up and decided to tarnish the image of their fellow human being; And for what ? The way this shameless Chiakwelu who is from my town described Obi it will seem as if Anamnbra is a war torn state! And let me ask you all a simple question; Is Onicha the only town in Anambra? The answer is a big fat NO!
Its obvious that Obi strategy in developing Anambra is very different from the many people who believe he should focuse on Onicha and Awaka and just lavish the whole of the state money in beautifying these townn,while the rest of Anambra perish. We have a new town springing up in all corners of the state;We have Otuocha,Nnewi,Idenmili areas,Ekwulobia and Ihiala. How do we equal infrastructures in all these towns ? By just folding our hands and let tthem develop by itself? I have nothing to discuss with any of you here because you are very ignorant of Obi's ideology. Deme nu!