Leave politics and tribe aside. This are the reasons and many more why you should vote obi for presidency.

(REASON ONE )

PETER OBI'S CV:

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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….

He is the best man prepared to lead the nation.

Peter Obi for President

A new Nigeria is possible with Peter Obi

Just look at how OP packaged a thief!

(REASON 2)

Peter Obi, The Only Governor In The History Of Nigeria To Call The ICPC, EFCC To Audit His Accounts At The End Of His Tenure

Below are some more interesting facts about this man:

1. The only governor that refused to use bulletproof cars as a governor.

2. He refused to collect pension after ruling as a governor till date.

3. He refused official car and allowances as SEC chairman.

4. He was impeached as a governor for being stingy. (He refused to throw Anambra money around)

5. He paid all gratuity, pension, salaries all his tenure and cleared backlog.

6. He paid ₦5000 to 70years and above monthly in Anambra.

8. He gave ₦1million to every first class graduate in Anambra.

9. He travels round without police till today.

10. When he was about to hand over he called the ICPC and EFCC to audit his account.

GO AND VERIFY!

(REASON 3)

Bianca Ojukwu Recounts Encounter With Peter Obi’s ‘Stinginess’
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Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of the late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has shared the moment, she encountered the ‘stingy’ nature of the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi.

The Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, had on Wednesday, described Obi as a stingy man and his comments elicited harsh reactions from his supporters.

In a post on her Facebook page titled, ’On Peter Obi’s supposed ‘Stinginess’...’ the matriarch, recalled when Obi, then, a governor of Anambra State, visited Texas and had refused to buy a designer suit for an event instead opting for a $220 suit.

She said, “The suit that was a perfect match for him was a dapper Tom Ford suit with a price tag of 3,985 dollars plus tax. He did the calculations and told me ‘Do you know how many students this amount of money can train in Nigeria?

“To cut the story short, he refused to pay what he termed ’that outrageous price’ for the Tom Ford suit and that was how we ended up at Steinmart where he agreed to pay a more acceptable price of 220 dollars, tax inclusive, for a basic men’s suit which he was happy to wear to that evening’s event.

“What struck me, was that as we were on the way to the airport to see him off for his return flight back to Nigeria, he reached for his pocket where he brought out an envelope of crisp hundred dollar bills. The amount in the envelope was 3,800 dollars.

"He said ‘Anyanwu, this is the balance of the money I would have paid for the ‘Ford’ suit. If the label on the suit was ‘Peter Obi’, I am wondering if anybody in America will pay that amount for it. I have deducted the amount we paid for that suit we eventually bought. Please use this balance for your Charity foundation to help those in actual need. I trust you will do so’. We all laughed heartily. Vintage Peter Obi!”

Mrs Ojukwu went on to list the beneficiaries of Obi’s gift via her foundation.

(REASON 4)

WHY VOTE PETER OBI⁉️*

� *He was GOVERNOR of Anambra State from 2006 - 2014 with record breaking Achievements.*

*ALL ARE VERIFIABLE�*

✅ First GOVERNOR to leave office without owing any debts.

✅ First GOVERNOR to buy 1,000 Nigerian made vehicles (innoson) for government officials.

✅ First GOVERNOR who built over 800kms of road network between rural and urban areas.

✅ First GOVERNOR who's state UNIVERSITY has never gone on STRIKE till now!

✅ First GOVERNOR to give *1 million naira* each to all 1st Class graduates during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR to renovate and equip *500 schools* during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR to purchase *30,000 Computers* For schools during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR who paid NYSC corpers *#4,000* additional allowance during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR to spend *135million naira* to purchase MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS which are still functioning till today.

✅ First GOVERNOR to pay *#5,000* to all who are above *70yrs old and Above* during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR who empowered state's SECURITY and provide pick ups in every village and cities.

✅ First GOVERNOR who provided efficient and improved POWER SUPPLY in his state.

✅ First GOVERNOR who flies(✈️) economy all through his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR who reduced his convoy to just 5 vehicles.

✅ First GOVERNOR without bullet proof car.

✅ First GOVERNOR who gave his house to *President Obasanjo* as a lodge when he visited.

✅ *First GOVERNOR who left about 75billion Naira in office after his tenure*

*#PETEROBI2023*

Voiceoffreedom:
(REASON 4)

WHY VOTE PETER OBI⁉️*

� *He was GOVERNOR of Anambra State from 2006 - 2014 with record breaking Achievements.*

*ALL ARE VERIFIABLE�*

✅ First GOVERNOR to leave office without owing any debts.

✅ First GOVERNOR to buy 1,000 Nigerian made vehicles (innoson) for government officials.

✅ First GOVERNOR who built over 800kms of road network between rural and urban areas.

✅ First GOVERNOR who's state UNIVERSITY has never gone on STRIKE till now!

✅ First GOVERNOR to give *1 million naira* each to all 1st Class graduates during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR to renovate and equip *500 schools* during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR to purchase *30,000 Computers* For schools during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR who paid NYSC corpers *#4,000* additional allowance during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR to spend *135million naira* to purchase MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS which are still functioning till today.

✅ First GOVERNOR to pay *#5,000* to all who are above *70yrs old and Above* during his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR who empowered state's SECURITY and provide pick ups in every village and cities.

✅ First GOVERNOR who provided efficient and improved POWER SUPPLY in his state.

✅ First GOVERNOR who flies(✈️) economy all through his tenure.

✅ First GOVERNOR who reduced his convoy to just 5 vehicles.

✅ First GOVERNOR without bullet proof car.

✅ First GOVERNOR who gave his house to *President Obasanjo* as a lodge when he visited.

✅ *First GOVERNOR who left about 75billion Naira in office after his tenure*

*#PETEROBI2023*

Are we really so lazy to read and verify info before we consume it??

Peter Obi left no debt

For real

Then you mentioned that the network of roads that some Anambra citizens or even Ngige said has been washed off.

I lived in Nnewwi for about 5 months

Most roads in Nnewwi are full of potholes...

Old road was even better than new road

You mentioned that he improved the efficiency of power supply


How

Voiceoffreedom:
(REASON 2)

Peter Obi, The Only Governor In The History Of Nigeria To Call The ICPC, EFCC To Audit His Accounts At The End Of His Tenure

Below are some more interesting facts about this man:

1. The only governor that refused to use bulletproof cars as a governor.

2. He refused to collect pension after ruling as a governor till date.

3. He refused official car and allowances as SEC chairman.

4. He was impeached as a governor for being stingy. (He refused to throw Anambra money around)

5. He paid all gratuity, pension, salaries all his tenure and cleared backlog.

6. He paid ₦5000 to 70years and above monthly in Anambra.

8. He gave ₦1million to every first class graduate in Anambra.

9. He travels round without police till today.

10. When he was about to hand over he called the ICPC and EFCC to audit his account.

GO AND VERIFY!

Before I Verify though, most states pay corpers

I don't understand what you meant by first gorvenor to pay corpers!

5. In as much as I want to believe the point you raised here, the fact that doctors were on strike for more than a year and part of the reasons was because they were being underpaid, that calls into question, how authentic are these claims?

Igbo can never rule this our beautiful Country.

He's a pretender so I'm not voting for him

(REASON 5)


*FOR THE RECORD.*

( An article written by Olusegun Adeniyi on Democracy Day, 2018 )


*Peter Obi on Democracy Day By Olusegun Adeniyi*

When I encountered the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, in Abuja about three weeks ago at his hotel room, he was discussing with an estate agent who was trying to secure for him accommodation to rent at his personal expense. Coming at a period in which many of his colleagues have bastardised section 124 (subsection 5) of the 1999 Constitution which deals with the remunerations (including gratuity) of governors and deputy governors, Obi has proved to be refreshingly different. And on a day such as this, he provides a ready example of the kind of moderation expected of our political office holders if this democracy is to endure.

In a nation where accountability is in short supply, there is perhaps no greater threat today than the impunity with which government officials and their spouses, at practically all levels, appropriate to themselves and cronies scarce public resources. They fly private jets (where they don't buy one with government funds), stay in the most expensive hotels both within and outside the country, erect big mansions they hardly live in while moving around in convoys of the latest automobiles. To compound the situation, it is not enough that they enjoy such luxury at the expense of the people while in office, they also want to continue with it after office hence they now make laws to confer on themselves such criminal indulgences as private citizens.

However, as I said earlier, Peter Obi is different. He remains probably the most modest person to have been governor under the current dispensation while his lifestyle must have saved Anambra State billions of Naira, especially when compared with the cost of maintaining his colleagues. Even when he was already a wealthy man before assuming office, Obi exhibited uncommon decency and humility while in office. Within the country, he travelled light, just with one aide and always on commercial airlines as opposed to his colleagues who travelled by private jets. And whenever he travelled outside the country, you would only find Obi in the business class compartment.

As we therefore mark the 15th anniversary of our democratic journey under the current dispensation, Obi's story is particularly instructive against the background that on Monday, the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly passed an executive bill which guarantees Governor Godswill Akpabio about N200 million annually for life. At a time he would have left Uyo (and probably while still earning several millions of Naira as a sitting senator in Abuja), Akpabio would be entitled to a pension at a rate equivalent to the salary of the sitting Akwa Ibom governor.

The law which only 'upgrades' the earlier version signed by his predecessor, Obong Victor Atta, also provides for a former governor and his spouse a sum not exceeding N5 million per month to employ domestic staff and free medical services at a sum not exceeding N100 million per annum. A befitting accommodation not below a 5-bedroom maisonette in either Abuja or Akwa Ibom is also waiting for a former governor. Of course, the bill does not forget to take care of the deputy governor who is also entitled to some form of luxury after office. Yet as scandalous as the foregoing may seem, Akwa Ibom is only following in the footsteps of several other states where former governors have literally put their people in perpetual servitude.

In several of these states, there is a law binding the government to provide mansions both in choice areas of Abuja and their state capital for a former governor who is also entitled to several vehicles and retinue of aides. Kano perhaps provides a prime illustration of this scandal and I enjoin readers to just google the name Shekarau or Kwankwaso over 'pension residence' for former governors to understand the abuse to

However, as I said earlier, Obi is different because he managed Anambra State resources as he would his own. What is even more remarkable is that in a milieu when many governors have virtually bankrupted their states with loans that can hardly be accounted for by any meaningful projects, Obi left substantial amount of money for his successor without any debt. Yet we are talking of a state that is number 22 (among 36 states) in revenue sharing.

Due to the fact that I visited Anambra State only once throughout his extended tenure, I do not know much about Obi's stewardship beyond what I read in newspapers. So this piece is not about his achievements in office for which I am not in a position to comment. It is nonetheless noteworthy that the 2013 West African Examination Council (WAEC) results released a fortnight ago put Anambra State students top on the chart. Yet a time was when young men from the state that has produced some of the brightest and the best of our country would rather go to Lagos to sell spare-parts than go to school. To the extent that the state now leads in WAEC, Peter Obi must have done something right with education even though that is not the real essence of this intervention.

On March 17 this year when he handed over to Mr. Willie Obiano, the former governor said he was leaving behind billions of Naira in the state treasury. At the time, I thought it was a remarkable development and I wanted to take it up on this page. Before I could write on it, however, there were advertorials in the newspapers which suggested that Obi might not have presented an accurate picture of things. That prompted me to investigate the veracity of his claim.

In the hand-over note to Governor Obiano dated March 17 this year, Obi indeed gave a summary of the full financial statement of Anambra State as at the close of business on Friday, March 14 (effectively his last day in office) as follows: Local Investments (N27 billion); Foreign Currency Investment (US $156 Million the Naira equivalent of which was put at N26.5 billion); Certified State/MDAs Balances (N28,165,985,574); Federal Government Approved Refund (N10 billion) and estimated balances, including March salaries, pension and gratuity as well as approved certificates of already executed projects (N5 billion). That put the total net balance at about N86.67 billion.

The question therefore is: Is the claim true? I believe it is. A March 5, 2014 document originating from Fidelity Securities Limited and addressed to the Anambra State Accountant General on the investment mandate from the State Government reveals the details of the Eurobond securities purchased for the state as follows:

Access Bank with 25 July, 2017 as maturity date amounts to $7,413,619; four federal government bonds which will mature in 2018, 2021 and 2023 total $20,382,500; two Gabonese government bonds which will mature on 12 December 2024 total $7,008,750; a Ghanaian government bond which matures on 4 October, 2017 amounts to $5,451,319; Guarantee Trust Bank bond which matures on May 19, 2015 gives $4,307,500 and a First Bank of Nigeria bond which matures on August 7, 2020 will yield $5,254,062. According to the document, the state has already received 'total coupon amounting to $855,400 to date from investment in Access Bank and Nigerian Sovereigns' while awaiting 'instruction on account to credit with the Naira equivalent.'

Aside the $50 million invested on behalf of the State Government on 31 October, 2013 by Diamond Bank, an Access Bank document dated 31 January, 2014 also confirms the investment of the sum of US$49,966,504.08 on behalf of Anambra State in six Eurobonds for a period ranging between one and five years and an average yield of between 6.2 and 7.1 percent.

While there may be a debate as to the actual total sum of the investments left by the Obi administration since I do not have all the details, it is remarkable that we had a governor who was not only thinking of the immediate but also considered it imperative to invest for the future, especially at a time he would no longer be in office. This is important because he could have spent all the money since there is never a shortage of projects to undertake.

In a way, we can link Obi's frugality to his background as a successful business man prior to going into politics. He merely transposed the virtues of private business practice onto the management of public affairs. This contrasts with the vast majority of governors who prior to coming to office had no track record in the management of any organization. Because Anambra State has the added advantage of having one of the most entrepreneurial people in our country, a population that uses self-help for development can only complement the work of a frugal and result-oriented governor.

The greatest challenge of our country today is poverty accentuated by the gulf between the haves and the have-not, which seems to be getting wider by the day. Yet many of our public officials flaunt their decadent lifestyles and revel in ostentation at public expense. Today in Nigeria, the cost of maintaining public officials is huge, and accounts for most of the resources that ordinarily should go to development. That is what endears Obi to me. In or out of office, he remains a simple man and a shining example of what a public servant should be.

Living fast lives at public expense is not only becoming an unbearable burden in Nigeria, it is such wasteful and patently criminal tendencies that now increase poverty, unemployment and insecurity. Because our people have practically endorsed impunity, majority of these governors and other political office holders in the country are crossing the ethical boundary by the manner in which they expend scarce public resources without any regard for the common good.

That I have singled out Peter Obi for commendation is because he has a sense of responsibility when it comes to public fund and has chosen the road less travelled. On such a day as this, Obi's modesty and frugality are definitely worth recommending to the current and future generations of Nigerian political office holders. Even at that, I hope governors who are making laws for their own post-office comfort can see the danger of what they are doing and the dire implications for the future of our democracy. The lesson is all too clear: If and when they eventually push the people to the wall, there will be serious consequences, not only for them but also unfortunately for all of us.

This piece by Adeniyi (shown in photo) originally appeared in his verdict' in today's edition of ThisDay under the headline 'Peter Obi on Democracy Day'.

Adeniyi Olusegun

(REASONS 7)



Peter Obi’s acceptance speech as labour candidate.

Let Us Return Nigeria to Their Rightful Owners


I thank Nigerians; especially members of the Labour Party who have gathered here since yesterday to partake in the primaries to choose the person that will fly Labour flag in the forthcoming National election to choose the President of Nigeria.

History beckons. Nigerians remain hopeful for a national rebirth, which implies returning Nigeria to Nigerians – farmers, teachers and students, lecturers, artisans, workers, pensioners and over a hundred million poor Nigerians who are not sure where their next meal will come from.

Therefore, what you are doing today is a patriotic duty towards seeking the desired political emancipation of our dear country, which stands wounded by many years of cumulative leadership failure.

Painfully, our current dysfunctional system rewards unearned income and conspicuous consumption; allows university lecturers to remain on strike for months; keep our youths at home; and owe pensioners, who gave their patriotic sweat and their youthful energy to serve this country.

The despicable contrast is that those responsible for the mess -those elected to take care of them - have abandoned the national currency and are living in opulence and like kings, spend dollars to buy delegates as well as houses all over the world.Meanwhile, they owe most workers, lecturers and retirees.

Yes, our country stands hijacked by forces of retrogression. We are almost zero in all indices of development. As a result, our future, especially those of the youth and generations unborn is in ruins. We have become a laughing stock among other nations, including African countries where we were once revered.

As a party that represents the workers and masses of this great nation, we are people organised and working for our economic rebirth. As I am nominated today, I humbly proclaim that the journey towards the emancipation of the country has begun.

I note with humility that the journey is going to be a collective one that will certainly require the cooperation of critical stakeholders in our country, especially the youth, whose future has been thoroughly degraded.

I therefore thank all of you and call for your sustained support towards returning Nigeria to Nigerians from forces of bad leadership and retrogression. Such a noble tasks brooks no conscientious objectors.

I hardly use war metaphors for political analysis due to my belief that politics is not adversarial and not war. However permit me a little indulgence here, to relate what we are embarking on to the ancient battle of Thermopylae, where the Greek forces, conscious of fighting for the life of Greece held on against great odds in the defence of their country.

In the battle to re-take Nigerian, the odds are great and seemingly insurmountable, but with our commitment, patriotism and understanding that we are doing, what we are supposed to do for our country, lest she shall die, we shall move on discontent with what is and focused on enthroning what ought to be. In doing this, our battle cry shall remain: get your PVC and become part of this great libration!
Our governance mission will be twin-tracked. Secure Nigeria in every ramification: national security, human security, food security and tackling insecurity created by unemployment.

We will also seek to unite our nation by pulling our people out of poverty, and creating a new sense of nationalism and patriotism. Nigeria shall rise again: and her people will be proud to claim ownership of her patrimony. Doing so is in our collective national interest.

As I earnestly thank Nigerians for their faith in me. In the days ahead I will publish our governance manifesto, which will spell out our top governance priorities. I assure you that no region; state, local government or communities will be left behind.

I also assure you all that the struggle continues and that victory is certainly in sight towards the guarantee of a meaningful future for our youths and making this country a respected and viable member of a 21st century world, that places high value on production over consumption.


God bless you all and God bless Nigeria.

Peter Obi

(REASON 8 )


Gov Peter Obi quotes ....

"To you young people, Take Back your Country...it is your future they are toying with". - Peter Obi

"I reduced my convoy to 5 vehicles and you cannot buy fuel unless I am in the car".- Peter Obi

"If I sleep in a hotel and have to pay N250k a night, I will be awake all night...feeling like I was robbed". - Peter Obi

"You know there are many big men in Anambra state, so when they want to see me, I say to them I will come to you instead".- Peter Obi

"We handed schools back to Churches and by 2013, we were number one in WAEC."- Peter Obi

"I beg you to participate more in politics, the society we help them abuse today will take its revenge tomorrow".- Peter Obi

"The only way out of recession is to spend for growth. You can only spend for growth either from savings or from borrowing.
The question is: what are you borrowing for?
Are you borrowing for consumption or for production?
When you borrow for consumption, you are heading for disaster."

-- Peter Obi.

" I had to stop the Presidential lodge in Anambra... A project awarded at 400million. I had to close down state house in lagos and Abuja... Because I felt we dont need it.... Even when other states had."

" They said President Obasanjo is coming... I went to borrow the kind of cars they wanted... Instead of spending millions... From a neigbouring state."

"I requested Obasanjo to spend the nights in my lodge Since they said he must sleep over... I asked my wife to pack out of my bedroom... We went opposite to lodge in a hotel (name mentioned) for the week, we paid N30,000 instead of N100,000."

"I used the 150million for 2 bullet proof cars to buy almost 50 Peugeot cars at 3 million each.. gave 17 to JUDGES and 18 to permanent Secretaries (because i discovered they did not have cars) and kept 10 for govt house... which I used as Governor... I did not use bullet proof cars as Governor."

"They said we should attend world Igbo Congress in U. S.... That the budget WAS cut from 40 to 32million.... I asked them why... That only one person should go and come and tell us what was discussed."

"Instead of paying 30,000 for each security personnel (about 30) per night in Abuja, I told IG to give me Police whenever am in Abuja....I travel alone... Ppl complained.... The 15 drivers lodged in Abuja state house...who come to airport to cause confusion, i asked to go, kept only 3. The others to go back to Akwa or look for job... I asked the cook to go back to Akwa instead of giving him 30,000 per plate."

"When Governors lodge and Govt house was burnt before I came... With budget of 400million and 300 million, I repaired them for 42 million and 80million respectively. They wanted to impeach me that I did not spend by due process... Following the awarded Contracts and contractor.... I saw a table.. That my predecessor used, they said its old... I asked them to renovate it... That all i needed was a table to write as Governor... "

" So so so I was able to save money and made sure that ANAMBRA HAS THE BEST ROAD NETWORK THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN NIGERIA."
Peter Gregory Obi, a man after my heart..

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Engr Edu C.O

Ifechukwumelu

(REASON 9 )

*Hear Peter Obi*

I can’t sleep because I know what to do! I have gone round the 36 States of the country like I have gone round 31 countries of the world, I know the problems of Nigeria and I know I can fix them easily! Because I can see them, I can fix them! Hunger takes people to the streets! Job and food will obviously take them out of crimes! That’s my specialty, creating jobs and wealth! I have not come out for myself! I have come out for the millions of youths that are losing hope in our beloved country! I have come out for the millions of women who are afraid of tomorrow and what it holds for them and their children! I have come out for the poor who are asking weather it’s a sin to be a Nigerian! For them, I have come! For people who are asking if Peter Obi has ‘structure’, what structure is bigger and stronger than the collective will of the masses on whose necks the knees of the politicians have been? What structure is greater than the determination of a people who have at last decided to take back their country, their only country?
The battle for the rescue of the soul of Nigerian has just begun and we must all be contributive and participative in it. Yes, we may not have the money to share because we didn’t steal any. We have not come to enslave but to serve. Have you imagined somebody giving you money to help you? Bribing you to go and serve you? It’s wisdom to go for a permanent solution than a temporary remedy! This battle is to help Nigerian youths, Market women, struggling families, students, teachers, famers, old and poor, whose helpless looking faces I see everywhere I go. It’s for these people that l, Peter Obi, have come! However, like a drowning man, they must bring out their hands to be saved! In this battle, if you can’t fly, run! If you can’t run, walk! If you can’t walk, crawl! If you can’t crawl, roll! If you can’t roll, shout! By all means we must be on the move and we must be heard! These people are more than 50 million of the Nigerian voting adults. They have the power. Their destiny is in their hands so they can change it. If they will it, they will win it! Remember, the man with energy will always be at the mercy of the man with strategy based on synergy. With God on our side, we shall not fail and we shall not fall!!!!
May God help us!
May God bless Nigeria!

Peter Obi is the *MAN*.
A NEW NIGERIA IS POSSIBLE WITH PETER OBI

( REASON 10 )


Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka tried to no avail to coax Peter Obi to donate money to the church and Peter refused to go against his principles?

Mr. Peter Obi instead donated N100 million to Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital Nsukka, to help upgrade its School of Nursing and Midwifery to the College of Nursing and Midwifery.

He replicated the same character when he endured the pressures in PDP and refused to throw money around like other aspirants.

And even when he knew that he had a better opportunity in PDP to win the presidential election, he still refused to compromise on his principles.

Remember what he did during his sister's burial?

To start with, he didn’t tell people, even those very close to him were not invited to the burial.

Below is an extract from P.O's words at the burial ceremony.

“When my sister died, I told my nephew Jude and his siblings that I wasn’t getting involved with burial expenses and entertaining the people during the ceremony. That it’s their mother and they should handle that.

However, I knew that for the life my dear sister lived, I needed to do something to remember her by. So I asked and found out that a good secondary school in Adani village that has a population of over 500 students have blocks of leaking roofs all over. So I asked for what it would cost to re-roof the entire blocks and they came back with a quotation of N4 million. I am going to roof that school. I equally asked if they had a good hospital to which they responded there was none. I am going to build one in her village for them. These are my own entertainment contribution to my sister’s goodbye ceremony,’’

Hate Peter or abuse him, he has unquestionable stability of character.

His name is in everyone’s mouth because his antecedent is a threat to all the desperate politicians and their sycophants. They can no longer conceal the envy.

Like I said in my previous post, if Mr. Peter Obi loses, it’s not his loss but that of Nigerians who genuinely want a positive transformation.

In 2023, let’s vote for a candidate with a stability of character, not a political party.

I see a bright future with Obi, and I will personally campaign for him for free.

COPIED.

(REASON 11)


#2023 ELECTIONS!

*While choosing your presidential candidate, remember:*

1. Lekki toll gate massacre

2. Dollar rate to Naira today!

3. Sponsors of Bandits

4. Negotiators with bandits/herdsmen

5. The raid on judges

6. The killings going on in the North East

7. The killings in the Niger Delta

9. The cost of Diesel, petrol and kerosine

11. Nigeria is still in darkness no light! National grid is dead!

12. Traveling by road, rail, flight is at your own risk

13. End SARS and wicked government officials who concealed Nigerians' food in warehouses because of elections

14. All their fake promises

15. Nigeria is the world poverty capital even though we are the 7th oil producing nation in the world

16. Your heroes are in detensions simply because they demanded justice and equity

19. As developed as France is, a 39year old youths took over power and is re elected President!

20. The schools our children are attending have no roofs and is always flooded when it rains

21. The present RULERS have no ideas on how to govern or move the country forward

22. We were once united, irrespective of religion or ethnic background until we made the greatest mistake of our lives in 2015

23. the N5000, N10,000 you take to vote a thief will hunt your generation

24. Millions are looking for food to eat

25. Remember ASUU is still on strike, politicians children are schooling abroad

26. Some politicians take governance as their family business, say no to such people.

27. Use your brain, don't let any man control your destiny. We are all equal before God.

28. Politicians that became rich overnight stole our common wealth. They killed, destroyed and maimed to attain that position. They are not fit to be there. They are evil with blood stains on their hands. God's judgement is waiting for them.

It is not about party but the individual that God has brought to effect the true change we all desire. Don't be deceived by party politics, we must take back our country. Be wise.

PETER OBI IS THE MAN.

(REASONS 12 )


2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA AND OUR DECISION

As premised on our focus as a group of businessmen and professionals who are working for the growth and development of Nigeria in the short and long term, we have come to the following decisions as it concerns the presidential election of 2023;

1. We will work for the election of a candidate with a record of prudence, integrity and accountability. One who is known to put the service of the people ahead of self.

2. Support a candidate that has a good knowledge of how the economy works, how employment can be generated in huge proportions and how our resources as a nation can be managed effectively.

3. We will put in our resources and skills to realise the election of a candidate who is technologically savvy, who also appeals to voters between ages 21-35( the largest group of our voting population)

4. We will support a candidate that can communicate his ideas in clear terms, one who is responsive and will be able to react quickly to situations that require his urgent attention as the commander in chief of the armed forces.

5. Finally, We will work for the emergence of a presidential candidate that is mentally and physically fit for the arduous task ahead to reposition Nigeria, preferably someone less than 70 years of age.

CONCLUSION

Having taken a close look at the candidates in the race, only one fits this profile, his name is PETER OBI, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.

He is our candidate, and in the coming days we will embark on a campaign drive to get voters to collect their PVCs for the huge task ahead.

We have heard in certain quarters that he doesn't have a structure, we will individually and in groups form that structure that will make him emerge as the president of the federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.

Thanks!

Signed: Businessmen and Professionals for Good Governance in Nigeria.

PETER OBI TICK/MET ALL THIS REQUIREMENTS

10/06/2023

(REASON 13)

(REASON 14 )


Thank you for the vote.
Your analysis is quite correct, but I believe that there are on the table fashioning out the best solution to the issue at hand, I enjoin you to read also my encouragement to all these die hard partisan politicians still in our midst.

When PEOPLE POWER is activated, STRUCTURES crumble. It happened in South Africa. It happened in Pakistan. It happened in France. It happened in Ukraine.

Volodomyr Zelensky, a lawyer and comedian, was a political outsider before he became Ukrainian president. His political party, Servant of the People, named after a TV series in which he played the role of Ukrainian President, was formed in 2018 with no structures anywhere except on social media where he was considered the frontrunner in opinion polls after he declared his intention to run for President in December 2018.

In 2019, he contested against political juggernaut, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, and won with 73.23 percent. Not only that, but his party also won a landslide victory in the snap legislative election held shortly after his inauguration as president. What was his trump card? He positioned himself as an anti-establishment and anti-corruption figure, a hot selling point for a people already sick and tired of corruption in high places.

Does that ring a bell? Nobody gave Zelensky, a comedian, a chance against the onslaught of Russia’s hard nut former KGB boss Vladimir Putin. He has led his people in the battle against Putin from the front, unlike some Generals, who would be bunker-bound at the threat of rag tag bandits.
Imran Khan, the renowned Pakistani cricket star had no significant political structure when he was voted Prime Minister in 2018. He rode to power on the populist approach that emphasizes the idea of juxtaposing the people against the elite.

Emmanuel Macron was a banker and civil servant before he became President. His only political experience was as a senior adviser to President Francois Hollande and later as Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs between 2014 and 2016. In April 2016, he formed the En Marchel centrist political movement.

By May 2017, he contested and was elected President, beating serial presidential contestant and seasoned politician, Marine Le Pen, with 66.1 percent of the vote. He was only 39 years old, which made him the youngest President in the history of France.

A month later, in the June 2017 French legislative election, Macron’s party, renamed La République En Marche (LREM), secured a majority in the National Assembly. Those legislators belonged to the traditional parties with decades of structure. They saw the need to realign with progressive forces and did the needful. That is how rational human beings behave.

Now, the response of the naysayers to the above is quite predictable. They are going to say, ‘Nigeria is different!’. Exactly! Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world, courtesy the same grandfathers that will not allow their children and grandchildren with modern ideas to lead.

Those basing their 2023 permutations on stereotypical variables should hear this: What happened in Soweto in June 1976 happened at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Nigeria, in October 2020. Nigerian youths dared security forces and spoke in one voice, amplified by the social media, to say enough is enough to the mindless killing of youths on flimsy grounds.

#ENDSars was born! It reverberated around the world. It rekindled separatist agitations. It may not have achieved its purpose for various reasons. But it would be foolhardy to presume that #ENDSars is dead. We can already see its reincarnation in the OBIdient Movement.

The choice for the electorate in 2023 is not between Atiku, Tinubu and Obi. It is between continuing to live in bondage and making a fresh start. It is between disgruntled Nigerians and the hegemonic predators. It is between purveyors of the oppressive status quo and hitherto apathetic youths and students bent on taking the country back from the leaders of yesterday and today, using the people’s money to pave the way for them and their children and grandchildren to remain the leaders of tomorrow.

For those saying social media cannot elect a President, they are very correct. But at the same time, they are missing the point. It’s the people that will elect a President using social media to get people to register and change the perception of registered voters. Is that not happening already? That you are in PDP or APC does not mean you must vote for those parties. Party membership cards are not demanded at polling booths before the casting of ballots. Buhari rode partly on social media hype as MR INTEGRITY to Aso Rock in 2015. It was on social media the hooey that NEPA bill is better than PhD was sold and bought. Millions of votes cast for Buhari in 2015 by registered voters were not for the APC. They were for Buhari based on the perception created that he was the long-awaited messiah. They were protest votes against PDP and GEJ and their perceived 16 wasted years and cluelessness.

The unprecedented interest in who becomes Nigeria’s next President is symbolised by the OBIdient Movement. Whether it succeeds or fails in 2023 is not the issue. For sure, Nigeria is entering a new era of political activism. If Obi fails in 2023, it is Nigeria that will fail – again! It is an unfathomable irony that Nigerians agree that there is a dire need for a redirection of the country but want to leave the reins in the hands of morally deficient operators who contributed actively to steering it into the present morass.

So, if you want Nigeria to win, help build the superstructure needed for the victory. Talk to your friends, neighbours and family members. Let them know the absurdity in taking money from politicians to make their children and grandchildren slaves to the politicians’ children and grandchildren. Nigeria is made up of families, not political structures!
It is obvious that in the past 20 years or there about of this current political Dispensation, political party has failed us as a people.
Structure has failed us.
Money politics has failed us.
Regional, ethinicity, tribal, Religional polictics has failed us.
In Our dear State of Abia PHd has failed us, let's us try another system and formula, for it is only a foolish person that will be repeating the same thing over and over and expect different result.
If we miss it in 2023, we will only have ourselves to blame and also be accountable to our children and children yet unborn for by so doing it will be accounted for us that we have all failed to doing something right when we all have the opportunity.
Labour Party is that underdog political party with no known political structure just as it was in France, Ukarian and other countries mentioned above.
Let's do it, can we?
Yes we can.
The choice lies in your hands.

– Hon. Chief Kalu Mba Nwoke (Etiokwe),
Labour Party Candidate,
Ohafia South State Consituency,
ABHA.

shortIGBOman:
Igbo can never rule this our beautiful Country.

Whatsoever you do today, in every second, minute and hour of your life, you are making investment for your children's tomorrow

PO 2023

(REASON 15)
Peter Obi will be one of the best president Nigeria will ever have. He will catapult and ochestrate the spear-hearding of good leaders and competent leaders in Nigeria.

Vote Peter Obi for President.

Go get your PVC's

IF NIGERIA DOES NOT WORK, WE ALL SUFFER

Ike Ekweremadu is obviously a powerful man. Spending his 20th year in the Senate of which 12 were as Deputy Senate President.

He could have used the time to get Nigeria a world-class kidney hospital but no! He didn't need kidney treatment so it was his least bother.

Things happen and his own daughter needed kidney treatment. As it is with President Buhari and everyone who has held office in Nigeria, Ekweremadu shamelessly took his daughter to the UK for treatment where she was going to be attended to by Nigerian nurses and doctors whom Ekweremadu and gang chased away with total neglect of the health sector.

But Ekweremadu did not go with his daughter alone, he took along a boy who was suffering hardship and pains from a Nigeria Ekweremadu helped to damage. Ekweremadu wanted to harvest this boy's kidney to save his own daughter . As fate will have it, tests performed on the boy showed his kidney was not a match for Ekweremadu's daughter .

Ekweremadu began to make arrangements to return the boy to Nigeria and obviously take another one to the UK. But the boy tasted and enjoyed the good life in the UK something Ekweremadu and his band of bad and failed leaders deprived him of in Nigeria. The boy saw electricity 24/7 (powered by gas from Nigeria), he did not need to start 'I better pass you generator' or he sleeps in darkness to the joy of mosquitoes. He saw how clean and beautiful the hospitals were different from the mortuaries will call hospitals in Nigeria and absolutely for free. He saw how efficient the metropolitan police were securing the neighbourhood and not the Nigerian police starved of funds by Ekweremadu and gang! The boy enjoyed rides on clean and efficient public transportation (buses, trams, light rail, underground tube, trains, boats etc) and not the okada, Keke and endless trekking in Nigeria. The boy was awed by the beautiful landscaped, trash free and green environment and not the filth he is used to in Nigeria. The boy saw food everywhere. He saw beautiful schools from nursery to reception to primary to secondary all the way to high school absolutely free. He saw that his dream of university education will be realised even if he has no money for fees and ASUU will not truncate his dream in the UK. The boy saw unemployed people paid benefits by Govt. The boy saw, enjoyed and liked the UK better than Ekweremadu's Nigeria!

The boy decided he was not going back to Nigeria damaged by Ekweremadu and gang! The boy ran to seek refuge from the metropolitan police. In Ekweremadu's Nigeria the police would have arrested the boy and dropped him in Kuje prison where for the next 10yrs he will still be on 'awaiting trial' roll. If the boy tried to talk he will be summarily executed and his body paraded as an armed robber gunned down by the 'gallant' police. Ekweremadu and his gang are above the law in a lawless Nigeria they have created.

Unfortunately for Ekweremadu, the UK is not Nigeria. He has exchanged his posh mansion in a highbrow neighbourhood in London for a police cell where he is being schooled in the act of rule of law something he is obviously lacking in his nearly 20yrs as a law maker.

Ekweremadu will have his day in court.

His victim will now enjoy life in the UK because it's easy to prove that if he returns to Nigeria Ekweremadu and his goons will go after him!

If Ekweremadu had done his bit to fix Nigeria, all this drama will not happen!

Ekweremadu and those like him who think they can do well when Nigeria is sick have just found out the bitter truth - no one will prosper better than Nigeria. If Nigeria fails, we fail with it!

In 2023 we have a unique opportunity to elect leaders who understand that our fate is tied to Nigeria's fate. We rise or fall together!

Go get your PVC today and Vote Peter Obi!

We wish Ekweremadu's daughter quick recovery hoping that now her case is public a donor will soon be found for her

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*New words in the Nigerian Oxford Dictionary*

*Obiism:* Uncountable noun. Based on the political philosophy of the Nigerian politician, Mr Peter Obi

*Obidient.* Noun.
Plural noun: Obidients.
A supporter of the political philosophy of Peter Obi

*Obidientiary.* Noun
The holder of a position of responsibility in the movement dedicated to Obiism

*Obidience.* Noun.
Observance of the obidient philisophy:
Vows of purity, chastity, and obedience.

*Obidiency.* Noun.
A degree of skill in espousing Obiism
You forgot Obimycin - a cure for the kleptocratic system of government in Nigeria, West Africa.

*Obinomics* is the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth according to Peter Obi.

*Obious:* adjective
1. someone who has the feature of Peter Obi’s philosophy
2. ..ability to show love for common Nigerians/ youths

*Obiocracy:* a system of government where savings is the goal, producing what you eat is the strategy, and funding SMEs is the philosophy.

*Obify:* To turn a structureless body into a super structure. E.g Labour party has been Obified.

*Obimatic:* Noun; Accurate Economic or Mathematical Data used by Obidients or by Peter Obi

*Obiphobia:* the fear of Obi

*Obiphobic* the state of being in constant palpation or fear for obilism

*Obigraphy:* the region, places and location that has been obified by obedient.

Obicentric: always behaving like, thinking like or engulfed with Obious phenomenon. For example: you are Obicentric to have used the money to build infrastructure instead of throwing lavish party.

(REASON 16 )



*Why you should vote wisely*

>They met Malt drinks at #100 but now it is #250

>They met coca cola at #60 but now it's #200

They met cooking gas @ #150 per KG but today it is #800 - 1k

>They met a bag of cement@#2000 but now it's #5000.

>They met met toothpaste (close-up) @#180 per one but today is now #450. Oral B 550

>They met matches @ #5 for one sachet bit now is #30.

They met one small sachet of detergent @#100 but now #250

>They met Pepsi @#50 for a bottle but now is #130

>They met camry 2.4 @ #800,000 but now is #2,700.000

>They met electricity tariff @#7 per a unit but now is #45

>They met a loaf of bread � @#150 but now is #600 for the cheapest. Jumbo size 900 - 1k

>They met a litre of fuel ⛽@97 but now is #200

>They met a litre of Diesel @#150 but now is #800.

They met 4 litres of engine oil @2800, but now 7,000.

>They met VAT @1% and increased to 7.5%

>They met Federal Universities tuition fees @ less than #20,000 but now is almost #100k

>They met mattress @#50 k for a big size but today is #150k

>They met Kings 4litre vegetable oil �️ @ #2000 but now is #7500, bottle of palm oil @ #180 but now #700

>They met exchange rate (Naira to a dollar)@ #150 but today is#600

>They met bag of rice ���@#8000 but now is#30000

>They met bag of beans @#20,000 but today is #100k

:› They met a (painter) of garri #350 but now #1200. Ice fish #500 but now #1200. They met enough ugwu at #50 but now small ugwu is #100

They met good pot of soup with just 3k, but now just water leaf soup without meat.

>They met children biscuits at #5 per one but today is#20 per one and the quantity is reduced,

>They met sweet (milkos, and the rest @ two #5 but now is one#20.

> They met Sardine with 3-4 fish @N120 but now it is N500 for 2 piece of fish.

> A 2 bedroom flat in mainland of Lagos that used to go for 180k is now 600k

> Transport on Hiace bus from Lagos to Abuja that used to be 2500-3500 is now 10,500 - 13,000 almost the cost of economy flight then, now no even go there.

They met tricycle Keke napep at N380,000. Now it's N1.3m


Please make una add 'thier met' yours. The list is uncountable.


The damages are too feasible everywhere.
The hunger in the and has no part two. The Masses of this country bear the brunch.

They promised to bring down fuel to #65 per litre, they promised to make 1 dollar equivalent to 1 naira. They promised to create thousands of job, and not fly aboard for medical.

Again they are saying they want to put 50million youths in the army so they can finish the youth like lekki massacre, so that the youth will no longer challenge them with their pvc again, but be servile to them.


Be Obedient on the day of Presidential election.

Vote Peter Obi. Know this and know peace.

only CV alone self

TINUBU & THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE BY THE NIGERIAN MEDIA

By Charles Ogbu.

Make no mistake, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu attended primary and secondary schools. The only reason he would rather lie that he never attended any than submit his certificates to INEC Nigeria is because those documents contain personal information about who HE REALLY IS, his real name, his age, his ancestry etc.

This is the shadowy figure some of you are supporting to come and preside over the destiny of over 200 million people after 8 whole years of the human tragedy called Muhammadu Buhari? And you call this Politics and Right to make choice? How more h£artless can you be? Just because of money that won't even last you a couple of months??

And why is it that Omoyele Sowore and Sahara Reporters never ever beamed their torchlight on Tinubu and his crooked past EVEN FOR ONCE? Why does Tinubu always escape Sowore and Sahara reporters scrutiny

When will the indefatigable trio of the irrepressible Rufai, the elegant and brainy Tundu Abiola and the very erudite Reuben Abati of Arise News invite Tinubu or his handlers to their popular morning show and INSIST on extracting SATISFACTORY ANSWERS to the many questions surrounding the man who is contesting to manage the destiny of Nigerians

When will Premium Times and Simon Kolawole 's Cable media platform write investigative piece on Tinubu Where is AIT Online? Let's forget the The Nation Newspaper for obvious reason.

Is the job of the media no longer to serve as the watch dog? Is the media no longer the 4th estate of the realm saddled with the responsibility of entertaining, educating and informing the public?? When will the Nigerian media fulfil their obligations to the Nigerian people on Tinubu??

Where are the so called FACT-CHECKERS?? Or does your Fact-Checking skill only work on Peter Obi?��

It is such a curious thing, is it not, that almost all the Nigerian media platforms have dwelt EXTENSIVELY on the candidate they all claim stands no chance of winning the election, Mr. Peter Obi to the point of thoroughly dissecting how much profit or loss the investment he made as governor has recorded (and this is completely okay), but why is none of these media platform dedicating even the littlest percent of that time in analysing the one they all believe stands a reasonable chance of winning the election??

Why is no one asking real questions about Tinubu's health??

Why the conspiracy of silence on Tinubu's drug charge in the US even when the document is in the public space? The last time the ever courageous Rufai of Arise Morning Show asked a Tinubu's aide how his principal made his money, it almost turned to Russia versus Ukraine. Why is it that only independent journalists, writers and activists like Professor Farooq Kperogi, David Hundeyin, Adeyanju Deji and co are asking real questions expected of the media. Even Channels Television and their anchors like Seun Okinbaloye are conveniently silent

Why?

Are we all waiting for CNN CNN International Al Jazeera English BBC News Africa BBC World Service to do this for us?

How can we pretend to be okay with the prospect of having a man we know absolutely nothing about, preside over our country

Are we all under some kind of spell or something��

SATURDAY BREAKFAST with TONY OKOROJI

*ATTACK DOGS HAVE BEEN UNLEASHED ON THE PETER OBI REVOLUTION. WILL IT WORK?�*

When the former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi suddenly dumped the Peoples’ Democratic Party for the hitherto unheralded Labour Party and became LP’s presidential candidate, I wrote in this column that it may have been Nigeria’s greatest political masterstroke of a century.

There were however many in the professional political industry who did not agree with me. They were emphatic that Peter Obi cannot get anywhere. According to them, without the backing of the present corruption infected structures provided by the PDP or the APC, you cannot be the president of Nigeria.

That was weeks ago. I am not sure that they are that confident anymore! During the week, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, a PDP man, observed that Peter Obi has today become the super-duper-star of Nigerian politics. He is the conversation in the Nigerian political environment. More than nine months to the presidential election, everybody is talking about Peter Obi. The videos of his speeches are trending on Facebook, WhatsApp Instagram and everywhere else and the young people of Nigeria are gulping every word he says. The just extended massive registration for PVCs is essentially driven by young ‘OBIdient’ Nigerians who have suddenly come to the conclusion that to end the misery, desperation, joblessness and hopelessness that has engulfed the nation, they must change the politics. Watch out: the turn out for voting in 2023 will be unprecedented.

Our traditional politicians who may have been sleeping with the confidence that their structures will deliver victory for them, may have woken up. They kind of sense that something unusual is going on in the political arena which must be confronted and that they ignore the Peter Obi revolution at their peril. Clearly, the word has gone out: “We either shoot down this Peter Obi guy or he will ruin our political investments” The stakes are very high.

So, the attack dogs have been unleashed to shoot down the Peter Obi Revolution. If you are familiar with Nigeria’s traditional media landscape, then you know which dog belongs to whom and who let the dogs out! This writer knows the traditional Nigerian media landscape and the dramatis personae.

The propaganda war is on and the attack lines are clear:
Number One- Peter Obi must be promoted as an ethnic candidate with an ethnic agenda and stopped from being established as a national phenomenon.

Number Two: The credibility of Peter Obi must be constantly challenged and he must be publicized as a habitual liar with a movement based on lies.

Number Three: The story of Obi’s achievements as Governor of Anambra State must be re-told to establish that he was a failure in government.

Number Four: The frugality for which Mr. Obi is known and which is one of his major selling points must be reinterpreted as incurable stinginess.

Number Five: Continue to repeat that Peter Obi has no structure and that the election cannot be one on social media, with the aim of destroying the confidence of his supporters.

Do not be surprised if you read tomorrow that Peter Obi never went to school, is terribly corrupt, morally depraved and sleeps with children or animals.

That is the nature of political propaganda. The big question is whether it will work this time. The attack dogs face major challenges and here are some of them:

Number One: With the advent of social media, the media landscape has dramatically changed. No one can monopolize information anymore. Everybody with a smartphone is now a publisher and everyone can be instantly challenged especially with the army of supporters of the Peter Obi movement being social media savvy.

Number Two: Peter Obi is extremely likable. He rarely attacks people. While the attack dogs are attacking him, he is attacking Nigeria’s problems and winning new converts. He is a moving target. A great example of his political sagacity is his masterful handling of Father Ejike Mbaka’s insults.

Number Three: While the attack dogs have to be “mobilized”, the Peter Obi movement is on auto-pilot with the thousands of “OBIdient” Nigerian youth who are NOT asking for any “shi-shi” propelling the movement.

Peter Obi has been revealed to Nigerians at a national level as being different. His sassy grasp of issues and his confident use of data, figures and statistics to break down complex problems has caught the eyes of many. In an environment, where most politicians simply hope, wish and pray, Obi appears to have plans with facts and numbers and not conjecture. He is clearly a digital leader in a digital age.

I repeat that even with the attack dogs, I have no doubt that Peter Gregory Obi will do very well as a candidate in the general elections. He connects well across the board: age, intellect, tribe, religion, etc. He has inspired an army of young Nigerians and his body language does not put anyone off.

The obedient supporters of this exciting new movement must stuff their ears to the attack dogs who will continue to tell them that Peter Obi cannot make it because he has no structure. Let it be repeated that while it is possible in the bullion van system to buy two thousand delegates, no one has enough dollars to buy the close to 50 million Nigerian voters that may be voting in 2023.

The young people of Nigeria, the same age group that drove the #endsars movement have caught a new fire and have concluded that for Nigeria to achieve true greatness, an end must be brought to our current bullion van democracy. Who says Obi has no structure? His structure is the young people of Nigeria who are committed to changing their country for the better.

Will the attack dogs succeed in shooting Peter Obi down?


*Meanwhile, do you have you PVC ✊*

Peter Obi is the best candidate. Even other aspirants know this.

PRAY FOR NAIJA .

(REASON 17 )

Just before Peter Obi stepped down as Anambra State governor, he met the renowned Cardiac Surgeon, Dr. Joseph Nwilo who was based in the United States.

He asked him to come back to Anambra State and perform those surgeries and Dr. Nwilo asked for a well-equipped hospital.
Peter Obi sat down with Dr. Nwilo and St. Joseph Specialist hospital and they came up with a list of things to get and the bill ran up to 1 BILLION NAIRA.

Peter Obi wrote the cheque and gave it to them.

Peter Obi doesn't have any heart issues, and he doesn't need any surgery!!!

Fast forward to August 3rd, 2014, after Peter Obi have left office, the first heart surgery was performed in Anambra State by 15 doctors led by Dr. Joseph Nwilo in the facility Peter Obi built.

The facility was named after Peter Obi and he was invited to witness the surgery.

Dear Nigerians, let's try this man. A NEW NIGERIA IS POSSIBLE WITH PETER OBI

(REASON 18 )



*Reasons the Ruling Class will do everything to stop Obi*

1. Crude oil theft will stop. This is a big source of income for some of our super rich . They load and sell our crude at will.

A lot of people in CBN will be questioned. Massive theft and conspiracies. All must stop.

Most military Generals retired and serving will be required to answer questions. Arms purchase funds often diverted, some Generals are billionaires. This must stop.

Theft associated with security budgets in pretense of stockpiling for bandits will come to an end. Within a year financiers of Boko haram will be identified. Corruption in our security agencies is reason Boko haram has lasted.

Dubai will be cut off as their looting safe destinations.

Padded budgets for Senators and Reps constituency projects will end. Our Senators and Reps are a cesspool of corruption.

Abandoned contracts will end. Obi will question every budgetary expenses line by line. Every shishi will be accounted for.

Those in charge of theft and corruption in our seaports and their foreign collaborators will be asked for proper accounting. Nigerians will be shocked to know how much money is stolen and diverted in our ports.

NNPC will undergo full scrutiny. Subsidy theft scam will come to an end.

Ministers, Perm Secs and super Directors in ministries will stop seeing so much money.

If we do not remove the present National Assembly, they may attempt to impeach him. They are part of the problem.

For the first time since independence, this is the closest we have come to chase our taskmasters and oppressors out!

Keep the momentum, these devils will do everything to stop him, you are poor, not at school, bad roads and non functional hospitals because our politicians are super rich. They are the cause of our problems.
The only way to have the good life is to chase them out through the ballot box.

They will do everything to stop the momentum, don’t give up, they are getting scared, they will attempt blackmail but it will fail.

Their cup is full. We will kick them out.

Be OBIdient. Vote Peter Obi for President

Pass it on!

(REASON 19 )


PETER OBI: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MOVEMENT AND PARTY CAMPAIGN, by Dr Adamu Akyala Ishaku

I have said this before and I will say it again and again.
Peter Obi is not running a campaign. He is leading a movement.
Let me tell you the difference in case you don't know.

1. Campaigns end as soon as the results of elections are announced. Movements continue thereafter.

2. Campaigns are driven by politicians while movements are driven by the people.

4. Campaigns are driven by interest while movements are driven by convictions

4. In Campaigns people follow a politician selfishly because they believe he/ she will win but in movements, the people follow selflessly because they believe the people will win.

5. In campaigns ,people follow a person while in a movement people follow ideology.

6. In campaigns politicians tell the people what they will do but in a movement the people know what the person they are following will do.

7. In a campaign, people who cast their vote believe they are doing a politician a favour but in a movement they know they are doing themselves a favour.

8. In a campaign, politicians build structures but in a movement the people build the structure and infact,everyone is a structure.

9. In campaigns we rely on politicians to convince us to get involved,we have people with apathy but in a movement people find motivation from within. Everyone is bold.

10. Campaigns come with a plan from day one but Movements don't. They are spontaneous. They build momentum that becomes the plan.

11. Campaigns are like T.V advertisement politicians pay to get people in, but a movement is like a premiership match,the people pay to get in at their own expenses.

12. In a campaign people who oppose you or make a caricature of your campaign are usually confident but in a movement,people who oppose you or make caricature of the movement are scared of it.

PETER OBI IS A MOVEMENT. I AM PART OF THAT MOVEMENT. BE ALSO A PART OF THE MOVEMENT.
NOW IS THE TIME. STAND UP AND BE COUNTED ."