Iliveforever: Don’t tell me when you have such amount in circulation and there’s no economic plan and strategy to back it up that they won’t be problem??
First of all, does Nigeria have economic sustainability??
When dollars are in circulation, there would be a profusion at the BDCs as such, it becomes cheaper.
Abi if you win Jackpot of 30k dollars now, you no go spend inside?
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 Stated, 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.
A TALE OF TWO FORMER GOVERNORS
Two men were governors one in Lagos the other in Anambra . Towards the end of their second term, the one in Lagos sent his retirement bill and got his house of assembly to approve what you see below as his yearly pension.
1. 300% annual salary as severance package as approved by RMAFAC. 2. 100% of annual basic salary of incumbent gov as salary for LIFE even after leaving office. 3. 6 new cars every 3 years 4. A new house in Lagos, minimum 5 bedroom 5. A new house in Abuja or any other location, minimum 5 bedroom. 6. Free medical care for him and members of his family for life. 7. Entitled to cooks, stewards, Gardners, and domestic staffs, all pensionable. 8. 300% of his annual basic salary as governor every 2 years as furniture allowance 9. 100% of annual basic salary as governor as his house maintenance allowance 10. Two DSS officers, 1 female officer for his wife and eight policemen to guard him. 11. 25% of his annual basic salary for personal assistants. 12. 30% of his annual basic salary for car maintenance . 13. 20% of his annual basic salary as utilities maintenance. 14. Pensionable drivers, no limits to the number.
This is apart from what he gets as a percentage of collections from Alpha Beta for tax collections for Lagos State and the total control he has over the governor and the treasury.
*But See what the other collects from Anambra State since leaving office as governor*:
1. No gratuity 2. No pensions 3. No houses 4. No cars 5. No allowances of any kind 6. No maintenances of any kind. 7. No personal assistants paid by the state. 8. No domestic staffs paid by the state. 9. No aids sponsored by the state. 10. Not even pure water. 11. No shishi from the State.
Now the 2 men want to be president. *So you choose today who means well for Nigeria and who will serve the people selflessly*. Am just exposing your mind to see the truth.
successmatters: He was importing become there was no local production of the same goods, when he got into power, he started correcting things, that's a leader.
Nobody in APC has ever produced anything, or supported local production, from buharri to Tinubu.
successmatters: That was then, before he got into politics as governor. Obi later started supporting local production as governor by creating an industrial park in Onitsha and also actively supporting the establishment of productive compainside hos state of Anambra.
Oilwell: My dear brother If Nigeria good tomorrow it will be good for everybody. As Nigeria bad today the effect dey also reach everybody. My pray for you is that God blesses you and open doors of favour for you and your family also cause the works of your hands to prosper this new week we are about to enter. Also that He opens your eyes so that you can see beyond tribe/religion. Because deep down inside of you, I know you are a good man.
Stop the philosophy and explain why Obi failed in Anambra.
Chinkoalhaji34: Bishop Abioye promised that his “god” will open the gates of hell to Christians that vote Muslim-Muslim ticket. Such a depravity.
Same “god” did not kill the Muslims that keep voting Christian-Christian ticket across almost 13 states of the 17 states in the South. Why is his own “god” selective in who he send to hell?
The living true God in heaven created all human being and sees everyone as his creation. Why will God now discriminate who goes to heaven or hell because of politics of religion?
It seems Nigeria religious folks are now getting more stupid by the day that pastors/imams will just spill nonsense and you will hear the crowd chanting in agreement.
Is religion a scam in Nigeria? Is religion breeding stupid people in Nigeria?
That's why i did not hesitate to call Eneche a criminal.
People would ordain themselves, grow fat on the conteibutions of their congregations then suddenly feel offended when one refuses to bow to them.
Till TB Joshua died, they denied him any reverence.
When he passed away, there was no high powered delegation to attend his funeral.
Na the same Christian God all of them they claim oh.
Talkless of a Muslim, a Sikh, a Traditional Worshipper.
Lastly, if we complain about Muslim-Muslim ticket, shouldnt we also be complaining about Male-male ticket?
All the desperate japas have blocked the road for genuine ones.
On the basis of probability, and based on their experience with Nigerians in the past, there's a high likelihood that in a band of ten, 3 or four would japa.
Sunday2021: Tinubu will only win your household. Muslim Muslim ticket will never succeed. The useless old drug lord publicly said that all the Christians in the north are incompetent,that only Muslims are competent. Anybody that support Tinubu in my community,we will burn down his house.
Please try it.
That's how your type were playing football with someone's head until they were caught.
LordOfTheGame: Can you feel the amount of HATE coming out from your heart towards a people who owes you nothing? If you don't live in abroad how can you know how these white people behave? What the guy said is correct. These white people, the moment a crime is committed and it happens to be connected to black people, they're quick to pin it on the black person unless in some few cases where they carried out investigations and discover the truth them they may exonerate the person. I am a witness to this because I've seen it play out here.
Prosper123: That's how your likes go about spreading hate and tribalism on this platform, because you are filled with it. Continue. I have checked most of your comments. Filled with jobless insults and tribalism. Let God deliver you from hate. Bye
Prosper123: Nairaland is getting filled with uncouth kids. Time to leave this forum. Who are you telling shatap. That's how you people disgrace Nigerians abroad with your loud and uncivilized manners. Have we met before or did I insult you. Please don't reply me.
Prosper123: You don't even know what black doctors are passing through in the UK now. If you knew you would never be happy at all. Including black nurses. Many are tired and trying to leave. The health care discrimination is getting high by the day
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