I just love Peter Obi's sincerity and wisdom. They lied about his son, tagged him with IPOB, did all sorts.Yet, no bitter reply. Schooling them and turning their sour lemons to lemonade
Kikikiki, What is special about Zacheaus abi Zachariah supporting Tinubu? Many have forgotten that KANU and Okocha did but nothing came out of it. A whited sepulchre will remain a sepulchre. Tinubu no fit win...Period
The intelligent majority can NEVER support Tinubu... Forget that story.Tinubu isn't representing us...As it stands now, only Tinubu slaves are siding with him.
After the elections, we'd settle our differences. Tinubu is a disaster waiting to continue in Buhari's steps
Morphinne: Point of correction sir, I don’t hate the Igbos. Secondly, “Even as bad as many say Igbos are,there are detribalized ones amongst them” those are definitely your words sir, I never said it anywhere that the Igbos were bad, the insane majority among them are the ones I’m referring to and they actually know themselves and lastly @bolded, so mr omoluabi, you’re saying we the intelligent majority are hating on mr Obi for no reason other than being an Igbo man while the Igbos have enough and justifiable reasons to hate and lie against the persons of BAT and anyone who dares to show him supports, right? So they have reasons to start threatening to kill, burn, maim and intimidate anyone who openly shows support for candidates from other regions, huh? How on earth did you arrive at the conclusion that majority of yorubas are hating on him because he is Obi while the Igbo Jews have many reasons to hate Tinubu, bros na peace I choose this evening, so please, let’s maintain it that way. That statement is annoying but it’s fine, I’ll let it slide. What has BAT done wrong as a TYPICAL Nigerian politician that Obituary is not guilty of to justify hating on him while sparing Obi? And what has Obi done differently that makes him outstanding? Answer these two questions sir and I will tell you a few things that makes BAT a different breed. Mind you, they are all thieves, I’ve been saying this over and over but it’s unfortunate that we, the youth are rooting for them but please, stop saying I hate Obi because he is a Jew. I just don’t see him as being capable enough judging from his past antecedents as a former governor and the hype around him is quite unfortunate and appalling to say the least. This was how we were hyping Buhari and here we are today.
Campaign starts September... And don't forget Benue and Abuja is part of the North
FatherOfJesus: 1 month ago, I couldn't have believed that Peter Obi will be this massive. Damn
While I think he still may not win the election. (things may change in few months time), but he has supposed me. he's a force to reckon with now. He's obviously not a social media sensation like most people want us to believe. However, he needs to do a lot of work in the north
So na Google font be your source! Instead of fabricating stories, show us where / when he said all these.
We all know Tinubu is the least qualified amongst the major 3 contenders.
The only takeaway from Teemac's revelation is Tinubu's age.
abc115: Former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli has made U-turn, saying the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is competent to lead Nigeria.
Tee Mac said he was quoted out of context over his private conversation with a Facebook acquaintance.
He had alleged that Tinubu was 86 years old and not 70 and would be too old to lead Nigeria in 2023. The post went viral on social media.
Tee Mac, in a statement on Saturday said his attention had been drawn to a post that has gone viral on Social Media regarding a private banter with a Facebook acquaintance on the eligibility of Tinubu for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“While it is regrettable that such a private conversation went viral vide from a Facebook Account, let me state that the conversation was taken out of context.
“In the first instance, I have high regards for the person of the APC Presidential candidate; a two (2)-Term Governor of Lagos State, and a revered leader of the APC. I have lived in Lagos since I relocated from Switzerland, and I can attest to his transformational impact in the state.
“More significantly is his ability to identify and engage exceptional and committed technocrats in governance with tangible results over time, and maintaining relationships with them, and others across board. This, I believe will be replicated if he is given the opportunity at the Federal level,” he said.
Asiwaju: Right Man for 2023 According to Tee Mac, Tinubu’s all-inclusive style of governance has seen people from other states, ethnicities and faith take up appointments in Lagos, serving meritoriously too.
“Consequently, his competence is not in doubt. I only expressed my fear for the rigours of the office.
“My personal view is that anyone can choose any candidate, but must ask themselves if they have chosen rightly. This is a pertinent question for everyone. I simply admonished a friend to vote by his convictions,” he said.
Tee Mac added that his only grouse, which he still stood by was that it was Tinubu who sold Buhari to the nation in 2015, which candidate, contrary to all expectations, underperformed.
“The above notwithstanding, I neither have a personal grudge with Asiwaju, nor would pursue a path of acrimony with my cousin, Remi Tinubu, whom everyone adjudged pleasant and supportive. Tinubu remains a man I admire regardless of what sycophants have tried to make of my comment,” he added.
Which day Tinubu start to bend down for mosque? No be hin dey siddon for barber chair for mosque that time? Worship after lying about his age/certificate and stealing Lagos blind. Keep deceiving yourself
Trust is not easy to come by. All these just because of Peter Obi? The Hausas trust Obi (an Igbo man) than Tinubu (who is a disgrace to all Yorubas). See as Mahdi Shehu finished Tinubu in the video below:
· 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 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.
- Do you want to see Peter Obi run for the office of the President?
I wonder what or who you refer to as una.You prolly think any one who doesn't agree with your line of thinking is Igbo.
You don't understand what I'm saying. No culture is perfect. When I use the word "transformed" it's deliberate. We are first Humans before being Yoruba. Even being omoluabi isn't automatic, there's deliberateness.
Even as bad as many say Igbos are,there are detribalized ones amongst them if not more than us. If anything at all, we Yorubas are more conscious about our ethnic group than the igbos.
Did you notice most Yorubas that are against Obi are doing so simply because he is Igbo NOTHING more. Whereas the igbos against Tinubu have other reasons other than Tinubu being Yoruba.
I'm not saying we don't have bigots amongst Igbos But to be honest with you, We Yorubas detest igbos more until Jesus works on our hearts.
Let's stop these thinking abeg.
Morphinne: Lol And here we have an Igbo man supporting a yoruba, right? Make I break am for pidgin for you, imagine say na Obi of Onitsha dey shout say make una vote for Alhaji Kwankwaso or Atiku, shey una no go don cut him head troway for Ezu river? You said it's rare but someone and the people showing that rare trait now are the yorubas, so that gives me enough and justifiable bragging right to say it's a yoruba thing. To tell you it's definitely a yoruba thing, a prominent yoruba man is doing it now and we the yoruba masses see nothing wrong with it (that shows that the tolerance is inherent in us) Now the Nigerian actors of Igbo extractions are scared of identifying with politicians from other regions for fears of being attacked and killed by the lost jews of the east; the children of hate and perdition.
Nope bro...we aren't saying the same thing.Everyone is self-centered but it's in degrees.It's not a Yoruba culture to be selfless.It's a conscious and transformational thing.
Did you forget that OBJ is often abused for not using his office to favour yorubas? Why is that? Remember, OBJ makes statements like :I am not a Yoruba president.
"There's no man who won't heap soil to his side when making a mound"
Not saying OBJ is transformed but it's rare to find selfless individuals.
Morphinne: We’re still saying the same thing bruv. Being detribalized I.e liberal, is a Yoruba culture thing. And to tell you that I and many other Yorubas are like this, we still love this man and will never threaten him or anyone for having a divergent views. It’s not in our culture. Baba still remains our father. That’s what separates us from the two major extremities.
Do you know how many igbos supported June 12? The issue is not tribe but persons. OBJ has always been a detribalized Nigerian.
Morphinne: A typical Yoruba man sees nothing wrong in what baba Obj is doing but just imagine this was an elder statesman in the East rooting and beating drums of support for a southwesterner or a northerner, hell would be let loose, his head would have been chopped off for being a saboteur
Did you even understand what you're responding to?
Arutan: Exactly. They will never accept same treatment they dole out to others. How can you be doing pvc registration inside the church, why? Stop involving churches in politics. When Obi was governor of Anambra state, he gives monthly allocation to mostly catholic churches. So now the catholics are working to rig election for him. Once they fail in anything they heap the blame on Tinubu.
Why all these congrats? Do they think, the new CAN president will command ALL Christians to change their minds about voting the best candidate? Every one knows Peter Obi is the best amongst them
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