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kettykin:
The brewery will reduce unemployment, offer beverage drinks like malt drinks , Nigeria will be a net exporter of canned drinks and compete with Heineken all over the world, including Europe. ,this will be the biggest boost to the agricultural industry because sorghum, malt , millet will take over the un farmed forest of northern and western Nigeria where bandits are presently lurking, repentant bandits will be gainfully employed as farm worker ,the auto industry will face the demand of designing ,engineering and building upscale haulage trucks to handle the pressure, more more for brand ambassador jobs for the likes Davido, wizkid, Burna boy,Rema, more money for advertising industry, more money for show business men like Obi cubana, Cubana chief priest, abeg who no like better things.


This Is the more reason why Nigeria needs a tested business man and entrepreneur. See what Peter Mbah is doing in Enugu ,nobody can match his pace. Nigeria needs Peter Obi more than Peter Obi needs Nigeria.

You have ended up creating an advocacy for Peter Obi rather than your original intention of demarketing him.

Then tell Giringory to campaign on opening similar breweries across the country with state funds including in the core north

I am sure they will buy into this economic model of drinking ourselves out of an economic ditch.

oskopy:
An Igbo cannot kill his brother this awful manner.yorubas will start shouting ipob, just to hype their masters that have been terrorizing Nigeria. One thing I know, is that Igbo man cannot run away from his anssestral home land

The way you people lie so brazenly .

Something FFK don smash for bed tire

phorget:
When he's done then he will start clearing Obiano's rot I guess.

Obiano did far better than your Giringory who even wanted to play godfather over Obiano by demanding #7.5bn monthly for supporting his nomination and campaign under APGA for Governor

Built nothing as governor . Zero legacy .

And somehow he can fix Nigeria ?

The Panama leaks aka Pandora box revelations exposed him as having substantial amounts of money running into the millions stashed in an offshore account in Panama .

According to the mob , he is still a saint.

Caught red handed moving cash from Anambra to his Lagos office using Anambra state government motorcade convoy with police protection.

But today he is the only saint in Nigeria's political landscape.

Demanded #7.5bn monthly from his successor as compensation for bankrolling his campaign.
But today he is a saint .

#75bb investment all a sham

Addressing reporters yesterday, the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu, described Obi’s claim as a hoax. He said: “The N75 billion was not there; it was not handed over to anybody. At best it can be half truth”. Chukwulobelu said instead, the state government inherited a total contract sum of N185.1 billion as liability from the Obi administration.

bamosagie:
Soludo did not take over from Obi.

And?

That just shows how immense Obi's fckup was that it will take another 3 governors like Solodu and Obiano to fix.

Bobloco:
You mean Obiano, who handed over to Soludo, created no rot?

Obiano did very well compared to Giringory.

At least he gave you an airport.

When asked why Anambra doesn't have an airport or thinking of having one, Giringory said there was no land available for an airport but he found land for brewry.

Go and verify this position Giringory had regarding Anambra airport project which he rejected.

DeltaBachelor:
Cool response

He admitted that he tried and failed .

JibrinAm:
Soludo, The Betrayer.

They can't talk without mentioning PETER GREGORY OBI. Was Willie Obiano not a governor too? Why are you not mentioning him?

OBI is your problem. Continue.

Govt is a continuum, when u leave, another person will come and almost lampoon you heavily.

Solodu is still clearing Giringory's rot that's why

So he admitted that he failed woefully

Amumaigwe:
Cure your ignorance

*PETER OBI RELEASES HIS FULL PROFILE AS MORE NIGERIANS PREVAIL ON HIM TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY*

NAME : Mr. Peter Gregory OBI, (CON).

CONTACT DETAILS

*22 Niger Drive, GRA, Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria
*Tel: 08034051000
*E-mail: poanambra@gmail.com

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 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.

Arrant nonsense.

Stick to the topic or gtfoh

A regional brewry like that in Anambra processes on a daily basis 40 tonnes of grains. Annually , this will translate to as much as 15,000 tonnes annually.

This is food that ought to have gone to addressing hunger in the land .

So you can blame Giringory's brewry enterprise for buying up most of the available dwindling grains in the market thereby pushing grain prices higher.

The profit margin for Giringory and his buddies in Sabmiller are very high so they can afford to out price anyone including you from the market . Wonder why egg prices are so high? That's because Giringory brewery is buying a substantial amount of grains that they use to make beer and then cash out.

Your average struggling poultry farmer can't buy grains to raise chickens for eggs and meat and see to same profit margins like that of Giringory and Son distillers.

His supporters are now claiming the lone brewry project Giringory diverted state funds to facilitate it's construction in Anambra are the best way to go.

Note that Giringory has no school, roads , hospitals or anything tangible to point to as his 8yr legacy of maladministration of Anambra for 8 yrs.

Now his mob supporters are busy saying a misguided and highly suspect investment of Anambra state funds in a private brewry operation is far better than any social infrastructure .

At this point we can say that the mob will be in support of their messiah opening breweries and alcohol distillery plants in every state of the federation as part of his economic revival. No roads because after all, Giringory hates roads as confirmed with his open condemnation of the Lagos - Calabar Highway.

No investment in public education as Giringory never bothered to invest in any when he was governor and would rather encourage miracle centres or have education priced for only the ultra rich as confirmed by his past statements on his running mate's private for profit Baze university still operating during an ASSU strike.

Definitely no hospitals or investments towards building medical infrastructure and seeing to the welfare of medical practitioners. After all, Anambra medical professionals union went on a 13 month strike when Giringory was governor over demands for better pay. Giringory got them to end their strike after activating the "no work , no pay" policy - the first time it was ever used by government officials to force an end to a strike. Giringory's neglect of the medical and health field contributed greatly to the japa of medical health professionals. But not to worry, Giringory will build breweries in each state even in the fundamental Islamic north so that we can all be drunk and forget about everything like the way he did for Anambra people

gidgiddy:
As APC and it's supporters continue their celebration of 10 years of shameful failure, in the persons of Buhari and Tinubu, I want ask this:

Which one is worth a President coming to commission?

A brewery that created hundreds of jobs and generates millions for Anambra State in tax and revenue?

Or a Government House that will never generate one Kobo in revenue, but cost millions to maintain each year?

Over to you

Note:

I will be enjoying beer from that brewery with friends this evening

The only legacy of Giringory's 8yr maladministration is a private brewry he secured using state funds which he later transfered all state equity in that venture to his personal portfolio.

No schools. No hospitals . No roads.

Just one brewry.

Maybe we should start campaigning on behalf of Giringory that if elected he will build a brewry in every state in the federation .

chichar1:
Mtcheeewww . Madman anthem. Your president Tinubu the drug baron is a thief.

That brewery you see in Anambra state generating a lot of jobs and money for the good people of Anambra state.

God damm Soludo.

Nah today .

Agbegbaorogboye:
Now it is important to situate things cause there's a lot of infantile misinformation out there about this so-called loan repayment to IMF.

Firstly, before 2020, Nigeria was not owing IMF a dime. Buhari’s APC government took the $3.4bn loan as part of Covid-19 support funding to assist countries whose economies were affected by Covid. Nigeria qualified for the loan by virtue of oil price crash which pushed our economy to the brink of recession.

Secondly, the Buhari govt was already paying off the loans in line with the conditions attached with the exception of subsidy removal and currency devaluation of course.

Thirdly Tinubu's APC government came in and in obedience to IMF removed subsidy and devalued the naira which made IMF restructure the loan for easier payments.

Fourthly, the loan has been fully liquidated this month longer than expected because of concessions granted due to subsidy removal and naira devaluation which means it's effectively a robbing Peter (in this case Nigerians) to pay Paul(in this case IMF) scenario.

Lastly, what is important is to ensure this APC govt don't go back to taking loans from IMF like their predecessor did since it's obvious APC are very poor at economic management regardless of who is in charge.

Thank you

Your aunty Ngozi Iweala was recruited by the IMF to sell their urusury loan sharking down our throats.

Ngozi was head of the IMF COVID 19 relief funds .

Go and verify.

Noblechykk:
For APC FC to assign one special defender to mark Obi always, then he is really a big threat to them

"Peter Obi sleeps with men... In due time we will expose him" -Rabbj Kanustien

agadez007:
Nairaland will be allowing Yoruba people run amok,when I reply now they will ban me

Complain and wailing no dey tire you ?

AustineE1:
Obi has always been in a class of his own,even within the Nigerian political circle,they politicians knows that he is one of the few people that can bring the necessary changes needed in this country but because our politicians are very corrupt and almost all are self centered and only care about their pocket and how to share the national cake,they so much detest Obi.
Obi will be a very bad business for corrupt politicians and it won't be business as usual.
These forces of darkness,don't want Nigeria to ever be blessed with the grace of light.

Giringory raised a faggin

No Trust was setup to oversee Obi's purported investments of Anambra state funds.

No board was setup to manage the funds and investments Obi claimed he invested on behalf of the state.

It was all a one man heist disguised as state investment.

Normally, a board of trustees should have been setup by Obi to manage Anambra's Sovereign Wealth Investments just as is the case with the Odua Group in the SW which is managed by appointed representatives from each state drawn from both public and private sector devoid of partisan sentiments.

In the case of Obi's purported "investments" of Anambra sovereign wealth, it was a one man show. Obi never constituted a board of trustees that ought to not only direct the investment but also manage it long after he leaves office. But this wasn't the case with Giringory. Only him sat and decided where investments should go which was mainly to business linked to him. To make matters worse, Obi never bothered to set up a board to manage said investments instead he just went on a lying spree claiming the state sovereign fund was worth #75bn on leaving office - a claim his successor dismissed as bogus lies

Only Giringory can audit the state sovereign funds he claimed to have "saved" and "invested" on behalf of the state.

Just like LP Presidential campaign funds, Obi and his presidential campaign team are yet to release a full audit of their spendings. Aisha Yesefu released a few crumpled up receipts to justify the billions donated by their lunatic mob supporters as a breakdown of the campaign expenditure. Billions were stolen by the Obi -Datti campaign team so much so that they didn't even bother to pay and mobolise their own party agents to over 70,000 polling units in the north. I bet if the campaign cost for hosting their Obito rallies with canopies was released today , you will be shocked to see how they will claim to have spent hundreds of millions to rent an open field and hire 6 canopies. The campaign rallies were such an embarrassment to even the shameless Obi that he even abandoned one of such signature open field canopy conventions.

This isn't the only time Giringory has been known to commit heist of funds. Even after leaving office and getting appointed as the the SE PDP GEJ/Sambo 2015 Presidential elections director, Giringory refused to release funds meant for the campaigns in the SE. This saw to the SE PDP big wigs leaving the party for Giringory. The foolishness of Jonathan appointing Obi who decamped from APGA to manage his campaign in the SE over existing old PDP leaders was just one of many gaffes. Till date , Giringory has never made any formal account of the GEJ Sambo campaign funds released to him. That is why till today I blame GEJ for appointing Obi to head his campaign in the SE which saw to the lack lustre performance he got from the region. It's on record that virtually all the big PDP names in the SE decamped to the APC immediately GEJ conceded and it's also a fact that out of all of the campaign directors for the GEJ regional and state Presidential team only Giringory was never arrested over campaign funds because the Buhari govt saw Giringory's heist of campaign funds as beneficial to them.

Giringory is a thief.

Now I know why these Obidient lunatics hate Wike and Tinubu with a passion.

Their senior mad man and leader instilled that hatred of these two men into their dark vile hearts.

Once an ibo man hates you nothing can reconcille you to them. They will take that hatred to the grave before passing it to their spawns to continue their hate.

Before Wike and Tinubu it was Gowon and Awolowo.

Even Buhari they do hated does not have the level of hate they have for Wike and Tinubu.

Hatred is consuming them slowly but surely.

oyeb15:
Kanu is not Nigeria problem. Government should focus on inflation and insecurity.

The problem of Nigeria is bad leadership and division cannot stop it. See how corrupt our governors, Kings , chairmen and family heads are.

See them.