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The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has commended Dr. Ogbonna Onu and Mr. Femi Adeshina on their appointments as the Secretary to Government of the Federation and the Special Adviser to the President on media respectively.

He also commended the emergence of Mr. Eric Osagie as the Managing Director of the Sun Newspapers, Mr. Steve Osuji as the Deputy Managing Director of the Sun Newspapers as well as Mrs Funke Egbemode as the Managing Director of the Telegraph Newspaper.

Obi who expressed optimism that the new appointees will bring their rich experiences in their respective fields to bear in their new assignments, assured them of his support and prayers as they contribute to the progress of Nigeria.

Obi urged them to always bear in mind that the assignments are national and crucial calls that require patriotism and diligence for success.

Obi who is in Oxford undergoing Senior Leadership and Management Course, advised them to have the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians in all they do.

“Those called for national assignments should think about Nigeria and Nigerians first, while those elevated to higher management duties in their newspapers should take the opportunity to promote the best of journalism in sync with the best global practices”, Obi said.

In another development, Obi also commiserated with the victims of patrol tanker fire at Upper Iweka on Sunday.

He said it was saddening and agonizing to witness, or hear about, such incident that take people's lives unannounced.

While commending the Government of Anambra State for her response to the tragedy, he condoled the bereaved families, and prayed to God to grant them the strength and fortitude to withstand the shock occasioned by the tragedy.

chinolization:
Dr Willie Obiano received vice president in Onitsha today on his working visit to commiserate with the victims of the petrol tanker explosion in the city.

SilverSurfer:
For those armchair critics who wants awka to turn into dubai overnight, you must understand that success begins with a step and that step has been made by peter obi. If not for anything, he wrestled anambra from the grip of political godfathers. We won't be here today talking about development if the likes of chris uba and emeka offor still held sway..... Incase the critics have forgotten, peter obi has gone for over a year now so quit mentioning his name here maka ugbo oganiru anambra steeti apuola. If you choose to remain in the past, goodluck then.

BuddahMonk:
You too like preaching, are you a preacher's son

Go to Apga Alaigbo page and see how the guy is being disgrace there, what he is doing here is what is doing there, he will copy his comments here and go and paste them there then people will start pounding him.

Stop flogging a dead horse, his problem is biblical

Cuche:
Anambra has some long stretch of boundary with Ndoni part of Rivers State. Down Ogbaru LGA, as a matter of fact, Ndoni in Rivers State was part of Ogbaru Zone in the immediate pre-independence era and remained so for years
Peter Odili wanted to connect the bridges and roads but was advised not to do so at the peak of his battles in Rivers State, they said he is Igbo and that altered his initial plans

chinolization:
Yes! Ndoni in Rivers state has a common boundary with Atani (Ogbaru) in Anambra state. They have similar culture and language. Peter Odili attended CKC Onitsha and he is from Ndoni and his ancestral origin was once traced to Ogbaru. I don't know if that is political or not.
Ogbaru equally has as much crude oil deposit likewise Ndoni in Rivers.

OdenigboAroli:
Like I have posited in the early stage of this thread,Soludo is nothing but an embittered loser who hasn't forgiven Obi for the way he was beaten and rejected by the Anambra electorate because of our love for Obi...hehe...nya jee taa ose. As for you,you are not even better than a smelly sshit by the bush which everybody spits on. You are not respected here,hence your opinion will never count...jee kwuo udor!

Cuche:
No doubt about the network of roads, Whether tarred or not, the reason for that is the fact that down the memory lane we have been blessed with a vibrant town unions. One of the notable foundational activities of the town unions, predating indepence is collective marking out Lands to be used as roads, for schools, for churches, markets and interconnects from one town to another. That type of cooperation is lacking in some other zones
But at the time greed and selfishness crept in, indigenous land owners at Awka, Nnewi felt it was a waste to make out the atleast 30 feet for roads, that was the origin of narrow roads. Now, apart from Government layouts and a few other private layouts, many artery roads in Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi are irritatingly narrow. Annoyingly, the Government tarred the roads like that without any effort to maybe get some feet left or right (expansion ) of the roads, most of which can be gotten without damage beyond fences
Obi is no better than Ngige. If not for anything Ngige is more quality oriented and very strict when it comes to standards. I remember when he came to supervise a particular road in 2004, RCC had a plan of a drainage. Ngige said No it must be dual drainage and over 10 years down it's paying off

yang:
I dislike all these talk about narrow roads. Till date Anambra has the best road network in Nigeria and that's due to efficient utilization of resources while avoiding white elephant double lane projects which always involves paying compensation to a community to acquire their land. Please also stop insulting Peter obi,he is the best governor we had and nobody is perfect. When peter started doing roads in omoba phase 1 and phase 2 olo street, umunya street I knew he was spreading development. Even internal roads in woliwo and awada. These are areas which suffered neglect for many years.

ACM10:
Left to me, I prefer narrow good roads that littered the length and breadth of Anambra to bad roads that littered the outskirts of other states capital. We should praise Peter Obi for interconnecting Anambra. Every part of Anambra is easily accessible, thanks to Peter Obi. Even Ngige built narrow roads too. I'm disappointed by the rate of development in Awka, but we must know that the city is still evolving. I know what Awka used to look like before it was chosen as the capital. Let us not be armchair critics. We should support the efforts of the government. If you drive round Anambra with your car, you will be full of praises for the efforts of some previous governors.

anitabeauty:
It is very clear that you are here to cause confusion. Can you see that what you posted is a road covered with chippings indicating that it is still under construction? Nobody said you made anything up, what we are saying is that that pictures of yours were taking during the time the road was being constructed and not a finished work as at then. The picture you too was around last year towards ending while the one Frank too was just too week old.

See the finished work of that same road here.

OdenigboAroli:
Tell me a respected Anambrarian that has ever criticized Obi....from Obi Achebe,Eze Okpoko n'Oba,Emeka Anyaoku,Chimamanda,Dr.Ezeife,Late Dora Akunyili,Adaeze Oduah,Eze Chukwuemeka Ike Ndikelionwu,Anambra USA and more has praised Obi for his ebullient stride in the state. Show me an Anambrarian that criticizes Obi and I will show you a criminal who should be stoned to death or just an ignorant,unexposed think who doesn't know the rudiments of development at its most primary stage.

One of those present took the satire to some level by comparing Jonathan to the ‘performance’ of the former Governor of Anambra, Peter Obi. He noted that while Obi gloated about ‘savings’, there is no signature project to remember his regime except that his regime took the first position among all states in Nigeria in the democratization of poverty—- mass impoverishment of the people of Anambra. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, poverty rose under his watch in Anambra from 20% in 2004 (lowest in Nigeria then) to 68% in 2010 (a 238% deterioration!).

Our friend likened it to a father who had no idea of what to do with his resources and was celebrating his fat bank account while his children were dying of kwashiorkor. He pointed out that since it is the likes of Peter Obi who are the advisers to Jonathan on how to manage the economy (thereby confusing micromanagement which you do as a trader with macro governance) it is little wonder that poverty is fast becoming another name for Nigeria. It was a very hilarious evening.

bankson80:
am ashamed that you are igbo.how can you be such a liar,just damanging people`s name.that capital oil have only what in anambra state.if you dont know,his the owner of the biggest kerosine depot in the whole southeast as a whole which peter obi visited when he was the governor.and the uba`s family.you said that they dont have bungalo.my question for you is,do you know where they are from in anambra and if yes,have you been to there family home in uga.am from ezinifite aguata and from my compound to uba`s compund will not take you more than 20mins drive.and all this poeple you are talking bad about,you dont know them and you dont know the companys they run and what they have.so please dont talk bullshit when you know nothing of someone

QuotaSystem:
What I don't understand is what the realization of Biafra has to do with Buhari's performance.

tucky200:
Na inside ur house disaster go happen...
Anu mpama

IdiAmin1:
Why would any one wish bad for one's country if not an insane fellow.

abduljabbar4:
Mehn billions of ideas on how to mock this guy are running into my brain at the speed of light right now. I'm confused.


Hahaha sleepless nights indeed

See how life is

tabletman1:
There is nothing like nwangele lake but drainage so any attempt or attempted to build something there will cause flooding in Onitsha.


The bridge your saviour built over there to join bida road and creek road has already collapse and obiano is patching it

chemali:
While its $129 here