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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) Go & Verify

. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Philosophy)Go & Verify

· Lagos Business School, Nigeria (Chief Executive Program)Go & Verify

· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Mid to Mid Marketing)Go & Verify

· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Changing the Game)Go & Verify

· London School of Economics (Financial Mgmt/Business Policy)Go & Verify

· Columbia Business School, New York, U.S.A. (Marketing Mgmt )Go & Verify

· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Senior Executive Program)Go & Verify

· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Break-Through Program for CEOs)Go & Verify
· Kellogg Graduate School of Management, U.S.A. (Advanced Executive Program)Go & Verify

· Kellogg School of Management U.S.A. (Global Advanced Mgmt Program)Go & Verify

. Oxford University: Said Business School, (Advanced Mgmt& Leadership Program)Go & Verify

. Cambridge University: George Business School (Advanced Leadership Program)Go & Verify

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

· Governor, Anambra State of Nigeria (2006-2014)Go & Confirm

· Honorary Special Adviser to the President on Finance (till May, 2015)Go & Confirm

· Member, Presidential Economic Management Team (till May, 2015)Go & Confirm

· Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (2008-2014)Go & Confirm

· Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum (2006-2014)Go & Confirm

. Former Chairman: Board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Go & Confirm

· Former Chairman: Fidelity Bank Plc.Go & Confirm

· Former Chairman: Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Ltd. Go & Confirm

· Former Chairman: Future Views Securities, Ltd. Go & Confirm

· Former Chairman: Paymaster Nigeria Plc. Go & Confirm

· Former Chairman: Next International (Nigeria) Ltd Go & Confirm

· Former Director: Guardian Express Bank Plc.Go & Confirm

· Former Director: Chams Nigeria Plc. Go & Confirm

· Former Director: Emerging Capital Ltd. Go & Confirm

· Former Director: Card Centre Plc. Go & Confirm

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS

· Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Go & Verify

· Member, Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers. Go & Verify

· Member, British Institute of Directors (IOD) Go & Verify
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. Go & Verify

*Federal Government Committee on Negotiation with Labour on Subsidy. Go & Verify

*Federal Government Committee on Mass Transit. Go & Verify

*Federal Government Committee on Natural Resource. Go & Verify

*National Economic Council Committee on Power Sector Reform. Go & Verify

*National Economic Council Committee on Sharing of MDGs Funds. Go & Verify

*National Economic Council Committee on Accurate Data on Nigeria’s Oil Import and Export. Go & Verify

*Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council. Go & Verify

*Sub-Committee on Needs Analysis of Public Universities in Nigeria. Go & Verify

*National Economic Council Review Committee on the Power Sector. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

*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. Go & Verify

*2014: Champion Newspaper Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade. Go & Verify

* 2014 The Voice Newspaper (Holand) Achievers Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership and Governance. Go & Verify

*2013: Silver Bird Man of the Year (with Governor BabatundeFashola of Lagos State). Go & Verify

*2012: Business Hallmark Newspaper Man of the Year. Go & Verify

*2012: The Golden Award on Prudence – by the Methodist Church of Nigeria as the Most
Financially Prudent Governor in Nigeria. Go & Verify

* 2012: Leadership and Good Governance Award by The Ezeife Leadership Foundation Award for restoring peace and harmony to Anambra State. Go & Verify

* 2012: Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East Nigeria – by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Go & Verify

* 2012: Outstanding Financial Planner and Manager – by the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion for my resourcefulness and creativity in governance. Go & Verify

*2011: Zik Leadership Prize. Go & Verify

*2010: ICT Governor of the Year – by the West Africa ICT Development Award. Go & Verify

*2009: Champion Newspaper Nigeria’s Most Trustworthy Governor Award. Go & Verify

*2009: Thisday Newspaper Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria. Go & Verify

*2007: The Sun Newspaper Man of the Year Award. Go & Verify

**The Nigerian MDGs Office/UNDP Best Governor in the Implementation of the MDGs in Nigeria. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

*He was the first Governor in Nigeria to legally challenge his wrongful impeachment and was reinstated by the Courts. Go & Verify

*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. Go & Verify

*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. Go & Verify

*He was the first Governor, whilst still in Office, to be appointed a Special Adviser to the President. Go & Verify

*He was the first serving Governor to be appointed into the Presidential Economic Management Team. Go & Verify

*He was among the first Governors to be honoured with a National Award in 2011, while still in office. Go & Verify

*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. Go & Verify

*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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify, the records are.

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

6. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra State as the most financially stable state in the country. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

10. Through partnership with the Church in the Health sector, his Government funded the transformation of -:

a: Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi; Go & Verify
b: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala; Go & Verify
c: St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha; Go & Verify
d: Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha; and Go & Verify
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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

15. More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our Government. Go & Verify

16. Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State. Go & Verify

17. Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

22. His Administration conceived and built, from scratch, the first state-owned Teaching Hospital, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu teaching Hospital, Awka. Go & Verify

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). Go & Verify

24. His Government attracted the World Bank support on erosion - National Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) - to Anambra State. Go & Verify

25. His Government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for the effective implementation of our poverty-alleviation strategies. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

27. During his tenure and with his Government's support, Anambra State became an oil producing State. Go & Verify

28. He built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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. Go & Verify

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…. Go & Verify

If wishes were horses……

But I know some wants to ride on wolves…… I just pray that before the D date, God's Grace will confirm & Verify their Hearts to good Deeds for their Nation Nigeria.

Ogagun6934:
Areanews please tell us full details, let me know if i can withdraw my passport. I have submitted since 21th of September and i didn't hear anything.

It's best you do so. withdraw your passport. Or wait too. But if you get rejected. You can only apply after 6 months.

FX:
Bro good day. Which African embassy that is closer to Nigeria can someone go.

Kindly check. I just have full details

Shamsblooded:
Please brothers and sisters
Can I get turkey visa in 13 days?
Because the event I want to attend remain 14 days the organizers send me invitation and visa support they said they will call the embassy to support my visa application
They sent me Hotel reservation

You won't get a visa from Nigeria embassy.
Don't waste your money

chime4u2:
Please house, how many months will an Application be forward to Turkish Authority for processing stay before it will be rejected.
Will there be any notifications to show that your application is not granted or not favourable.
I submitted since 14th of September and I got an email and my passport has be returned with a pink slip, since then nothing has be said or heard from them.

Check your email. There should be a message from them.

Ogagun6934:
My passport is still there since 21th of September, i am fed up and down Hope God will do best.

Of you are not sure, best is to call them and withdraw your passport. If you get rejected. You will wait for 6 months before reapplying again.

Goldenpearly:
Someone on a similar post said…. “To all people who want to apply for turkey visa, you will visit mzvisa Abuja to submit your documents and do your interview after your interview you might be called for collection if you come to collect and find your passport with a white paper stampd and something written with biro on your passport it’s refusal but if you get a paper that say your visa has been forwarded to Turkish embassy then you have to wait from 2weeks to 3 month for passport request after 3month if no mail or passport request forget about it and move on, but some set of people after interview and submission a week letter embassy will mail you and ask you to go buy a paid return ticket and submit to the embassy then if you do that after 5days ur visa will be issued”
Hope this helps…

Don't waste your money

Ogagun6934:
Areanews please tell us full details, let me know if i can withdraw my passport. I have submitted since 21th of September and i didn't hear anything.

I just gave full details now. Check

sirrotex:
Just a word of advice to those thinking of applying from other African countries. You need to show proof of your legal residence in the other country before you application can be treated

That's correct. I simply didn't want to drop every info here. We don't know who is reading.

I have updated my post for everyone to learn and take advantage of it.

Breaking: PDP asks INEC to stop announcement of presidential election results

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, to discontinue the announcement of the presidential election results.

Read more details here: http://areanews.ng/?p=4452

Army paraded Wike’s commissioner, PDP lawmaker, others for rigging in Rivers

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, has paraded Governor Nyesom Wike’s Commissioner for Urban Development and Physical Planning, Dr. Reason Onya; and the representative of Ahoada West constituency in Rivers House of Assembly, Nwanaka Okpokiri, for alleged rigging last Saturday’s elections in the state.

According to AREANEWS.NG. The Camp Commandant of Government House, Port Harcourt, Oyoku Ifelle, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP); Major Akpoge Peter Ubah of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt and thirty one others, including policemen, thugs and ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including two women, were also paraded.

Read more details here: http://areanews.ng/?p=4449

Watch the Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkSvfGlKkU4

We reported earlier of Prophet Alph N Lukau, founder and General Overseer of Alleluia Ministries International, South Africa, who claimed to have brought back to life a dead man during a Sunday Service.


The pastor claimed that the ‘deceased’ had spent the weekend at the mortuary before he was brought to the church for a “miracle”.

In new reports, it has been gathered that the Kings and Queens Funeral Services in South Africa has vowed to take legal action against pastor Alph Lukau for dragging its name in the alleged resurrection.

The funeral home denied having preserved the man’s body, a situation which instantly drew doubts in the whole coming back to life story.

Read their full statement below @ www.areanews.ng

2019 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS

S/N STATES APC PDP
1 EKITI 219,213 154,034
2 OSUN 347,634 337,377
3 FCT 152,224 259,997
4 NASARAWA 289,903 283,847
5 KWARA 308,984 138,184
6 KOGI 285,894 218,207

Read full result here: http://areanews.ng/?p=4354

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate of the Kwara south senatorial district Lola Ashiru as winner of the contest.

The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Sylvia Malom while declaring the result at the Irepodun Local Government Secretariat in Omu-Aran, said Ashiru polled 89, 704 to emerge winner.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Senator Rafiu Ibarhim, Ashiru’s closest rival in the election, polled 45, 176 votes.

According to AREANEWS.NG, Malomo said Ashiru having scored the highest number of votes in the election was declared winner and returned elected.

Read more: http://areanews.ng/?p=4086

Saraki has effectively been removed as he loses all four local governments in senatorial district to APC

Senate President Bukola Saraki lost in all of the local governments in his Kwara Central Senatorial District in Saturday’s National Assembly elections.

AREANEWS.NG reported how Mr Saraki lost three of the four local governments in the state earlier.

The local governments are Asa, Ilorin South and Ilorin East. The fourth local government is Ilorin West, the Senate President own local government.

Result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission Sunday evening showed that in Ilorin West,
APC polled 51, 531 while the PDP polled 30,075.


Read more details here: http://areanews.ng/?p=4083

Atiku wins nine out of 10 declared LGAs in Oyo
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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
is currently leading in the Saturday’s presidential election in Oyo state.

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, is currently leading in the Saturday’s presidential election in Oyo state.

The election took place in all the 33 local government areas in the state.

Mr Abubakar, in the results of the 10 local government areas so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, is currently winning in nine.

The results show that Mr Abubakar got a total of 85, 109 votes while President Muhammadu Buhari of APC secured a total of 79,802 votes.

The results indicate that Mr Abubakar won in Afijio, Saki East, Kajola, Ibarapa North, Ibarapa East, Itesiwaju, Iwajowa, Ibadan North West and Olorunsogo.

AREANEWS.NG reports that Mr Buhari has won in only one local government area which is Irepo.

Read more details here: http://areanews.ng/?p=4080

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, has won seven of the 27 local government areas in Borno, as election result collation in the Saturday’s Presidential election is progressing in the state.

AREANEWS.NG reports that presidential collation was conducted at the Kashim Ibrahim of College of Education, Maiduguri.

The exercise, presided over by the state’s Presidential Returning Officer, Prof. Saminu Abdulrahaman, was conducted smoothly in the presence of party agents, election observers, security agents and journalists.

AREANEWS.NG reports that Buhari scored the highest cast in seven of the 27 local government areas as indicated in the results so far submitted for collation by the returning officers of the councils.

The councils were Nganzai; Mobbar, Dikwa, Abadam, Guzamala, Gubio and Magumeri.

The presidential election results so far collated indicated that Buhari was taking the lead against his closets opponent, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The results as announced by the Returning Officer in charge of Nganzai, Dr A Fusami, showed that the APC candidate scored 6, 804 as against the 975 votes scored by the PDP’s candidate.

In Mobbar, Baba Shehu, the Returning Officer, declared that Buhari polled 13, 122 votes and Atiku scored 280 votes.

For Dikwa; the Returning Officer, Dr. J. Ibrahim, disclosed that the APC candidate scored 17, 805 against the 100 votes scored by the PDP candidate.

Dr Ahmed Musa, the Returning Officer in charge of Abadam, said that the APC candidate polled 5, 907 while the PDP candidate got 270 votes.

The Returning Officer in charge of Guzamala, Dr Zarma Alhaji, announced that Buhari polled 5, 370 votes against the 521 votes scored by Atiku.

Also, Dr Kachalla Mohammed, the Returning Officer in charge of Gubio, declared that the APC candidate polled 10, 207 votes while the PDP flag bearer got 510 votes.

Dr Babagana Gambo, the Returning Officer in charge of Magumeri, announced that Buhari polled 12, 739 against the 694 votes scored by Atiku.

AREANEWS.NG reports also that election results from far distance areas were expected to be received at the collation centre, while the exercise was adjourned later in the day for continuation.

Read more details here: http://areanews.ng/?p=4066

APC Thugs Kidnap, Strip DCP F-SARS In Bayelsa As Police, Soldiers Clash Over Fake Results

Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal SARS, Kola Okunola, has been taken hostage by thugs loyal to Chief Timipre Sylva and the member representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House òf Assembly, Israel Sunny-Goli.

The Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Kemela Okara, said that the thugs led by Sunny Goli and backed by the military are mounting pressure on the Deputy Commissioner òf Police to accept fake results from Brass.

He added that the Deputy Commissioner of police refusal to sign the fake result caused a disagreement between the police officer and a Major of the Nigerian Army and his men.

According to him, the DCP who insisted on submitting the right results to INEC was token hostage in the waters and stripped naked by the thugs.

Read more details here: http://areanews.ng/?p=4058