globemoney:

So this is an Anambra thread, your only interest here is peter obi, go and create a peter obi thread and leave here. Ezi

Omanambala:


I don't fucccking believe you , so do the needful and prove me wrong!

Omanambala:


Ofeke lelu ana obi....disappear, church rat

Chikeluba25:

Don't forget that Peter Obi left a debt of N127billion yet Obiano succeed... In other words the debt was inherited from Peter Obi.

The N100billion debt will not stop Soludo from succeeding....
Watch out for a greater Anambra

globemoney:

Aboki I will soon open a plateau thread to keep you busy..

Omanambala:


[s]Peter Obi left office over 8yrs ago with investments of over 75 billions which subsequently yielded profits. In addition of the profit earned from the investment Obiano had over 200 billions in his hands which he must account for. You can't save him![/s]

Omanambala:


Oh , look , he is from Anambra but he doesn't understand simple Anambra Igbo...lmao

globemoney:

Look at how a plateau boy is very excited to learn few igbo words. Nothing you do will ever make you an igbo man. Not possible

Chikeluba25:

Innoson Manufacturing plant @Nnewi, Anambra State.

Omanambala:
[s]The former Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Dr. Alex Otti, has cleared the air of doubts in the minds of cynics who believe that the N75 billion savings the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, left for the State was a hoax.

Otti, in a statement, praised Peter Obi for his financial prudence which enabled him to save up N75 billion in both local and foreign currencies for Anambra State as a governor before leaving office. According to him, the dollar component of the savings is now worth over N95 billion.

Otti explained that it was through a high level of managerial ability that Peter Obi was able to achieve a great financial feat ‘in a state that was reputed to have been owing civil servants and pensioners’, by clearing off all debts inherited from his predecessor and still left behind a fortune for his successor.

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Confirming the N75 billion savings, Otti, who was the Chairman of Diamond Bank, one of the banks where the money was domiciled, stated again, as he had done many times before, that Peter Obi left a whopping N75 billion for the future generation of the state.

Speaking on the Dollar component of the savings, he said: “Like yours truly had done in the past, one can attest to the fact that some $155million was invested in the tier two capital of three Nigerian banks with maturities of about 5 years at interest rates of up to 9% per annum to the credit of the State.

As at the time the investments were made, the Naira equivalent of the funds was about N25b. If those funds were rolled over at maturity in 2019, they would be worth about N62b today. If interest is assumed to remain at 9% for the past 6 years, an additional N33.5b would have accrued to bring the present value of the investments to over N95b. This is one of the advantages of prudence and financial literacy”, Otti wrote.

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Otti, who said Peter Obi successfully cut off profligacies in governance, described Peter Obi as ‘one of the few leaders of the country that has his head properly screwed on his neck,’ noting that ‘in truth he is a true example of excellent leadership and accountability in today’s world where such attributes are in very short supply’.

Otti opined that it was the financial imprudence and lack of savings culture experienced at different levels of government that has almost crippled the nation after few months of lockdown. He therefore urged political leaders and public office holders to borrow a leaf from Obi’s prudence, financial responsibility and savings culture in their public and private lives.

It would be recalled that Peter Obi won the award of “Thisday Governor of the Decade.”


How about this from the horses mouth...lmao. Otondo[/s].

globemoney:

And Alex Otti didnt say this until he was refused APGA chairmanship and defected to APC.

Omanambala:
[s]EFCC VS Chief Willie Obiano.

1. 11.3b Paris Club Refund squandered.

2. Over 75 Billion left by his predecessor squandered.

3. 56 Million Dollars left by his predecessor squandered.

4. Borrowed and squandered over 111.48 million Dollars from China and India.

5. Owing contractors over #200 Billion.

6. Collected back from contractors money paid to them by Mr. Peter Obi for some projects, like the three arms zone, new Govt. House, Chief Judge’s house, etc.

7. 1.2 billion Naira security votes per month.

8. Unaccounted IGR stolen.

9. Question on what happened to gratuities of retirees since 2017.

10. To give account of some of the houses he purchased all over the world, example being the castle at 10 Ruxton Rd, off Bourdillion Street, Ikoyi. He bought it through his front and a popular Anambra transporter.

11. LGA funds squandered for 6 yrs.


There Is No Hope


Obiano defenders come a break this down.....lol[/s]

gariepinus:
[s]Obiano did nothing.. Obiano left our roads in sorry state..Obiano is very stupid.. Look at Onitsha today..Obiano can not even construct roads..beautify and plant flowers..clean the roads and fight against unnecessary dumping of refuse by people.. Just small touch to make city great and attractive.. Onitsha have been left to be city of Chaos for along. But it may have a new look as soludo promised to do something about it. Obiano must not go scot free...efcc should do the needful. Black people are very far to development. Very Wicked. What will it take a Governor to beautify roads,clean them,reconstruct and mark the roads..create law to tackle reckless dumping of refuse..... both the commissioner for environment and the Governor must be called this name. Fools..is high time they Begin to offer this corrupt politicians eternal life in prison so that they will hv fear for once.[/s].

Anambra Finances: Soludo has taken a bold step
For every trend, situation and development, we all have our personal opinions and we are all entitled to them.
Thus, this is just my opinion, my entitlement and it is a long note!
Yesterday, the Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo said (as reposted by my dear brother, Mazi Ejimofor Opara);
"The audited account of Anambra State as at 31st December, 2021 is published, anybody can access it. You can get it, you see our assets, liabilities and so on. And then, of course, as at the last date. What you now have to do is between the audited account as of the end of the year and as at the day of handover. You know if there were further liabilities and all of that.
"But, in terms of the audited account certified and published already, yea, everybody knows that the State's finances are not quite robust to put it mildly. The debt probably is in the range of hundred and something billion. In terms of debt. And then, cash, from what I saw in the end of it, a few hundred millions. Say 300 to 400 million Naira.
"That's what the state has, I mean that's the base. But we are still going to have the reconciliations and all the accounts from January to the date that we took over and would put it out there"
End of quote!
Without minding the sensations, misinformation and cruise-calls & subs that emanated from these clearly stated words of our dear Governor which were obviously used by mischievous many to mock the State Government especially Chief Willie Obiano and his family, to trend or simply to join the cruise;
I want to point out 5 major takeaways in the revelation made by Prof Soludo:
1. Anambra State Government Cash at hand is 300 to 400 million;
2. Anambra State debt is hundred and something billion... less than 200bn;
3. Anambra State finances is not robust;
4. The Anambra State audited account is published and anyone can access and assess it;
5. Reconciliation of accounts will still be done to actuate the state of accounts as at March 17, 2022 and that will be published;
If you understand any other thing aside these 5 pointers, then you either misconstrue the lucid words of Prof Soludo or deliberately using the moment to throw punches and catch cruise.
As Onye Anambra, who is a bit aware of how Obiano started and some of the challenges faced, I tell you this:
Obiano has written his name on gold, no matter what anyone thinks about it and no amount of insults or bickering can alter that unerasable fact.
He is a man who governed Anambra State in a time our dear country faced recession twice and he refused taking bailout funds from the Federal Government;
Yet, he was able to meet all the obligations of running the government, met major needs of the people, paid workers salaries, brought back night life, catalysed lots of new ventures, opened up many villages, lit up Anambra State, gave youths the platform to excel, made Anambra the safest State (before the recent dip in security), gave us identity to pride with, etc;
And aside all these, Obiano will ever be remembered for the following legacies:
He has at least one Infrastructural project bearing his name in all the 181 communities in Anambra State (grassroots legacy projects through the Community Choose-Your-Project Initiative);
He built the International Airport which is already generating revenue;
He built the International Convention Center which is expected to stimulate a chain of revenue generating activities;
He built the Awka City Stadium which is already hosting National League games with Rangers of Enugu presently using it as their home soil;
He built the 3 flyovers in Awka which changed the skyline of the State's Capital in addition to 13 other bridges including the longest bridge in South East Nigeria;
He opened up the agro-value chain making ndi Anambra major food producers and wealth creators as farmers, off takers, marketers, etc;
He nurtured and expanded Digital Entrepreneurship making a lot of ndi Anambra especially the youths appreciate and gainfully utilise the treasures in the Digital Space;
Amongst many others!
The only crime Obiano committed is not doing all that we wished for especially in areas of road construction & touts menace... He didn't construct or maintain as much as we wished!
You see this very crime? It will be committed by all as no leader will ever do all!
That said, no human is perfect... So, Obiano had his flaws, too!
But we are sober and some feeling pathetic because we'd prefer to dwel only on that area he "failed" without thanking God for the many areas he did amazingly well;
Some are even using this opportunity to once again tag their fellow Social Media Players as "erats"; isn't that very low?
The interesting thing about name-calling is that, when a player repeatedly calls another player an idiot, the audience will begin to believe that players are also known as idiots including the player that thinks his colleague is an idiot.
Bikonu brethren, it's time to face the challenges of today:
Chief Willie Obiano has come and gone, he has done his best and has moved on;
If for nothing, he believed in Prof Soludo and against all odds, stood by him to be his successor, fully convinced that Mr Governor will take Anambra to a greater height.
It's Obiano's call to clear himself with EFCC and many of us believe that he will do so and come out stronger, just as required by law; that's why you see #IStandWithWillie or #IStandWithObiano, here and there.
But if you are too disturbed that you must dwel on what Prof Soludo said yesterday, then continue but show decorum and exhibit intelligence by noting that:
5. A reconciled account will be published later to confirm the actual status of the State's Account as at March 17, 2022 that our dear governor took over;
By then, we will know all the accessible funds and not only cash available, we will know the actual debt figure as well as the liabilities owed the contractors for projects already awarded.
This is normal, just like Obiano inherited N75bn in cash and investment with only N9bn as accessible funds as at then and with over N108bn in liabilities owed the contractors for projects already awarded.
Then we will also know if the investments that Obiano inherited are no longer there, both the bonds and companies.
4. You can look for the audited account of Anambra State to be rightly informed before casting aspersions on the State Government and its leadership, both former and present;
3. Due to the National cum global economic crisis, no State in Nigeria has a robust financial... In fact, Anambra State is one of the healthiest. 4th best economy in Nigeria and the number in South East;
2. Anambra State Debt is less than N120bn according to the recent release by Debt Management Office and that's when you combine but the domestic debt of N55bn and the foreign debt of $110m (@ N560 per Dollar)
Only 5 States are owning less than Anambra out of 36 States in Nigeria plus FCT; and in South East, other States except Ebonyi owe much more than Anambra.
Again, we will know how the debts were incurred and when... Are they all new debts under Obiano are there old debts and unpaid counterpart funds that have been accumulating?
1. The cash at hand of 300 to 400 million could increase or decrease after careful mop up of all MDAs to certify their balances.
It's that simple!
I took time to write this not to defend anyone but to give us direction and encourage healthy and quality engagement by rightly informing many of us;
...That's why I tried using the layman's language!
Personally, I look at the positives in what Prof Soludo said and that's why I reiterate that he has taken a bold step by giving a hint of Anambra Finances.
This revelation of his, will put an end or at least slow down the opposition who are doing everything possible to instigate a rift between him and his predecessor;
Which they will start by causing a cold war amongst APGA Digi-Family and dividing past and present political appointees into "Obiano People and Soludo People";
They do not come with love for anyone or our dear State... They are pained and are doing so much to disintegrate the APGA family even if it means putting the name of our dear State in the mud.
Again, the revelation by Prof Soludo has killed the fake news by the opposition that Anambra has a debt of over N400bn instead of the less than N120bn released by DMO;
This revelation has also made it impossible for us to have years long bitter argument over the state of Anambra Finances like we had during the last regime.
For 8 years that Obiano was the Governor of Anambra State, he faced a coordinated attack on his person, his family, his administration and on anyone who dared to support him;
Those who led the attacks have today claimed to be watchdogs who were only criticising and shouting against bad governance... They're now denigrating those who stood for the State and defending their ill-fated gruesome war; hmmm!
May such people and such attacks not be faced by our dear Governor, may we all unite to support Prof Soludo;
APGA has been a blessing to ndi Anambra through the Obi-Obiano and now Soludo transition... Let's not lose this fact!
Today we have:
First: Obi who handed over Savings;
Second: Obiano handing over less than N120bn debt + revenue generating Airport, ICC, Stadium, etc;
Third: Soludo who will hand over mega legacy projects and a very robust finance!
Gentlemen, let's rejoice... A better future is for a better ndi Anambra!
NB: I have my reservations about Obiano's administration and I have my opinions on why Akpokuedike "failed" in some areas but I don't have to post them here just to appear woke and make you happy... I make use of internal communication to air such views as long as such channel is open and effective!
The bottom line is that;
Soludo Solution Is HERE... Let's Support HIM!
I Am Engr Ifeanyi ANIAGOH... And I'm Proudly Onye Anambra!!

globemoney:

You idiots should shut up for once, Obiano is not the first Governor of Anambra and yet was expected to fix all Anambra problems Overnight. He has played his part, invested in many revenue generating assets that will boost the state revenue and provide more funds for the state to be able to afford good roads and other quality projects, again nothing will come out from the EFCC witch hunt as he served the state very well. You losers who dont understand governance need to shut up. And Onitsha is not the only city in Anambra

investnow2013:
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