₦airaland Forum

By One Who Owns a Permanent Voter’s Card and Still Pays Attention

When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited Anambra State recently, two things stood out: the sun was merciless — and so were the barbs flying beneath the surface.

On one side stood Professor Charles Soludo, the state’s governor and an economist of global standing. On the other, hovering somewhere between legacy and liturgy, was Mr. Peter Obi, the self-proclaimed high priest of frugality and public mourning.

Peter Obi speaks like a man permanently stuck in a TED Talk. He has a stat sheet for every problem — dollar rates, tomato prices, the global GDP of Bhutan, and how he once refused to buy a new chair. If you give him a microphone and 30 minutes, he’ll give you 99 problems and no solution.

Soludo, on the other hand, brings a toolbox.

When Tinubu came to Anambra, Soludo didn’t just welcome him with handshakes. He unveiled roads, flagged off projects, and pulled out plans that didn’t come wrapped in slogans. He didn’t talk about what he would’ve done if he were president. He focused on what he’s doing now as governor — without fanfare, without hashtags, and certainly without yam-selling analogies.

The problem with Peter is that he talks like he was never governor and campaigns like he’s still in school debate club. He mastered the art of diagnosing Nigeria’s illness — and then prescribing distilled water.

Soludo, for all his academic air, gets his hands dirty. Whether you like him or not, drains are being cleared in Anambra — not just in words, but in concrete.

So yes, when these two trade jabs in public or private, remember this: one is telling you what’s wrong, the other is busy fixing it. One is stuck in the poetry of problems, the other is doing the prose of governance.

And in the end, Nigeria doesn’t need more alarm clocks.

We’re all awake now.

What we need is a plumber.

If election is to be conducted today in Igbo land between Prof Soludo and Peter Obi without any form of glitches, Obi will beat Prof Soludo hand down
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There are two people in Igbo's land where Igbo can listen to and follow knowing that they are honest and trustworthy
1. Is Nnamdi Kanu
2. Peter Obi

Peter Giringory Obi did his best as a trader and governor, Soludo should also try his best as a professor and governor. All is for the good and benefit of Anambra people, no competition here

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Obi has nothing good to offer anyone

KillahPriest:
Peter Giringory Obi did his best as a trader and governor, Soludo should also try his best as a professor and governor. All is for the good and benefit of Anambra people, no competition here

GBAM! I concur with this post

Seefinish:
If election is to be conducted today in Igbo land between Prof Soludo and Peter Obi without any form of glitches, Obi will beat Prof Soludo hand down
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There are two people in Igbo's land where Igbo can listen to and follow knowing that they are honest and trustworthy
1. Is Nnamdi Kanu
2. Peter Obi

Even with glitch,Soludo will still lose in his own ward to Obi!

Seefinish:
If election is to be conducted today in Igbo land between Prof Soludo and Peter Obi without any form of glitches, Obi will beat Prof Soludo hand down
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There are two people in Igbo's land where Igbo can listen to and follow knowing that they are honest and trustworthy
1. Is Nnamdi Kanu
2. Peter Obi

True!

Seefinish:
If election is to be conducted today in Igbo land between Prof Soludo and Peter Obi without any form of glitches, Obi will beat Prof Soludo hand down
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There are two people in Igbo's land where Igbo can listen to and follow knowing that they are honest and trustworthy
1. Is Nnamdi Kanu
2. Peter Obi

What are you even saying? It will very difficult to rig out Obi in favor of Soludo, even if that election is conducted 30 times in Soludo's government house.
Igbos like someone who is down to earth, not elite elite kind of people that only think about themselves.
Soludo will get votes by political jobbers, but whoever way Obi will still beats him hands down even with Umahi combined

Seefinish:
If election is to be conducted today in Igbo land between Prof Soludo and Peter Obi without any form of glitches, Obi will beat Prof Soludo hand down
.
There are two people in Igbo's land where Igbo can listen to and follow knowing that they are honest and trustworthy
1. Is Nnamdi Kanu
2. Peter Obi

nnamdi kanu will trounce Peter Obi in an election though!

Mabuggi88:
Igbos like someone who is down to earth, not elite elite kind of people that only think about themselves.

So which of your state governors is not an elite?
Na so una go dey lie to una selves.... Even PO NA IGBO ELITE , reason he invested Anambra money in his family business..... How else will he prove that to your likes before you get it?
seems you don't know what you are saying
You think say any common man fit cough out the dough needed to make a governor?

louqas:
So which of your state governors is not an elite?
Na so una go dey lie to una selves.... Even PO NA IGBO ELITE , reason he invested Anambra money in his family business..... How else will he prove that to your likes before you get it?
seems you don't know what you are saying
You think say any common man fit cough out the dough needed to make a governor?

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You're are not an Igbo person so you won't understand.
Igbos don't see life the way you guys does.

Eboofa:
nnamdi kanu will trounce Peter Obi in an election though!

Nnamdi Kanu is the most popular Igbo on earth today