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Penguin2:
Before Obi, Anambra was a crime scene.

Crime rate was so high that it overwhelmed law enforcement agents and the previous governor resorted to non-state actors called Bakassi Boys who came and started butchering people in the streets of Onitsha.

Even the motto of the state was “Home for All.”

But Obi came and all that changed. He restored sanity to Anambra State.

Criminals were ran aground.

He changed the motto to “Light of the Nation.”

And from then till today, Anambra has not remained the same.

That’s what Obi will do in Nigeria - restore order.

Like he said, he will put the lunatics who have taken over this asylum called Nigeria back in the cage and ensure only sane people take charge of any facet of governance in Nigeria from the presidency to ward councilors.

But it’s obvious people like you don’t want something like that because you will be at the losing end.

There is nothing and never been nothing special about Anambra even when Obi was there. Stop the hype. Soludo was a good choice, a far better man to lead a state, openness, detribalized, Frank, fair and steadfast, and he is improving Anambra.

Who no like better thing

Factcheck0001:
let obi win ADC primary ticket first

For now keep dreaming

U wan go slap d queen for England n u never collect visa, collect visa first before we take u serious

Who is this guy!!!!!!lmaoooo!

Putindbutt:
He handed public secondary schools back to the missionaries, Obi did nothing to Education but the efforts of the missions, the Catholics who took back their schools and upgrade them. The public tertiary institutions ( University and Polytechnic ) under Obi were in comatose, lecturers went on strikes, Obi increase tution fee by 200%. Stop giving credit of the missions to the Agulu fraud. The secondary schools were returned to the Catholics but the tertiary institutions under him were worse off.

I always like a good opportunity to counter fallacies:

1. Peter Obi didn't just hand over schools back to the churches, he also provided them with over N6 billion naira in grants to upgrade infrastructure, improve their standards, and retain teachers. This made Anambra state rise to become the top performing state in WAEC and NECO. In fact, no other governor at the time was able to achieve that.

2. Yes there were strikes - happening in almost every state and federal institution at the time. This was a problem nationwide. What did Peter Obi do? He built new infrastructure and campuses for Odumegwu Ojukwu University (formerly Anambra State University), and gave them subventions. Institutions weren't in Comatose like you falsely claimed.

3. Yes he raised tuition to improve quality and sutainability, but gave subsidies for Anambra indigenes. In fact, this tuition model is used worldwide. Schools increase the tuition for everyone else but offer subsidies to state residents.

Peter Obi actually achieved a lot.

Factcheck0001:
at least Buhari came out n say it is his turn n won


Tinubu did same


Y were u people hiding under competency?

So Buhari too used tribalism and religion? So make Ibo close mouth? Are you changing the narrative? You people talked of tribalism from the very first day and told us that tribalism caused Obi clear Anambra state. You talked about religion and got exposed everywhere. Now you are still on the same story and expect people to clap for you? Oya na awa turn. We no hide before, we no hide now. As una no get small shame, we go helep una.

dederocs:
There is nothing and never been nothing special about Anambra even when Obi was there. Stop the hype.

Where in the write up you replied to was what you said implied?

givedemwotowoto:
I always like a good opportunity to counter fallacies:

1. Peter Obi didn't just hand over schools back to the churches, he also provided them with over N6 billion naira in grants to upgrade infrastructure, improve their standards, and retain teachers. This made Anambra state rise to become the top performing state in WAEC and NECO. In fact, no other governor at the time was able to achieve that.

2. Yes there were strikes - happening in almost every state and federal institution at the time. This was a problem nationwide. What did Peter Obi do? He built new infrastructure and campuses for Odumegwu Ojukwu University (formerly Anambra State University), and gave them subventions. Institutions weren't in Comatose like you falsely claimed.

3. Yes he raised tuition to improve quality and sutainability, but gave subsidies for Anambra indigenes. In fact, this tuition model is used worldwide. Schools increase the tuition for everyone else but offer subsidies to state residents.

Peter Obi actually achieved a lot.

Ask that fellow if he ever travelled out of his one his room one window apartment. Ask him if he ever visited Anambra state. Ask him between the two, who has been labeled a fraudster internationally. Ask him between the two, who has businesses that are known by everyone and always stands to defend his businesses. Recently Obi publicly defended his brother’s business. Ask him who used taxation to make life unbearable for citizens as the then governor of his state between the two men.

Racoon:
Every reasonable and sane Nigerian should support the cause to get this nation back on track because Buhari and Tinubu led-APC governments have so much retrogressed this nation beyond measures.

Every reasonable and sane Nigerian should support the APC led Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The aftermath of fuel subsidy removal has started to bring good fortunes as prices are now dropping. Giving APC another 4 years will enable Tinubu completely transform the economy. Not gambling the country into the hands of people we're not sure of.

SmartPolician:
More and more young people, especially actors, should join politics. Let's collectively kick these older people out of the system and build a digitally prosperous country of our dreams.

Desmond Elliott wey join, how far?

Factcheck0001:
just like obi got back anambara on track when he ruled the tiny state for 8 years n poverty increased?

Tell us u need Ibo president we will agree but don't tell us obi is d most competent

Did you bother to research where Anambra was when PO met it and where it was when he left it? I guess not because hate is stronger than love and hypocrisy is hereditary.

Racoon:
Every reasonable and sane Nigerian should support the cause to get this nation back on track because Buhari and Tinubu led-APC governments have so much retrogressed this nation beyond measures.

Using reasonable and sane to describe your Agulu con supporters should be a crime. There's nothing reasonable and sane about anyone supporting such a confirmed failure.

I wish the energy at which my Igbo brothers are using to push Obi is actually for other great Igbo men and women with great track record like Dave Umai , Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu , Mama NOI , Cosmas Maduka , Stella Chinyelu Okoli and lots more of great Igbo people not all these thieves, bigot and tribalist parading themselves as a saint.

Obi records as a governor is still there on internet. Anambrans cries out during his reign so what change now? Medical personnels went on long strike, institution on strike , no visible or viable infrastructure but keeping state resource for family business.

Weda Tinubu was voted in or not, it's crystal clear in the last two years that he has no direction and is incompetent to deliver Nigeria to greater heights. This is evident from the hunger, insecurity and poverty in Nigeria.


It's no longer about religion or tribe. We need to survive as humans and as a nation.

We need fresh views and ideas

Factcheck0001:
Tinubu


And that's y Nigerians picked him

Nonexisting1:
Did you bother to research where Anambra was when PO met it and where it was when he left it? I guess not because hate is stronger than love and hypocrisy is hereditary.

hope u know statistics revealed obi left anambara people poorer?

Poverty rose over 50% when he was governor

Racoon:
Every reasonable and sane Nigerian should support the cause to get this nation back on track because Buhari and Tinubu led-APC governments have so much retrogressed this nation beyond measures.

You don't know what you are saying.

U just speak for speaking sake 🤣

ElevationD:
So Buhari too used tribalism and religion? So make Ibo close mouth? Are you changing the narrative? You people talked of tribalism from the very first day and told us that tribalism caused Obi clear Anambra state. You talked about religion and got exposed everywhere. Now you are still on the same story and expect people to clap for you? Oya na awa turn. We no hide before, we no hide now. As una no get small shame, we go helep una.

we will still Rob u of your turn again n there's nothing u will do

77up:
I wish the energy at which my Igbo brothers are using to push Obi is actually for other great Igbo men and women with great track record like Dave Umai , Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu , Mama NOI , Cosmas Maduka , Stella Chinyelu Okoli and lots more of great Igbo people not all these thieves, bigot and tribalist parading themselves as a saint.

Obi records as a governor is still there on internet. Anambrans cries out during his reign so what change now? Medical personnels went on long strike, institution on strike , no visible or viable infrastructure but keeping state resource for family business.

Internet no dey forget.

Everything dey Nairaland here self

Obi koh, obi ni 😂

Putindbutt:
But this guy is an Obidient na 😂😂, the way you people are packaging this Agulu fraud sef 😂😂🤣

Which of the actors that were paid to support Tinubu in 2023 still supports him?

Instead, they are all lamenting and crying for forgiveness.

You see why it’s a big deal?

Factcheck0001:
this is the package agulu fraud u want us to vote?

Person wey increase tuition fee indiscriminately without caring for the masses then but today ibos want us to believe he's an angel cos they need presidency badly

But Tinubu increased the pump price of fuel indiscriminately without caring for the masses through the provision of necessary economic cushions, but today Yorubas want us to hand him second term after a woeful first one?

Not my concern but is that Albino in white for real? Or just another form of AI

Factcheck0001:
oya show me where Tinubu too was invited by EFCC?

Tinubu was tried by code of conduct bureau for fraud. Are you in delusion or what?

givedemwotowoto:
I always like a good opportunity to counter fallacies:

1. Peter Obi didn't just hand over schools back to the churches, he also provided them with over N6 billion naira in grants to upgrade infrastructure, improve their standards, and retain teachers. This made Anambra state rise to become the top performing state in WAEC and NECO. In fact, no other governor at the time was able to achieve that.

2. Yes there were strikes - happening in almost every state and federal institution at the time. This was a problem nationwide. What did Peter Obi do? He built new infrastructure and campuses for Odumegwu Ojukwu University (formerly Anambra State University), and gave them subventions. Institutions weren't in Comatose like you falsely claimed.

3. Yes he raised tuition to improve quality and sutainability, but gave subsidies for Anambra indigenes. In fact, this tuition model is used worldwide. Schools increase the tuition for everyone else but offer subsidies to state residents.

Peter Obi actually achieved a lot.

He provided them with 6billion? are you his personal accountant to know this?. Even IF, is 6billion enough in 8years to upgrade over 200public secondary schools in the state which were handed back?. How much did Obi allocate to run his state house budget for 8years, was it a meagre N6billion?.

Again, Obi did not build a single school in 8years, stop the lies.

He Increased tuition fees to improve quality 😂😂😂, what's the quality of Anambra state university and state polytechnics?, where are they ranked? 🤡

Obi at 64 is a younger fellow. A 2 term governor of Anambra State without any physical legacy after him. If you said this older people have failed, it means your parents too has failed because your parents are part of the generation of the ruling class. You can killed all the older people first in your clan before even talking of getting rid of the generation of your parents ruling the country. Besides what was the legacy of Peter Obi after 8 years as Anambra State Governor.

SmartPolician:
More and more young people, especially actors, should join politics. Let's collectively kick these older people out of the system and build a digitally prosperous country of our dreams.

Amumaigwe:
Tinubu was tried by code of conduct bureau for fraud. Are you in delusion or what?

And what happened?

Nonexisting1:
Did you bother to research where Anambra was when PO met it and where it was when he left it? I guess not because hate is stronger than love and hypocrisy is hereditary.

But he left Anambra poorer, he Increased the rate of poverty before leaving office - Fact.

Factcheck0001:
hope u know statistics revealed obi left anambara people poorer?

Poverty rose over 50% when he was governor

The same statistics you people were against when your leader said na statistics we go chop. Where is a credible statistics that said Anambra people were poorer under PO? Did you know the duration of his actual tenure? Ngige stole his mandate and started his tenure and then he was impeached and came back. Do you actually know the time he was in charge and the times he was not during the 8yrs in review of that useless statistics you were quoting? Did you know Anambra schools were closed for one year due to strike and education was in a mess before he came? Did you know there were no access roads in the state prior to his leadership? Some towns that contribute to the agriculture in that state now were not known until PO came and gave them access roads. You were better than Bill Gates foundation and numerous organizations that rated him high? Since he left office, no EFCC at his back unlike numerous other governors. You quote useless propaganda newspapers about poverty in Anambra and you want sane people to believe you. My friend, be proud of your hate for PO and SE people in general, don't be a coward. Hate them with your full chest.

Putindbutt:
He handed public secondary schools back to the missionaries, Obi did nothing to Education but the efforts of the missions, the Catholics who took back their schools and upgrade them. The public tertiary institutions ( University and Polytechnic ) under Obi were in comatose, lecturers went on strikes, Obi increase tution fee by 200%. Stop giving credit of the missions to the Agulu fraud. The secondary schools were returned to the Catholics but the tertiary institutions under him were worse off.

See the accout of his 8-years of fraud in Anambra State
*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.

Penguin2:
Which of the actors that were paid to support Tinubu in 2023 still supports him?

Instead, they are all lamenting and crying for forgiveness.

You see why it’s a big deal?

You mean the ones that chopped Obidient donation money and clean mouth 😂😂😂