₦airaland Forum

owobokiri:
Why are you worried if the igbos are not worried?
Face your Afenifere and YCE combo and leave Ohanaeze for those who beleive in it..

Brendaniel:
So are you saying Tinubu is more loyal to his party than he is loyal to Nigerians?

Chibuezem:
how is this mediocrity?
My fellow Nigerian why reason like this?
What brand of agbado are you eating?
What will it profit you to lie?
It doesn't make sense.
Nigeria is the way it is because we allow meagre differences cloud our judgment.

Typing:
We will not vote Tinubu. If you like, refer to him as an Angel. We won't vote a corrupt and incompetent man like him

Brendaniel:
You are the hypocrite here, so Tinubu who said he made Buhari president and supported him for 8 years is what ?

The same man Tinubu's government is now complaining destroyed Nigeria for 8 years?

Are you saying Tinubu did it on purpose for his selfish ambition? And yet you are still supporting

owobokiri:
Why are you huys always referring to this upstart as the Secretary General of Ohanaeze..
Okechukwu Isiguzoro is the Secretary General of Nairaland branch of Ohanaeze..
Dude has been out of Ohanaeze set up for almost a decade. We have been announcing this fact here, but for whatever reasons, some mods here will always paste his rants and outbursts on the front page and ascribe those to Ohanaeze..
What us the purpose?

harmless011:
Calm down chief that is one man ohaneze, just like muric. Ask them for that guy picture, you will discover is just a faceless guy parading himself as ohaneze.

SeeWahala:
Hahaha 🤣😂 he said tilumbu his tingod was 'NOT BAD' . . .

Please allow me to laugh very well . . .

Hahahahahaha 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

SeeWahala:
Yet yoi saw tilumbu's CV and voted plus support him abi? 🤡

Hehehe 🤣😂

zero8zero:
These are facts that no amount of lies and propaganda from Obidients can cover. They say he developed Education in Anambra and made them come tops, which in itself a very big lies. Obi handed public secondary schools back to the missions who took back their schools and were responsible for the upgrade of their respective schools but when they do well, Gbajue followers will give Obi the credit while they relegate the missions. The public tertiary institutions that were under him, they were going on strikes over poor amenities and increase in school fees.. Someone that couldn't develop tertiary institutions under him but boasting of developing secondary schools/basic Education that are under the mission or private churches. Very laughable

esnbrutality:
Imagine oooooo!?!

2011 event is what RONU-bandits are sharing.

Haba na!!!

Go find work. All these Agbayas that are jobless

SeeWahala:
Hehehe 🤣😂 news of over 20 years ago oooOOO that's how far back they have reached in trying to dig up propaganda to tarnish Peter Obi hahaha 😂🤣

I pity these people oooo

Daniel Bwala has criticized Peter Obi’s record as governor, alleging that his decisions negatively affected education in Anambra State. Bwala made these remarks during an interview where he addressed Obi’s recent comments against the federal government.

He said, “When he was a governor in Anambra, it was during his time that he increased the school fees of non-medical students from 35,000 to 75,000 and for medical up to 125,000 that led to some people pulling out of school and some people unable to finish."

Bwala also accused Obi of failing to handle strikes and labour unrest in the state. “There were strike during his time as governor. In fact, when the university went on strike, he sacked the vice chancellor,” he said.

He continued by alleging that Obi gave preferential treatment to mission schools instead of government-owned institutions. “It is during his time as governor that the hospitals in Anambra had to go on strike because he could not provide a good living condition for the medical people and he started persecuting the people, preferring mission schools over government schools,” Bwala stated.


The presidential aide further described Obi's opposition rhetoric as empty and lacking empathy. He claimed Obi’s only strength lies in issuing press statements. According to him, “Their greatest strength in opposition is issuance of press statements but without a definite plan of what they will do.”

Bwala insisted that members of the opposition, including Obi, have not shown compassion for Nigerians. “Empathy is personal and it can be public,” he said, questioning why Obi would wait until becoming president before showing concern.

He concluded that Obi's style of politics is based on “falsehood, disinformation and misinformation,” saying, “Since 2023 when people checked, he has been saying ‘go and verify.’”

The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, has berated the governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, over his decision to hike the fees of students in the state’s higher institution – Anambra State University, ANSU.

The state government had increased the tuition fees of the students from N36,000 to N86,000, for non-medical students, and N120,000 for medical students.

The group, in a statement issued yesterday, said students still found it difficult to pay the old fees, adding that the new fees were likely to force majority of the students out of school.

ERC said there was no justification for the increment in school fees as parents earned very poor wages, while many were losing their jobs daily, in addition to the high cost of living and rising inflabe able to afford the new fees

He said: ”What we should be working towards across the federation is to expand and upgrade the current state of facilities in schools and also build new schools with basic facilities and well trained teachers to guarantee meaningful learning.”

Nwachukwu noted further that the increment in the school fees had shown that the ruling class lacked the ability to move the economy forward.

Bentacur007:
Even if Wike contest under APC you won’t say any dime

kings59:
The biggest mistake APC made was to let go of El Rufia, and making sordid statements about him.

El Rufia is strategic and game changer.

If he's not on your side, Your Party will lose

He is a stronger supporter of Buhari more like loyal to his master.


I will keep saying it again and again.


That's where APC downfall began.

All what ADC needs now is to get more people from South-south, they don't need South- west for now.


North east and slightly the N.central will be in their bag, South East will fully go for them because of Obi


If David Mark, Ameachi can win for SOuth south votes, APC is gone!

CoronaVirusPro:
How much were they paid to put up that show and how does the few count decide for the entire North.

These people still do not know the force they are up against.

Haven’t they seen or hear about the political prowess of His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR).

If in 2025, we still have class of people who believe His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) won’t win the 2027 election, then we have big mental epidemic that needs to be urgently addressed.

gare:
watch the end of Labour party, without Obi no labour party, whatever that is left would either go to ADC or APC, so you guys can go to your former self.

Bentacur007:
He is going no where
Wike did the same in 2023
Hypocrites full APC

Krismas:
Wike is serving in a government, not in a party. Don't you know the diff?
While Obi is openly a member of another political party, as he is LP.

Typing:
Bhari is not a yahoo Man like Tinubu. All the Roads you are enjoying today were constructed by Buhari. Lagos Ibadan express way, Major parts of East rest road, over 95% of Abuja-Kaduna-Kano express way. 2nd Niger bridge, Onitsha -Enugu express way. Onitsha -Owerri Road, Aba-PH Road.

Upgrade of Nnamdi Azikiwe airport and Murtala Mohammed Airport. These are just few from what Buhari has achieved. Oya mention 10 physical projects Tinubu execute in this Country

janeedema:
I'm not Igbo and neither are some of friends.But I can tell your for free that the guy is 99.999% correct.

jmoore:
Na una sabi. If Obi doesn't contest for the presidency in 2027, Nigeria will have it's worst voters turn out in history.

SalamRushdie:
Morris Monye is a Tinubu plant , he is already benefiting from Tinubu , made so much money from the Obidient 5th column

Amumaigwe:
Ignorance is bliss util it is violently busted. See the torpedoes shot:

*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.

qtx:
Which constitution? Show me where the constitution insists he must conduct it earlier. That man is a law-abiding person; if it was against the law, he would not have done it. Fact-check him. I know you may not like him, but you can be sure he is law-abiding at least. If you don't think so, then prove me wrong?