FreeGlobe:

I don't work for obiano but I believe he should respond to this challenge of public debate from obi's aide by involving EFCC. The earlier the better. He should be wise enough to deal with this matter before the next elections.

You as a private citizen can petition the EFCC, you don't need to be working for either parties since it seems you have all it takes including proofs to indict Peter Obi, i throw you that challenge or stop derailing our sweet thread.

patrick89:


You can never be a fair judge!! your are congenitally biase!
I lost friends campaigning for obiano!! I'm not supporting him on this case because he is obviously playing to the gallery! I spoke to a veteran journalists in the state yesterday! you needed to hear him, tongue lashed obiano!!
I want him to succeed, but I'm beginning to believe the stories I heard from people about him!

Don't mind freeglobe and his likes, they're trying to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.
You heard from one source and not bothering to hear from the other, they went to town with the biased news.
Call for a public debate is now for cheap publicity but they won't rest nor allow us rest with their brand of news

FreeGlobe:

Public debate for cheap publicity? No, I don't have time for that. What I want us for EFCC to investigate this matter and tell us the true nature of things.

Better then, tell Obiano or his aids to petition the EFCC since you guys have all the proofs

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That's what you'd say, remember he called for an open and televised debate on the 75billion and that's what you should be after instead of demonizing Obi for now.

FreeGlobe:

This is the most important discourse on this thread. This is our money we are talking about here not peter obi's money or obiano's money. Peter obi should tell us what happened to the monies he said he was saving for Anambra all these while, the true state of the state govt's investment in SABMiller. Anyone shying away from this topic and claiming to be interested in Anambra State development (which this thread is about) is a fraud!

Did you read what i posted earlier about what Vincent Obienyem posted on Facebook? What do you have to say about his submission?

investnow2013:
Please can we spare this thread all these nonsense! Obi this!!! Obiano that!!!!!..... Mbanu!!!!. This thread is not for this comparison!.... This thread is only to showcase to others while we are Light!!!!!!!!!.

What do you mean by that? Anytime the line of discourse suits you, you turn a blind eye to the arguement but when it does not, you'd remember it's Anambra thread.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/obi-vs-obiano-the-bubble-has-burst-at-last/

. THE feud between the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi and his successor, Chief Willie Obiano, which reared its head even before the handover of the reins of power on March 17, 2014, has finally blown open. By Vincent Ujumadu IT was not clear what led to the misunderstanding during the governorship campaigns that brought Obiano to power, but those close to the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state, knew that all was not well. While some said it had to do with the management of campaign funds, others said the then Governor Obi, after close observation of Obiano shortly after the party’s primaries, felt that his choice of a successor might after all, not be the best. Before APGA settled for its governorship candidate, Obiano was not actually in the picture. Though Obi, who insisted on keeping his promise of ceding the governorship slot to Anambra North, was said to be considering the then Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, who is from Ogbaru in the same Anambra North senatorial zone, and Prince Idigo, a lawyer from Aguleri royal family, as his likely choice. However, few weeks to the party primaries, Obiano, also from Aguleri, was sighted at the APGA secretariat in Awka to purchase forms for the governorship election. Considering the fact that he retired from Fidelity Bank as the deputy managing director, the bank in which Obi served as its chairman during Obiano’s stay in the bank, it was easy to conclude that he (Obiano) was Obi’s final choice. In a surprise manner, Obaze, who was tipped to emerge the party’s candidate, was disqualified by the screening committee on the ground that he did not possess the voter’s card, despite all the efforts he made on his return to Nigeria to get it. Return to Nigeria Apart from the fact that Obi and Obiano worked together at Fidelity Bank, both were also school mates at the famous Christ the King College, CKC, Onitsha, and for the fact that Obiano is an accomplished chartered accountant, the people of Anambra State believed that the choice was okay for the state. Obi and Obiano Indeed, Obi carried out the campaign as if he was seeking re-election and used the resources of the state to ensure that Obiano emerged victorious. The main thrust of their campaign was continuity, which was why the outgoing government was flagging off new projects and paying contractors till the end of the administration. During the handover ceremony at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, Obi announced that he left over N75 billion in cash and investments for his successor, a situation that was unheard of in Nigerian politics, because often times, most incoming governors inherit debts running into billions of naira. But shortly after the handover and with the already existing feud between the two men, stories began to make the rounds that Obi did not leave N75 billion for his successor as stated in the handover note. In fact, a group of people from Obiano’s Anambra North, in an advertorial in some national dailies, said that rather than leave assets, that Obi left so much liabilities and a large number of uncompleted projects. They also accused Obi of employing so many people into the civil service and conducting local government elections, the first in 15 years, at the tail end of his administration. Though the Obiano administration had kept mute over the matter for nearly two years, even when the camps of the two men engaged each other in social media war, the decision of the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu to address a press conference at the weekend on the N75 billion saga came as a surprise to political watchers. It was gathered that the state government decided to blow the matter open following alleged reluctance of the state House of Assembly to approve loan request for the governor in view of the said N75 billion left for the administration by former Governor Obi. According to a government source, the state treasury is virtually empty and only borrowing can save the situation, which is why the government decided to state the facts concerning what it inherited from the previous administration. Chukwulobelu said: “The N75 billion was not there; it was not handed over to anybody. At best it can be half truth. Instead, the state government inherited a total contract sum of N185.1 billion as liability from the Obi administration. In the real sense, what the Obiano administration inherited from Obi was N9 billion cash and N26 billion near cash. He said the explanation had become pertinent because of the ground the rumour of the N75 billion was gaining, both in the social and traditional media, adding that it took the state government this long to reply to the claim in order to put the rumour finally to rest and urged the public to discountenance the claim because it does not exist. But in a swift reaction, Obi faulted the state government’s figures, describing it as a deliberate attempt by the state government to misrepresent facts. Mr. Valentine Obienyem, who is Obi’s media assistant insisted that Obi left over N75 billion in cash and investment, adding that the breakdown shows that N27 billion was in local currency investment; N26. 5 billion in foreign currency investment and N28.1 billion in Certified State/ MDS balances. He said: “Even in the final handover document, Obi deducted N10 billion approved Federal Government refund, as well as the salary, pension, gratuity, money on certificates raised on contracts for the month of March which all amounted to N5 billion before arriving at the balance of over N75 billion he bequeathed his successor. Certified statements “As a financial expert, Obi went to his end of tenure event with Governor Willie Obiano and said this in the presence of all the bank MDs in whose banks the monies are lodged. In fact, as at March 17, 2014 when he handed over, he got all the certified statements of Anambra’s accounts from the banks the monies were lodged and handed them over to his successor. If they were confused on where the monies were, why would they not call Obi who kept them to explain the whereabouts to them as much as he knew?” Obienyem said it was good that the state government did not deny the fact that before leaving office, Obi paid billions of naira for the completion of Agulu Lake Hotel, Onitsha Hotel, Awka and Nnewi shopping malls, and invested in SABMiller Breweries in Onitsha, value of which, he said, has tripled. He added: “It is curious that the denial came at a time the state government had concluded arrangements to massively borrow money from banks and financial institutions. “But they did not need to paint Obi black to do so, especially when the man, since leaving office, has not for a day commented on what is happening in Anambra, even with the daily drench of blame coming his way as being responsible for whatever, right or wrong, that is happening in the state for making his successor the governor, single handedly.”

WHAT IS GOING ON IN ANAMBRA STATE?
PEOPLE OF ANAMBRA STATE SHOULD START
ASKING QUESTIONS, NOW!!!!
We need a public, televised debate on the 75
Billion Naira Obi left
Governments borrow money whenever there is
need. Mr. Peter Obi did not borrow; because he
felt Anambra State needed to be stabilized first
and he did it completely. If well managed, the
money saved for the State in foreign currency
would go a long way in sustaining the
development of the State.
Now, his predecessor thinks differently. He plans
to undertake massive borrowing, and as far as I
know, Mr. Obi has not, and is not attempting to
stop him. Does Obi even have the capacity to do
so? Rather than fulfil their heart desires, they
must first of all tell lies about the money Obi left.
They are even trying desperately to hang the
cross of debt on him. Too bad!
For clarity sake, on coming to office, Obi spent
his first year to complete all the contracts
awarded by his predecessors. In some cases, he
had to start some from scratch. Obi, for example,
paid over 35 billion in arrears of pension and
gratuity.
Though they inflated the figures, but the point to
note is that the debt they are talking about in
their press conference, is contract sum on
projects yet to be executed. What an absurd
reasoning! How can somebody, for example, say
you owe 10 Naira you will use to build a house
you have just conceived? This is incestuous
reasoning!
As a matter of fact, during his inauguration, Gov.
Obiano listed many projects he would undertake,
some of which are building an airport, building
three power stations, among others. He started 3
flyovers at the initial cost of 5 Billion Naira that
was later varied to 15 Billion Naira. They diverted
the money meant for the road, from Amansea to
Amawbia roundabout, which Obi started, to his
three flyovers. The contractor doing those
flyovers is owed over 7 Billion Naira. He also
started the construction of three roads to the
airport simultaneously. Are these not enough
reasons to convince Anambra people on the need
to borrow rather than bring Mr. Peter Obi into it?
Before Chief Willie became Governor, Obi designed
the road from Umueje to Oil rig with a 100 meter
bridge at the cost of 9 Billion, but characteristic
of him, Willie added two other roads, including the
one from Aguleri with two bridges at the cost of
over 20 Billion Naira. The only major road he
awarded in Anambra Central is Oba-Umuoji
(Stauphanet Chapel)at the cost of 3.7 Billion
Naira; in the North, Ezira-Umuomaku-Enugu-
Umuonyia-Achina road (Arab Contractors) at the
cost of 4.7 Billion. He did not pay mobilisation in
any of the roads.
On the issues of shares in Emenite and INTAFACT,
I am convinced that our respected Governor Willie
Obiano allowed non-professionals to raise issues
on behalf of the Government of Anambra State.
The principle of handover is that one hands
everything to his predecessor, even if the
investment was done for the State by Adam.
Some Governors sold shares of their States, but
in Obi’s own case, he handed over those he met.
On SABmiller, as at the time Obi handed over and
without prejudice to his initial investment,
Anambra shares in the company was worth over
3.5 Billion Naira. Today it is worth over 10 Billion
Naira. If today Anambra State Government wants
to hand the company over to any person, their
handover note should read 10 Billion Naira and
not 3.5 Billion Naira, otherwise the person taking
over will eat the unaccounted 6.5 Billion naira and
argue successfully that he was handed over 3.5
Billion Naira.
On Orient Petroleum, Anambra State Government
tried to deny Obi’s investment. It is not enough
to say that the State’s land was used as equity,
but the fact is that the land has value upon which
cash was paid as compensation to the
communities involved.
They said that Obi left 106.2 Billion (wrong
figure) over hang on contractual debts alone. I
challenge them to publish the schedule of the
debts and the companies being owed. As at the
time Obi left office, he paid for all the certificates
generated on contracts awarded. Certificates are
generated on the basis of work completed. Are
they saying Obi ought to pay for contracts yet to
be done? The same man saying this awarded 35
fresh roads within his first year in office at the
total cost of over 81 billion Naira out of which he
has paid 10 Billion Naira. On the other hand, Obi
awarded roads totalling 93 Billion in his last year
in office and paid a total of over 51 Billion on
those roads before leaving office. Most of those
roads were used to campaign for him during
electioneering on the premise of continuity. In
fact, he even urged Obi to award more and start
the construction of the airport, but Obi told him
he was working under the confines of proper
planning that would not get the Government
unnecessarily encumbered.
Some may argue that it is a matter of style, that
while Obi tried to save for the State, the EXCO of
his successor approved 5 Billion Naira for him to
celebrate his first 100 days in office. He charters
plane, what his predecessor never did. Today
Government house hosts all manner of parties
that are orgies. One can go on and on.
They also said Obi claimed that the 10 Billion
Naira federal approved refund, out of over 20
Billion Naira he used to work on Federal roads,
were part of the money he left. This is not true, in
his handover note, he mentioned it, but he
deducted it, as well as salaries (March), pension,
certificates on works done, all amounting to 5
Billion Naira before arriving at 75 billion Naira.
The record is there.
It is pertinent to note that two years have gone,
and Anambra State Government is still debating
what was left or not, even when other Governors
that inherited huge debts, unpaid salaries and
repayable loans and bonds have all taken off. In
Obi’s first 6 months in office, he had already
saved enormous money for the State- before he
was illegally impeached.
I do not know by what economics principle they
classified some money put in certain areas as
"not investment." I think they need to explain this
further to us. Did Obi use the money to organise
party as is now the order of the day?
It is shocking to note that Anambra State
Government said they only met 9 Billion cash in
the treasury. I have taken the pains to attach the
summary of Anambra cash in different banks as
at 17th of March, 2017. I have gone ahead to
attach one example of the Statement of one of
the accounts as at 17th of March (Unutilised
UBEC money in Diamond Bank, which was two
Billion, one hundred and one million, eight hundred
and Sixty-four Thousand, Ninety Naira
N2,101,864,837.90) to drive home the point that
we have all the statements. We shall publish all
of them in due time.
One of the most confounding claims by the
Government of Anambra State is the issue of
dollar investment. They tried to prove that the
investment has diminished in value, when, on the
contrary, the investment has earned 8 billion
Naira for the State. Let it also be noted that the
investment is meant to be held to maturity and
not for them to seek ways to sell it as they do
now.
Let us look at some of the spending pattern of
the present Government at Awka and juxtapose it
with the claim that they have not touched the
money Obi left.
5 Billion Naira approved by EXCO for the
celebration of the first 100 days in office
I Billion Naira monthly as security vote as if he
buys hardware such as fighter planes
Hundreds of millions for 2014 charistmas
decoration and buying of horses
Paid 3.2 billion Naira to water corporation
(though money was 1st bank ecological funds left
by Obi and garnished by the court)
40 Million Naira to change the gates at
Government Lodge to befit his status.
35 Million Naira to mount a befitting gate at the
Government House
Changed the roof of all the buildings in
Government House with the sum of 700 Million
Naira
Changed all the tiles in Government House to pale
granite at 150 Million Naira
Bought dining table at 25 Million
Bought seats for his palour( lodge) at 50 Million
Bought gold bed from the USA at 30 Million
Bought another gold bed for his wife at 25 Million
Naira
Imported kitchen cabinet from the USA at 40
Million
Bought musical sets for his Aguleri home at 150
Million. He is getting set to use it for the first
time for a party in Aguleri on Saturday, the 21st
Bought land of all those around him at Aguleri
and re-located them elsewhere.
Pays his Commissioners and SAs over N400,000
monthly as against 190,000 Obi paid
Pays SSAs over N300,000 as against 160,000 Obi
paid
In less than two years, he has used more vehicles
than Obi used in 8 years
His SSg, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu uses 3 prado
and 2 Hilux
His present Chief of Staff, Prof. Azike uses 2
prado and 2 Hilux
His present Principal Secretary, Mr. Nwokoye
uses 2 prado and 1 pick up
And many more
From the foregoing, you will agree with me that
we need a public, televised debate on this matter
so that Anambra people will be properly informed.
I am ready to take on any person who is ready for
the debate. This is not about calling a press
conference and dishing unadulterated lies to the
people.
STATE cash balances as at 17th of March, 2014
1. STATE CASH BOOK BALANCE-N5,372,
730,886.06
2. STATE SUBSIDY ACCOUNT BALANCE-N5,126,
258,908.72
3. ECOLOGICAL FUNDS ACCOUNT BALANCE-
N2,139,951,400.00
4. SPECIAL PROJECT ACCOUNT-N1,928,
596,191.00
5. L.G.A. SUREP – SOCIAL SERVICE ACCOUNT
REF: C-N1,734,069,061.69
6. JAAC ACCOUNT BALANCES-N1,389,966,705.49
7. MINISTRY OF LANDS-N 640,425,745.77
8. FIDELITY BALANCESREF:A-N1,195,705,433.46
9. SET ASIDE ACCOUNTSREF:B-N4,644,149,663.4
0
10. MIN. OF WORKS-N1,161,706,912.93
11. MIN OF YOUTH AND SPORTS-N
425,000,000.00
12. MILLENIUYM DEV. GOAL (MDG/CGS) REF: D-
N 198,025,255.77
13. MIN. OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, WATER
RESOURCES
AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT-N 107,534,571.87
14.UNUTILIZED UBEC ACCOUNT-N2,101,
864,837.90
TOTAL-N28,165,985,574.06
- Valentine Obienyem

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Cc freeglobe, alfred, chino, investnow, asha, nobleandy, inyinya, kingsley, obayaya
.

emperor musiwa giving nairalanders headache since 1849AD.

Na wah o, this is serious.

IPOB jobless youths will come online to brag but when the heat turns on their brethren in Sokoto and Kano, they'd be the first to shout genocide. Continue heating up the polity till the heat turns on you.

osazeeblue01:
Buhari should free Nnamdi Kanu

And if he does not release him?

belabela:
These guys have thesame ideology as isis

Isis were slaugthering fellow muslims for not hating Assad enough - "How can you a sunni muslim not hate Assad who is not a sunni?" they said.

So because Mbaka does not support your cause he has descended so low....so much for the freedom in thier proposed Biafra

If they really want to die they can visit the lagoon

Allow those kids to continue in their madness, it's a matter of time. Remember the GEJ till 2019 crew, where are they now? Dem go soon tire and cry over another thing.

Wailers will hate this.

^^^^

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Take your hate off this thread please

The Debt Management Office(DMO) said Anambra state has one of the lowest debt profile but how these silly eediots got this is still a mystery

temitemi1:
Jega=northern conspiracy...

Chief wailer, where have you been?

SirJeffry:
My wife dey vex for me 'cos I'm a pro in this. Learnt from my mum though.

You spoke my mind 100%, my wife dey vex so tey she go leave me commot the shop sometimes sef.

LadyFiona:
And you think you can absolve and distance yourself from the " supposed " misbehavior.
So the one Nigerian rants and mingling of igbos soon after the civil war and also the involvement of Igbos in to the mainstream politics from the time of Ekwueme till now isn't enough. Even Ojukwu had to contest too, that the Igbos didn't support him overwhelmingly doesn't mean the north and west shouldn't if they really wants Igbos in Nigeria. Igbos has had enough, it is not working anymore and it is time to try other means.
Let IPOB be shouting on one side and the " one Nigeria crew" on the other side , let's see who will achieve greatness for the Igbos. But disparaging the great Igbo nation in public is a NONO....if the traditional Igbo society is still envoque the person would've been banished.

Your point and what have you done about it, Kanu is still in a cell and what have you done about that?

ChimaAdeoye:



Yoruba and Hausa should just leave Igbos to form their own country.
They have rejected Igbo and done a lot of horrible things that has poisoned the spirit of Nigeria's independence in 1960. Igbos cannot be expected to live as slaves or second hand citizens in an african country and not do anything about it.

Igbos should and must leave Nigeria for hausa and yoruba. Let them enjoy Nigeria without Igbo. Afterall, That is what they always wanted anyway.

Yorubas and Hausas never rejected Ndigbo but an Ijaw man except the Ijaws are Igbo now.
When was the last time you voted an Igbo president or vice?

LadyFiona:
Your comments about Igbos often left much to be desired. You maybe of Igbo origin but that does not give you the right to disparage and disrespect Igbos in public.
Who are you referring to Calling your kiths and kin heidiots is distasteful. I bet disparaging your people in full view of outside shows how disloyal and untrustworthy someone is and can't be taking serious by those he/she is trying to please.

Hold the rants for another day, telling my kiths and kins the absolute truth isn't a sin if they are misbehaving.
Deep within you, you know the simple truth just like them but admitting that truth is the problem.
Since we can't tell the truth to ourselves then let the whole world know we all ain't gullible like the rest of you.

Why wasting your time and data on these irredeemable eediots, bone dem.
If they feel like playing politics based on interest instead of emotions, na dem know.

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uduokirika1:
Ife e ji abu Anambra erika!
LMAO

Eziokwu!

alfred5:



I can only but laugh..

I will only blame Peter Obi for giving us THIEF.....in bank uniform.

How can someone wake up after 18months to tell us Obi left nothing that Anambra was owing 185Billion? Poor planning..

When series of works were on hold, We sensed Red-Bank Alert.... We contacted Ifeanyi Aniagor EA on Media, he said after raining season work would start.. It wasn't far before flyovers contract was inflated from 5billion to 15billion....it happened.... I complained, SpaceTour, Yeske2 and co insulted me.... Obiano borrowed 10billion last month secretly to pay workers..... State House of Assembly stopped him from getting second loan, that's how we got know 'our money' has finished.... It's a pity for our champaigne Governor!


Obi and his cabinent memmbers left handover note. Please, you people should stop mentioning me here.

I'm done with you guys!

I really don't know between you and freeglobe who to yab because both of you are silly.

Illiterate OP, what's the GDP of Nigeria and South Africa?

FreeGlobe:


Excuses over what? Obiano specifically state he has never touched obi's 9 billion. All the things he is doing are all from the finance from his own administration. He had to clarify this issue since obi's media aide is always on facebook talking about a phantom 75 billion. Go and check his last post on Facebook

At least Obiano has 35.5billion to fall on going by una propaganda, how many governors had such privilege?

Why didn't you eediots bring it to GEJ's knowledge when he was around, the more reason GEJ is clueless.

FreeGlobe:
Here's a more concise reporting of the news


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/obiano-denies-obis-n75-billion-handover/

patrick89, cuche, spacetour, obayaya, alfred5, yeske2, tabletman1

Excuses on Obiano's part, it wasn't as if Peter had spent the money before he left office but these were ongoing projects and of course the state has been generating money all these months so what's his stress? If Obiano feels governing this state is too much for him, he can as well resign. Isn't he happy that Obi left cash and near cash for his administration?

FreeGlobe:
Now you are blaming south east governors and leaders but just
months ago, you were blaming Jonathan for all the problems in
Nigeria calling him bad luck and all. I now believe what they
said that you were bitter at Jonathan because you lost access
to him. smh. God will surely vindicate Jonathan.

Why are you crying and cursing the man of God?
He predicted that GEJ would fail and it happened.
He's telling you that your IPOB trekking is evil and you're bitter, e never tire you? Not as if i saw you in any of the trekkings.
IPOB and Kanu are DOA, the man of God has spoken, knack head for wall if you disagree.

warrior01:

The guy is a nonentity probably still a teenager

And you are what?

Brugge:


For the sake of argument which do you prefer:

1. Aiming for the presidency where you have to bend the rules just to make some section of country feel at home?
2. Or bring the country to be free and run at your pace without someone slowing you down just because they can't catch up?

Have you ever voted for an Igbo president?