PETER OBI - FORMER GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE

Mr. Peter OBI attended Christ the King College, Onitsha where he completed his secondary school education. He was admitted to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1980, graduating with a B.A (Hons) in philosophy in 1984. He aslo attended Lagos Business School, Nigeria (Chief Executive Program), Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Marketing), and London School of Economics (Financial Management and Business Policy.
Obi started his career in business somewhere after 1984.

He is most known in the Fidelity Bank PLC where he was the youngest ever chairman of the Bank. He also held managerial positions in Guardian Express Bank PLC and Next International Nigeria Limited.
In 2003, he joined the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and ran for the governorship in Anambra State. He and Chris Ngige were both in the race for the governorship position. Although Ngige was pronounced the winner, Obi did not want to give up, and he turned to the court. It was a battle that lasted three years, but the court eventually overturned the decision, and Obi was given the position of the Governor on March 17th, 2006. His first period in the office didn’t last long.

Later in 2006, in November, Virginia Etiaba, his deputy, took over the position of the governor after Obi was impeached. However, Obi didn’t want to give up on justice and law. During the general election held in 2007 in Nigeria PDP (People’s Democratic Party) placed Andy Uba as Governor of Anambra. However, the Supreme Court agreed that Obi’s term in office was still running and reinstated him on June 14th, 2007.

He was then allowed to complete his first term in office. In 2010, he once again won the elections, and he got the second four-year-tenure which ended in 2014. It is believed that he has done great work for Anambra since both the infrastructure and economy considerably developed under his helm. During his time, 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, he left the equivalent of $500 million Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including $156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds. This was the first time in the history of Anambra State that Ambassadors and High Commissioners of notable countries such as United States, Britain, Russia, European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, Canada, among others, visited the State. Before his tenure, Anambra State was practically a pariah state blacklisted by the Diplomatic Corps and international development partners. He also championed the concept of funds meant for any intervention project going straight to the point of use. He was succeeded by Willie Obiano.

Peter Obi is a devote Roman Catholic. He is happily married. His wife is Margaret Brownson Usen Obi, and they have two children together, Gregory Peter Oseloka Obi and Gabriella Nwamaka Frances Obi.


AWARDS:
Mr. Obi has received numerous awards over the years. They include: 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.

Wishing him all the best in his political struggles....

This was the first time in the history of Anambra State that Ambassadors and High Commissioners of notable countries such as United States, Britain, Russia, European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, Canada, among others, visited the State.

Pandora hoebi really try for Anambra.

Na when Pandora hoebi be gov oyibo begin dey visit Anambra. May be na around 2013 sef.

That is a very remarkable achievement.

Peter Obi still remains the best hands to pilot the affairs of Nigeria in 2023.

Vote for competence

Vote for prudence

Vote for fiscal responsibility

Vote for Peter Obi

Vote for Labour party

Keep heralding Peter Obi until he becomes distasteful.

But wait

With this profile .. wetin be Obi’s legacy for Anambra State..

Wey e do special wey make an worth all this hype

Me sef Dey reason am... for 8 good years

Or is that he don’t have ideas .. to invest 78billions ;Dand make Anambra work..

Go to anambra development thread and read 100 of ideas that could transform anambra .. even with less funds

Aside restoring sanity in upper iweka .. and rural roods fixing

O nwero ife peter melu Ndi anambra

Secretariat was important coz even Enugu chime build .. that was needed at the time for proper governance and Na that structure be legacy?


Me wish am well oh..
but Ndi anambra no better


Power to the people
Atiku Okowa 2023

Exmilitant:
Keep heralding Peter Obi until he becomes distasteful.

Good things can never become distasteful.

Frigga13:
But wait

With this profile .. wetin be Obi’s legacy for Anambra State..

Wey e do special wey make an worth all this hype

Me sef Dey reason am... for 8 good years

Or is that he don’t have ideas .. to invest 78billions ;Dand make Anambra work..

Go to anambra development thread and read 100 of ideas that could transform anambra .. even with less funds

Aside restoring sanity in upper iweka .. and rural roods fixing

O nwero ife peter melu Ndi anambra

Secretariat was important coz even Enugu chime build .. that was needed at the time for proper governance and Na that structure be legacy?


Me wish am well oh..
but Ndi anambra no better


Power to the people
Atiku Okowa 2023

This your question has been answered in so many different threads, that you refuse to see them and keep asking same questions is a ploy to deny the obvious.

But since most Nigerians has seen the legacies and achievements of Peter Obi, they have been taking up his campaigns by themselves. From Sokoto to Bayelsa, from Niger to Adamawa, Lagos to Borno, Peter Obi is getting willing volunteers ready to stake cash and time to campaign and ensure his victory.

Vote for Peter Obi, your children will thank you for the good decision.

PresidObi:


Good things can never become distasteful.

people don't decide who is good. Mama Africa will...

LeoDeKing:

Pandora hoebi really try for Anambra.

Na when Pandora hoebi be gov oyibo begin dey visit Anambra. May be na around 2013 sef.

That is a very remarkable achievement.

u sure say na u post dis thing?

PresidObi:


This your question has been answered in so many different threads, that you refuse to see them and keep asking same questions is a ploy to deny the obvious.

But since most Nigerians has seen the legacies and achievements of Peter Obi, they have been taking up his campaigns by themselves. From Sokoto to Bayelsa, from Niger to Adamawa, Lagos to Borno, Peter Obi is getting willing volunteers ready to stake cash and time to campaign and ensure his victory.

Vote for Peter Obi, your children will thank you for the good decision.

Next!!

Frigga13:
But wait

With this profile .. wetin be Obi’s legacy for Anambra State..

Wey e do special wey make an worth all this hype

Me sef Dey reason am... for 8 good years

Or is that he don’t have ideas .. to invest 78billions ;Dand make Anambra work..

Go to anambra development thread and read 100 of ideas that could transform anambra .. even with less funds

Aside restoring sanity in upper iweka .. and rural roods fixing

O nwero ife peter melu Ndi anambra

Secretariat was important coz even Enugu chime build .. that was needed at the time for proper governance and Na that structure be legacy?


Me wish am well oh..
but Ndi anambra no better


Power to the people
Atiku Okowa 2023

typing

A light can't be hidden

The man that's anointed to lead the children of God out of poverty

true

We are talking about this criminal with all this criminal baggages O

Nigeria's Front--- whaaaat? This writer of this article is clearly insane.


Vote Tinubu 2023. Vote APC.

Wow. He's good.

Seen

Wow...... Good one.
Does he have primary school and secondary school certificate?... Yes. It's enough.

Frigga13:
But wait

With this profile .. wetin be Obi’s legacy for Anambra State..

Wey e do special wey make an worth all this hype

Me sef Dey reason am... for 8 good years

Or is that he don’t have ideas .. to invest 78billions ;Dand make Anambra work..

Go to anambra development thread and read 100 of ideas that could transform anambra .. even with less funds

Aside restoring sanity in upper iweka .. and rural roods fixing

O nwero ife peter melu Ndi anambra

Secretariat was important coz even Enugu chime build .. that was needed at the time for proper governance and Na that structure be legacy?


Me wish am well oh..
but Ndi anambra no better


Power to the people
Atiku Okowa 2023

*I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME WHAT DID HE ACHIEVED DURING HIS TENURE.*

*PLEASE READ FOR YOURSELF.....*


Below are *Peter Obi* Achievements during his tenure as the Governor of Anambra State

1. *MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS*

The first state in Nigeria to start sub-Sovereign Wealth savings. $500 million dollars investment in Anambra State in both local and foreign currency, including $156 million in dollars -denominated bond.

��The Nigeria Debt Management Office (DMO) rated Anambra as the least indebted state in Nigeria.

��Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra state as the most financially stable State in Nigeria during Obi's tenure.

2. *FOREIGN INVESTMENT*

�� Many Ambassador's and High Commissioners of notable countries such as United state, Britain, Russian, European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, Netherlands, Canada etc visited Anambra.

�� He Partner with UNICEF, World Bank, UNDP, DFID ,EU, to bring development to the state.

3. *EDUCATION*

��Because of his reform in the educational system. Anambra State rose from the 24th position out of 36 State to becoming number one (1) in NECO and WAEC Examinations for 3 consecutive years.

�� Obi's government procured and distributed over 30,000 computers to secondary schools in the state, including 22,500 units from HP. The Managing Director for personal systems group HP lnc. *Mr. Fabrics Campoy* described the deployment as the biggest of such projects in the Middle East and Africa.

�� Peter Obi administration provided free internet service to over 500 Secondary schools. The CEO of Galaxy Backbone *Mr Gerald Llukwe* described this as incomparable to any state in the country.

�� More than 700 buses were provided to Secondary schools in the state by Obi's Government.
�� Boreholes were provided in Schools all across the state.
�� New Class Rooms were built in all the 177 Communities of the State.

4 *HEALTH*

�� Similar to what he did in schools. Peter Obi Government enter into partnership with Churches in the Health sector. The Health institutions owned by voluntary agencies and missionaries continued offering their services, while the state funded the agencies and made available to them over $50 Million Dollars in various types of support.

�� Through partnership with the Church in health sector, Obi's Government funded the transformation of the following hospitals and health centres:
✅ Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi
✅ Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala
✅ St. Charles Borromeo Hospital Onitsha
✅ Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha
✅ St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi Nnukwu.

�� Obi's government also built the Joseph Nwilo Heart Centre in St. Joseph, Adazi- Nnukwu where Heart operations are now being performed.

�� Obi's Government won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's $1 Million Grant as the best performing state in Immunization in the South East.

�� Built from the scratch, the first State-owned Teaching Hospital, *Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital* Awka.

�� By the end of his tenure in 2014, more than twelve (12) health institutions including two hospitals, had secured accreditation. Compared to when he came in 2006 *No* health institutions in Anambra State was duly accredited.

5. *ECOproject�� Obi's government invited some companies to build their facilities in Anambra State. A case in point is *SABMiller*, the second-Largest brewery in the world, which built it's first Green Field facility in the State.

�� A number of other companies followed the SABMiller initiative and were all supported and encouraged by Obi's government. Example is *INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company*, from which Obi's government purchased over 1,000 vehicles for government used.

�� During his tenure Anambra State became an Oil producing State.

6. *SECURITY*

�� Under Obi, Anambra State for the first time started close collaboration with all government security agencies (Army, Navy, Police DSS, Civil Defence among others), offering them various type of support including the supply of more than 500 security was phenomenal, such that the formal IG of Police ,*Abubakar Mohammed* Lauded Anambra State for not witnessing any Bank Robbery in the last 3 years of Obi administration.

�� During his tenure Anambra State provided at least one security vehicle to each of all the 177 Communities in the state as well as various organization including Churches and Market.

��Obi revamped the local vigilante system so community vigilante groups were working directly with the police and were closely monitored.

7. *YOUTH AND EMPLOYMENT*

�� Obi revitalized the Anambra State Youth Re-Orientation & Empowerment Programme (ANSYREP), which provided training and grants to young and aspiring entrepreneurs.

�� His Youth Employment Fund Initiative boosted job creation and also helped many young business thrive.

8. *INFRASTRUCTURE*

�� Obi's government undertook a massive construction of internal roads and oversaw large scale electrification project all over the State.

�� Obi built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State.

��Obi's administration started the planning development of the igbariam Campus of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, including the construction of other facilities such as the schools faculty of Law, Auditorium, Administrative Block, Faculty of Agriculture, Management Building, etc.

9. *OTHERS*

�� Obi's government attracted the World Bank support on erosion- National Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) to Anambra State.

�� Obi's government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for the effective implementation of the State Poverty-alleviation Strategies.

�� Obi was the first governor to undergo national peer review which scrutinized State government for good governance through the State Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM), and initiative of Nigerian Governors Forum in collaboration with the DFID.

�� Peter Obi introduced the first-of-its-kind multi-sector development model called Anambra integration Strategy (ANIDS) which had a tremendous impact on virtually all the sectors of the State, from Educational and industry to infrastructure and health.




Compiled by @Ene Felix

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