Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State on Saturday said he had laid a proper foundation for the solid growth of the state from a near zero situation when he assumed office six years ago.

Obi who spoke at an interactive session with newsmen in Awka was reacting to issues raised by former FCT Minister El-Rufai in a national newspaper (not SUNDAY PUNCH) concerning governance in Anambra.

El Rufai reportedly said Anambra was the poorest state in the country, that it was educationally backward, lacked priorities and suffered from poor infrastructural development.

But Obi said, only those who had not been to the state, and who had poor knowledge of the state’s recent history could say so.

He said, “I am surprised that somebody I am not sure has been to Anambra State even as a minister comments about the state from the point of view of what I consider as pure, unadulterated ignorance.

“It is an insult to the Igbo race to openly or even remotely suggest that any part of Igbo land is the poorest in the country. This negates our resourcefulness and ingenuity as a people.

“Honestly, I do not know what propels him or what interest he is protecting. We need people to help to assess and validate what we’re doing. We’re on course and we’re doing the right things.”

The governor said his state had the best road network in the country, while the education and health sectors receive unparalleled development.

“The handover of schools to their former missionary owners and the take-off grant of N6bn for their infrastructural development is a feat that was replicated in the health sector with handover of hospitals to mission schools.

“On sports development, the state’s fortunes have been witnessing a steady rise in recent years at sports festivals due to government’s conscious sports development strategy aimed at spotting and grooming young talents to stardom.

“Our emphasis is on the youth not on adults and we’re marching towards a situation where the state will recapture its lost glory,” he said.

http://www.punchng.com/news/el-rufai-insulted-igbo-race-obi/


Not an El Rufai fan AT ALL, but how has x-raying your government's achievement amount to insult of the igbos? Looks like Obi can't handle criticism. Sad

Looks like el rufai is trolling Anambra

Nigeria is sadly sinking deeper into the mud of tribalism with each passing day. Mr Obi should simply engage Mr El Rufai based on facts and not try to befuddle the matter using tribal sentiments.

The critique was one of several carried out of states.

The verdict according to mallam is Lagos(pass), Bauchi (fail), Kaduna (average), Benue (fail), Gombe (pass)

[size=20pt] Anambra's budget of misplaced priorities [/size]

08 Jun 2012




We continue our budgetary analysis with the South-eastern state of Anambra, with a view to analyse how the state’s budget plans to address development challenges within the state. The state is bounded by Delta to the West, Imo to the South, Enugu to the East, and Kogi to the North. It has a total land mass of 4,416 sq km, situated on the eastern side of the River Niger and has 21 local government areas. Its major towns are Awka, its capital city, the commercial town of Onitsha, and the industrial city of Nnewi. Anambra has a population of 4.2 million and is the nineth most populous nationwide. Most of Anambra’s population is rural. However, as is with every major state, rural-urban migration poses serious burdens for the state’s resources. This pressure is evident in Onitsha where amenities like decent housing, potable water and electricity are in short supply.

Old Anambra State was created in 1976 from part of the East-central state, and its capital was Enugu. Following further state creation in 1991, it was divided into two new states, Anambra and Enugu. Anambra now has its capital in Awka. Governor Peter Obi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) resumed office in March 2006, after the removal of Dr. Chris Ngige by a Court of Appeal judgment in Enugu which ruled that Ngige’s election in 2003 was defective. Obi was impeached in November 2006, but was reinstated in February 2007 after the impeachment was overturned. Although a fresh election was held in April 2007, he returned to office in June 2007 after a court ruling decided that he should be allowed to complete his four-year term. He was re-elected for a second term in 6 February 2010.

Obi has a BA degree in Philosophy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1984) and enjoys the title of being the youngest Chairman of Fidelity Bank. Considering Obi’s career achievements, and the fact that he has been to the Supreme Court successfully three times to reclaim his electoral mandate, the people had high hopes that he would improve on the stellar performance of Ngige, sadly, this has not been the case, as his administration has seen increasing crime rate, infrastructure deficits, a number of strikes over minimum wage, higher tax burdens, and exodus of elite, among other challenges.

Unemployment rate in Anambra is among the highest in the South-east zone, at 21.3 per cent, it is higher than the national average of 21.1 per cent. Imo’s unemployment rate is 29.9 per cent and Enugu is 15 per cent. The state has tried to reduce unemployment through its Anambra Integrated Development Strategy (ANIDS) and the Anambra Youth Reorientation and Empowerment Program (ANSYREP), but the problem with these programmes is that they contribute very little to the production base of the state.

The incidence of poverty in the state is very high – actually disappointing. The South-east has a food poor incidence of 41.0 per cent of which 60.9 per cent is absolutely poor, while 66.5 per cent is relatively poor and 56.8 per cent live under a dollar a day. Anambra has a poverty index of 22.8 per cent, the third highest in the zone, and shares the sixth lowest position in Nigeria with Rivers State which also has 22.8 per cent. About 47.6 per cent of the state’s population is core poor, 45.0 per cent is moderately poor and only 7.4 per cent of the state’s population is classified as none poor. Income inequality as measured by changes in Gini co-efficient between 2003 and 2010 increased slightly by 7.6 per cent as against 18.1 per cent for Ebonyi and Enugu States 7.5 per cent increase.

The people of Anambra State are known to be brilliant, enterprising and resourceful. Most of Nigera's brightest professors, writers, public servants and politicians hailed from the state. One would expect that given this enterprising spirit, the state would create conditions conducive to innovation, business and development. This is not the case, out of the five South-eastern states, Anambra has the fourth lowest ranking for ease of doing business; it was at a distant 35th position out of the 36 states and FCT in 2010. Starting a business involves nine procedures that may span 39 days. Enugu with the best doing business ranking in the zone, takes the 30th position of the 36 states, while Imo is ranked 36, as the most difficult state to do business both in the South-east and nationally.

Anambra State is not much endowed with mineral resources and the few known to exist are not exploited. For example, Tungsten at Oba, and large deposits of lignite in Onitsha, Idemili, and Nnewi councils are yet to be exploited. Kaolin is mined in the Ukpor lhembosi axis for the ceramic industry at Umuahia in Abia State; while the deposits at Afuleri are not exploited. Sandstones of Ameke Formation are quarried in several places, particularly at Abagana and Nsugbe for construction purposes. Natural gas has been discovered at Ebenebe Ridge, southeast of Ebenebe town, and preliminary prospecting indicates that crude oil exists in commercial quantities in the state. Cash crops in the state include coco yam, cassava, rice, maize and oil palm.

The 2012 budget for the state is N82.5 billion as against N66.9 billion in 2011, representing a 23.2 per cent increase. N46.8 billion (57%) is apportioned for capital expenditure, and N35.7 billion (43%) is for recurrent expenditure. Analysing the recurrent budget further, N9.2 billion or (26%) is set aside for Consolidated Revenue Fund Charges, N16.3 billion (45%) for personnel costs, N7.4 billion (21%) for overhead costs and N2.8 billion (8%) as subvention to parastatals/ tertiary institutions. Anambra’s total IGR for 2012 is projected at N12 billion, the same figure as was projected in 2011. This means, while its expenditure has increased, the state has not enhanced its capacity to collect or expand its tax base.

The two major contributors to IGR in 2012 will be N6.7 billion from taxes and about N4 billion from fines and fees. If this IGR is measured against the states projected personnel costs of N16.3 billion, Anambra cannot pay its staff salaries without reliance on federal allocation; this means it is one of those ‘dependent’ states and is not economically viable for independent existence.
The 2012 budget will be funded by projected capital receipts of N47 billion, N12 billion as IGR and N36 billion as FAAC allocations, bringing total revenues to N95 billion, out of which N12.3 billion would be transferred to Capital Development Fund. In sectoral terms, N28.2 billion (34.2%) is allocated to the economic sector, N24.2 billion (29.4%) to the social sector, N9.7 billion (11.82%) for the environmental sector and N20.2 billion (24.52%) for general administration.

The education sub sector is allocated N10.99 billion. The state has a longstanding reputation of being an educationally advanced state: it has at least nine institutions of higher learning, its literacy rate is comparatively high, in a 2010 NBS literacy survey, youth literacy in the state was said to be 92.9 per cent and adult literacy at 74.0%. However, compared to its South-east neighbours, the state has the third lowest adult literacy amongst the five states, Abia has 78.2 per cent, Imo 80.8 per cent, Enugu with 64.6 per cent and Ebonyi with 69.8 per cent. This means that in education terms, Anambra is performing poorer than most other states in its region. From this regional perspective, it means investment in education urgently needs attention and ought to be ramped up.

A meagre N1.4 billion is budgeted for health, and considering that health should be the core focus of any state government, this amount is barely adequate. From this sum, it is evident that the government has misplaced priorities, apportioning only 1.7 per cent of the entire budget to a sector that directly affects the livelihood of all of its populace.

Another major problem of the state is roads and soil erosion. In a bid to tackle this, the government apportioned N10 billion to continue the construction of several intra-state highways and bridges, targeting the completion of about 100km of roads this fiscal year. However, only N1.696 billion is allocated for drainage, erosion control and sewerage. This we believe would not address the challenges in that area.
Water supply which also is a major problem will get only N800 millio: of this sum, it is hoped that expansion works on major water schemes would be carried out, and new ones built. This sum is little, and may not amount to much improvement in water supply in the state.

Agriculture is apportioned N1.4 billion, an evidence of misplaced priorities: with figures like these, it is no surprise that unemployment in the state is high. How can a state government allocate only 1.7 per cent of its entire budget to agriculture in a rural state? Unemployment can be tackled effectively with agriculture if the value chain challenges in food and cash crops production are tackled.
The housing sub sector will get N1.8 billion, the government plans to partner the private sector in providing more residential accommodation, a core focus will be on completing all existing projects. This is commendable.

What is clear from this analysis is that the state like most states of the federation is not allocating funds to adequately address the key social challenges that confront its people. It should slim down the size and cost if its government, learn to prioritise its budget allocations, expand its revenue base from taxes by attracting Federal Government and private sector participation in mineral exploration, improve its business climate by easing the starting and running of a business.

The state like other South-east states must address the security challenges arising from violent crimes and kidnapping that has scared the elite and investors from the state. The state should leverage its human resources by refocusing the priorities of government on SME and industrial development, investing in infrastructure, agriculture and human capital. It needs to capitalise on the enterprising nature of its people by tackling unemployment, poverty and infrastructure deficits. Until that time, it will remain a state with big prospects and very little growth.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/anambras-budget-of-misplaced-priorities/117510/

Pukkah: Nigeria is sadly sinking deeper into the mid of tribalism with each passing day. Mr Obi should simply engage Mr El Rufai based on facts and not try to befuddle the matter using tribal sentiments.

I agree with you 200%!

Pukkah: Nigeria is sadly sinking deeper into the mud of tribalism with each passing day. Mr Obi should simply engage Mr El Rufai based on facts and not try to befuddle the matter using tribal sentiments.

El rufai is a political lunatic,he is a pig in d making........hahahahahahahahhahahah

out of the five
South-eastern states, Anambra has the fourth
lowest ranking for ease of doing business; it was
at a distant 35th position out of the 36 states and
FCT in 2010. Starting a business involves nine
procedures that may span 39 days. Enugu with
the best doing business ranking in the zone,
takes the 30th position of the 36 states, while
Imo is ranked 36, as the most difficult state to do
business both in the South-east and nationally.

I think the Southeast needs redemption. Hope Rochas succeeds in saving Imo State. The above means that all the SE States are the most business unfriendly in Nigeria. Chukwu okike zopitakwa anyi na ubiam.

[img]http://www.50centloseweight.com[/img]Nice job!

Anambra iz educationally bacward compared to other states in Nigeria?
I'm really surprised! Why iz the JAMB cut-off mark for Anambra and Imo indigenes the highest in Nigeria? Methinks that JAMB should lower their cut-off for us to catch up with Kaduna.

tiarabubu:
I agree with you 200%!

Anambra’s budget of misplaced priorities (2012 JUNE
Igbo race was insulted according to Governor Obi

Gombe’s Realistic Budget (2012 JUNE 1)
Gombe's Races - Tangale, Terawa, Waja, Kumo, Fulani, Kanuri, Bolewa, Jukun, Pero/Shonge, Tula, Cham, Lunguda, Dadiya, Banbuka - are given a small pass

Edo’s Budget of Progress (2012 MAY 30)
The Races housed in Edo - Bini, Akoko Edo, Afenmai,Esan,Etsako and Ora - get a satisfactory report card?

Kaduna’s Not So Disappointing Budget (2012 MAY 30)
The different races in Kaduna - Hausa, Fulani, Bajju, Ham, Gbagyi, Koro, Kaninkon, Gure, Kurama, Atyap, Ikulu, Aegorok, Atakad, Adara, Chawai, Kagoma, Kahugu, Ninzo, Numana, Yoruba, lgbo, Igala Nupe, Tiv, Ijaw,lsekiri, Idoma Race - make the grade here

Benue’s Opaque Budget (2012 MAY 14)
Look all these races for Benue (comprising but not limited to)- Tiv, Idoma, Ngas, Igede, Etulo, Bassa-Komo, Igbirra and Igala wey no get clue.

Lagos: Sound Government, Sensible Budget (2012 APRIL 22)
I can't be bothered with this one. Too many races to mention, so could be here all day long

Bauchi’s Hopeless Budget (2012 APRIL 13)
55 Races combined, including the Hausa, Fulani, Gerawa, Sayawa, Jarawa, Bolewa, Karekare, Kanuri, Fa'awa, Butawa, Warjawa, Zulawa, and Badawa, only managed an epic fail

El-Rufai, who some demeaningly call "the midget", has a lot to answer for, I tell you.
No be small thing at all.

So saying the truth about d state of things in a particular state in Nigeria has now being considered as an insult on igbo race i see

why are our leaders seperating us with tribalism?
Instead of him to insult el rufai if all he had said sumtin wrong. Buh instead he linked it to igbo race. Wtf

Analysing any State and passing judgement based on a budget is, IMHO, simplistic. It is important for one to actually visit the state and access the situation on the ground.

For instance how does Sanusi know the extent of erosion problem in Anambra? Has he visited some of the sites? How does he know that the budgeting allocation for it's control is inadequate? Or is it simply a case of the more money allocated to a problem the better?

The same applies to his critique of allocation for health and agriculture. Health is quite important as he rightly noted, but beyond that, how could he critique allocation to this sector without stating what has been in the past, and what needs to be done now? What are the primary health challenge of Anambra citizens? What is the best way to address them? Or should the governor simply keep allocating huge figures to a sector because it is an important sector or should he build upon what he has done over the years? These are the basic questions Sanusi should seek answers to!

On agricultural sector. What does Sanusi think that Anambra agricultural sector requires? What are the previous practice; what has been spent on this sector in the past? Is Anambra state indeed rural state in every sense of the word? Considering the fact that Anambra state boast of a commercial city - Onitsha, an industrial city - Nnewi, and an administrative capital - Awka. What basis did Sanusi classify Anambra as rural? Does it somehow imply that apart from Lagos, PH, and Abuja every other Nigeria state is rural?

I strongly believe that Sanusi's exercise of criticising states budgets based merely on paper is a deeply flawed exercise, and a waste of his time. Unless of course, he is seeking personal and political relevance among millions of gullible Nigerians who will ascribe this lazy exercise to some form of intellectual ability.

elrufai is crazy iwonder who is feeding him with such stupid statements, he should go and see un, napep and cbn ranking of anambra, anambra retains its position in top five best states all round, both literact ,employment,quality of life etc. its obvious he is a troll he is just trying to discredit APGA

Abagworo:


I think the Southeast needs redemption. Hope Rochas succeeds in saving Imo State. The above means that all the SE States are the most business unfriendly in Nigeria. Chukwu okike zopitakwa anyi na ubiam.

i have always suspected your a troll , apart from lagos ,ph and maybe abuja can you point out any other state that have more buiness than anambra and abia. maybe unfriendly for federal government to do buisness and ignoramus like u that swallow every trash dished out to it.

Pukkah: Nigeria is sadly sinking deeper into the mud of tribalism with each passing day. Mr Obi should simply engage Mr El Rufai based on facts and not try to befuddle the matter using tribal sentiments.

Very true my brother. In fact, what you highlight is ruining the politics section of Nairaland. Nothing can be discussed these days without someone putting an ethnic slant on issues. Obi has disappointed as an administrator and he will do well to take criticism in his stride instead of trying to divert attention away from such by playing the ethnic card. I personally wrote off the chap when he joined Akunyili to implore Anambra folks not to vote for the "Yoruba Party" even as it was Ngige, a full-blooded Igbo man passionate about his State, people would really be voting for.

He has a nerve talking about insults against ethnic groups. Then again, we all know that empty barrels make the most noise.

Gbawe:

Very true my brother. In fact, what you highlight is ruining the politics section of Nairaland. Nothing can be discussed these days without someone putting an ethnic slant on issues. Obi has disappointed as an administrator and he will do well to take criticism in his stride instead of trying to divert attention away from such by playing the ethnic card. I personally wrote off the chap when he joined Akunyili to implore Anambra folks not to vote for the "Yoruba Party" even as it was Ngige, a full-blooded Igbo man passionate about his State, people would really be voting for.

He has a nerve talking about insults against ethnic groups. Then again, we all know that empty barrels make the most noise.

elrufai is a dummy and yes he insulted the igbo race by stupidly constructing such mischevous write up , imagine if a non non nigerian planing to come and invest in anambra reads his devilsh write up the person will automatically assume anambra is the worst place to be in nigeria and africa and u tell me its not an insult to igbo race, he should occupy himself with finding solutions for the killing and bombings going on in the north.

This El Rufai direct attack on Obi may be all the proof we need to conclude that the PDP may well field Obi as a presidential candidate in 2015. I've heard the rumor severally but it looks too "blindsiding" to be true. When you consider that APGA recently severally turned down invitations from other opposition parties, the math starts to add up!
El Rufai is only doing a hatchet job here. lol
Obi may not be the best Anambra can produce as a governor, but only trolls will call him a failure.

Watch out folks! The Nigerian toads never jump around in broad day for nothing.

Good we need more trolls if that is what will drive that soprano sounding aso rock house boy called peter obi to get his self back to awka and get to work. The monkey is trying to turn it into a tribal issue and some will succumb but the truth no go hide forever

dayokanu: Looks like el rufai is trolling Anambra

Peter Obi seems to have lost his marbles.

Onlytruth: This El Rufai direct attack on Obi may be all the proof we need to conclude that the PDP may well field Obi as a presidential candidate in 2015. I've heard the rumor severally but it looks too "blindsiding" to be true. When you consider that APGA recently severally turned down invitations from other opposition parties, the math starts to add up!
El Rufai is only doing a hatchet job here. lol
Obi may not be the best Anambra can produce as a governor, but only trolls will call him a failure.

Watch out folks! The Nigerian toads never jump around in broad day for nothing.

Dude,you and Obi have missed the point.
El-Rufai is not calling Obi a failure.
He is currently doing a series on state budgets. A series where budgets are being analysed in depth and constructive criticisms offered.
He has been doing this for months now.He simply criticised that of Anambra made genuine points to score the budget low.
Obi should address the points he made in the article and stop wiping up stale emotions.
I expect better from Obi. This kind of ethnic jingoism is expected from the likes of Okorocha and T.A. Orji not Obi.

Me thinks obi is just trying to divert attention from what the mallam said.

bashr8: elrufai is a dummy and yes he insulted the igbo race by stupidly constructing such mischevous write up , imagine if a non non nigerian planing to come and invest in anambra reads his devilsh write up the person will automatically assume anambra is the worst place to be in nigeria and africa and u tell me its not an insult to igbo race, he should occupy himself with finding solutions for the killing and bombings going on in the north.

Dude,don't even go there.
There are several things you can call Nasir but a lack of intelligence is not one of them.
That man is as intelligent as they come.

Onlytruth: This El Rufai direct attack on Obi may be all the proof we need to conclude that the PDP may well field Obi as a presidential candidate in 2015. I've heard the rumor severally but it looks too "blindsiding" to be true. When you consider that APGA recently severally turned down invitations from other opposition parties, the math starts to add up!
El Rufai is only doing a hatchet job here. lol
Obi may not be the best Anambra can produce as a governor, but only trolls will call him a failure.

Watch out folks! The Nigerian toads never jump around in broad day for nothing.

I think it is better to focus on specifics and not speculations. El Rufai focused on the state's budget and made conclusions. The governor should simply engage him intellectually, point for point and argument for argument, rather than throw an ethnic blanket over the issues or hide under tribal tantrums. Do you think a Professor Soludo as the Governor of Anambra would have given this kind of disgraceful response from Mr Obi.

There is no country that has achieved greatness by focusing on tribalism; they instead focus on nation-building. Obi should make El Rufai look silly with intelligent arguments and not by going into a tirade or whipping up sentiments.

mbulela:
Dude,don't even go there.
There are several things you can call Nasir but a lack of intelligence is not one of them.
That man is as intelligent as they come.

Indeed. In fact the main problem with EL Rufai is that he is far above his peers in regards to a constant desire to 'raise the bar' by deploying a holistic, methodical and analytical approach to politics and Nation building. The truth is that very few Nigerian politicians analyse issues minutely and intelligently as El Rufai does. Mind you, that does not mean he is always right or that he is a saint.

Pukkah:

I think it is better to focus on specifics and not speculations. El Rufai focused on the state's budget and made conclusions. The governor should simply engage him intellectually, point for point and argument for argument, rather than throw an ethnic blanket over the issues or hide under tribal tantrums. Do you think a Professor Soludo as the Governor of Anambra would have given this kind of disgraceful response from Mr Obi.

There is no country that has achieved greatness by focusing on tribalism; they instead focus on nation-building. Obi should make El Rufai look silly with intelligent arguments and not by going into a tirade or whipping up sentiments.

This is precisely what we should all welcome so that discussions here can focus entirely on politics and what is best for Nigeria instead of what obtains lately whereby everything must be tainted with ethnic prejudice. If Obi's maladministration is the issue here, why should anyone , if politically sophisticated, allow him to escape scrutiny simply because he cynically invokes sentiments he knows Nigerians are always irrationally passionate about?

Gbawe:

Very true my brother. In fact, what you highlight is ruining the politics section of Nairaland. Nothing can be discussed these days without someone putting an ethnic slant on issues. Obi has disappointed as an administrator and he will do well to take criticism in his stride instead of trying to divert attention away from such by playing the ethnic card. I personally wrote off the chap when he joined Akunyili to implore Anambra folks not to vote for the "Yoruba Party" even as it was Ngige, a full-blooded Igbo man passionate about his State, people would really be voting for.

He has a nerve talking about insults against ethnic groups. Then again, we all know that empty barrels make the most noise.

I tire for many of the country's so-called leaders and, worse still, the followers.

For example, if an analyst says that our publicly quoted company is not doing well based on certain indicators, would you start to lampoon the critic based on his tribe or religion or prepare a well-researched and intelligent response that tears his criticism apart?

It is a pity, many Nigerians now see critics as enemies even when opposition/criticism is part of what you need to make progress. In fact, democracy without a dissenting opinion or group is retarded.

Gbawe:

Indeed. In fact the main problem with EL Rufai is that he is far above his peers in regards to a constant desire to 'raise the bar' by deploying a holistic, methodical and analytical approach to politics and Nation building. The truth is that very few Nigerian politicians analyse issues minutely and intelligently as El Rufai does. Mind you, that does not mean he is always right or that he is a saint.

I agree with every word of this post.
I wish i could like it twice.

nku5: Good we need more trolls if that is what will drive that soprano sounding aso rock house boy called peter obi to get his self back to awka and get to work. The monkey is trying to turn it into a tribal issue and some will succumb but the truth no go hide forever

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Pukkah:

I tire for many of the country's so-called leaders and, worse still, the followers.

For example, if an analyst says that our publicly quoted company is not doing well based on certain indicators, would you start to lampoon the critic based on his tribe or religion or prepare a well-researched and intelligent response that tears his criticism apart?

It is a pity, many Nigerians now see critics as enemies even when opposition/criticism is part of what you need to make progress. In fact, democracy without a dissenting opinion or group is retarded.

My brother, democracy without dissenting opinion will lead to anarchy. That is what we are seeing now with GEJ's government clearly getting away with hideous corruption and gross misrule because Nigerians cannot unite to proclaim misrule to be misrule and corruption to be corruption. Now every legitimate criticism of the current Government, if it comes from the North or the SW is "motivated" by "ethnic hatred" of Mr.President.

Obi is just cynically exploiting the mood of the day, encouraged by those at the very top of Governance, as the Asari-Dokubos , Tony Anenihs and Edwin Clarkes of the world are doing currently. What better way for Obi to distract from a scathing indictment of his poor leadership than to shout "ethnic insult" in a period Nigerians are highly primed to see and react to such?

bashr8: i have always suspected your a troll , apart from lagos ,ph and maybe abuja can you point out any other state that have more buiness than anambra and abia. maybe unfriendly for federal government to do buisness and ignoramus like u that swallow every trash dished out to it.

I'm from Imo and they said my State is the most unfriendly and I accepted it. What's the next move? We work towards making things easy for prospective investors and not argue. I know it might be a biased statistics but it should be a wake up call for our SE Governors.

Peter Obi is truly the most annoying governor we've had since the scourge of mbadinuju. I just pray ngige can run and by Gods grace win at the next election