As the incumbent SSG of Anambra under @PeterObi at the time he left office on 17 March, 2014, I had the honour of personally being present when Peter Obi signed the attached handover letter. I was also present, when Gov. Willie Obiano received and signed an acknowledgement for his own copy of the letter, complete with the annexed certified bank statements, related documents and the Handover Report. The letter listed assets and liabilities - in black and red.
During the nationally televised Anambra 2017 governorhip debate on Sunday 12, November, 2017, organized by Channels Television, Gov. Willie Obiano asserted surprisingly that there were no funds left by the Obi Administration. I recall asking him on national television, how as a certified accountant and auditor he would sign off and accept financial documents, for which he now was expressing reservations. He then publicly acknowleged for the first time that some specified funds were in place and asked what was the use of saving money, when there was work to be done. As Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba would later confirm to members of the Nigerian press corps, Gov. Obiano had disclosed to him that his predecessor (Gov. Obi) had indeed left huge sums, which enabled him to independently build the Anambra Airport at Umueri.
If Gov. Obiano to whom Peter Obi handed over to in 2014 would eventually acknowledge -implicitly and explicitly - that Gov. Peter Obi indeed left the stipulated funds; a fact that was also publicly corroborated by Gov. Alex Otti, in his capacity as an ex- banker, what then, one may ask, is the beef and grouse of the incumbent Anambra State Government?
Go Figure!
If Soludo says he “didn’t see the money” Peter Obi says he left behind, then as Governor, the obvious question is: did you check the accounts or are you just checking Twitter?
Peter Obi has identified the First Bank account and even offered to provide the account number. So, Soludo, instead of releasing another 10-page press release that nobody asked for, request the bank statement, publish it and let Nigerians see the evidence. Simple.
Because at this point, the drama is beginning to look less like an audit and more like a personal vendetta.
Peter Obi defeated Soludo in the 2010 Anambra governorship race, and today Obi is again a major political rival ahead of 2027. Soludo is entitled to his political views, but Nigerians are also entitled to ask for documents, bank statements and verifiable figures, not endless political sparring.
If the money wasn't there, show the statement.
If the money was there, show what happened to it. Afterall, EFCC is dragging Obiano who took over from Peter Obi.
Abi bank statement don become classified document for Anambra? 😂
THE NIGERIA STATE EDUCATION PROGRAM INVESTMENT PROJECT [ SEPIP]
The Nigeria - State Education Program Investment Project (SEPIP) is a World Bank-backed initiative designed to improve the quality, management, and efficiency of education in participating states across Nigeria.
OBJECTIVE OF THIS KEY EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS FUNDS
The key goal of this interventions program was to support federal and state efforts to enhance basic education delivery, student learning outcomes, and institutional accountability.
STATES THAT PARTICIPATED
Originally implemented in Anambra, Bauchi, and Ekiti, with additional financing later extending support to other regions, including North East states affected by security challenges (such as Borno and Taraba).
FINANCING REQUEST
The financing request for the State Education Program Investment Project (SEPIP) was officially initiated and submitted to the World Bank by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN).
The Funds were allocated and on-Lent to the participating state governments (such as Anambra, Bauchi, and Ekiti), which act as the sub-national implementing agencies alongside the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
Total Projects Credit: USD250million [ Anambra got $48m]
Interest Rate: ZERO % (Principal is interest-free).
Service Charge: Approximately 0.75% per annum on the disbursed credit balance
Commitment Fee: A maximum of 0.5% per annum on any undisbursed loan balance (often waived or reduced by the World Bank board annually).
Tenor : 40 years.
Moratorium: 10 years (no principal repayments required during the first decade of the project).
FUNDS DISBURSMENTS
This $48m was disbursed in 4 successive implementation years.. 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016...
1. In November 5, 2013 , Anambra state received the initial allocation of US$4.5 million/N697.5m...At the launch of this program, the Anambra state government under Peter Obi injected an additional ₦1.5 billion into state school funds to act as concurrent counterpart momentum alongside the World Bank’s baseline release.
This initial allcation was utilised for official launch of SEPIP in Anambra State.
This initial advance payments were released to establish the State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) and kick off the framework
2. The second disbursement of USD$5.5m was made on June 18, 2014, more than 3 months after Peter Obi left Government house Awka as Governor of Anambra state
Out of the total disbursement of USD$48m made under this key special education interventions scheme , only $4.5m/N697m was made under Peter Obi as Governor of Anambra state ...
Anambra state under the leadership of Akpokuo Aguleri, Willie Obiano, who single handedly made the OJIONU, Governor of Anambra state, received ISD$43.5m out the total allocation of USD48m ....in 2014, 2015 and 2016
THE OJIONU HAS KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THESE FACTS, but chose to engage in hatchet political jobs grounded in misinformation.
DR NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA AGAIN IS VINDICATED....
"There is definitely an issue of character with Prof. Soludo and his desperate search for power and relevance in Nigeria. Nigerians should, therefore, beware of so-called intellectuals without character and wisdom because this combination is fatal."..Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
OBIARAERI, Nnaemeka Onyeka
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@Chigozieialex The mere fact that the person is not going to squander all our national wealth for the betterment of himself and cronies is a huge plus. Abeg stop underrating integrity because your candidates lack it.
@t0sinadeda@Ichakaaaa The guy did no such analysis, na you carry your ITK come de run analysis about US employess for here. Oya do the same analysis for the 70k make we see something.
It may look like a joke, but there is a very serious truth in what Mr Lere is saying. When Mr. Peter Obi meets these young men, he is, in many ways, meeting his real campaign council, the people who stood with him, believed in him and carried his message without demanding positions, contracts, appointments or political favours.
These are not the entitled few who believe politics is an investment from which they must personally profit. These are ordinary Nigerians: the Kwilikwili sellers, the wheelbarrow pushers, drivers, artisans, traders, farmers, market women, students and young people struggling every day to survive.
They are the people who wake up every morning without knowing where their next meal will come from. They are the Nigerians harassed by bandits, kidnappers, criminals and abusive systems. They are the displaced families in Yelwata, Otukpo, Mangu and thousands of IDP camps across the country. They are the millions whose lives are reduced to statistics whenever government wants to announce another figure. These are the real Nigerians. And perhaps that is why the love for Mr. Peter Obi among many of them is so difficult to understand from the comfort of political offices and elite dinner tables. It is not transactional. It is not because somebody promised them a contract. It is not because they were handed an appointment. It is organic love born out of hope.
Mr. Peter Obi's real campaign council may not always sit in a five star hotel. It may happen under a mango tree, beside a roadside kiosk, in a motor park, at a village square, in an IDP camp, or around the woman frying kose somewhere in a village in Ogbadibo.
It may be the driver carrying passengers while discussing the future of Nigeria. It may be the trader selling tomatoes in the market.
It may be the young man pushing a wheelbarrow to earn his daily bread. It may be the mother who has lost everything but still believes Nigeria can be better. It may be the farmer who cannot safely return to his farm. It may be the displaced Nigerian sleeping in an IDP camp who still says, “Nigeria must work.” These people may not have titles, but they have a stake in Nigeria. So, yes, laugh at the picture if you want. But look carefully. There is something profoundly powerful happening in that photograph. A leader is standing with the people who have nothing to give him except their trust. And if we are serious about building a new Nigeria, those are precisely the people whose voices must matter.
The real campaign council of Nigeria is not made up only of the powerful. It is made up of the millions who are struggling, surviving and still refusing to give up on their country. That is where the movement lives. Under the mango tree. In the market. On the road. In the villages. In the IDP camps. Among the people. And that is where the future of Nigeria will ultimately be decided.
-DrMo
@olusegun932668@Moh__Sarkee What are you babbling about. Try to de understand wetin dem de discuss before engaging so that you can spare everyone the pain of reading these chaotic ramblings.
@Moh__Sarkee Not my argument, if you come out to talk and the thing you are pointing is that he did not give you shishi, then its pretty clear why you are doing or saying what you are doing and saying now. Whether others de induce no be my issue.
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