Emmanuel.OB

Monitoring & Evaluation • data geek • WASH • Random stuff from international development to sports • @lborouniversity, @WEDCUK alum.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Grand Corruption: Nigeria’s Greatest Threat.

The recent report from the IMF consultation further raises concerns about the scale of grand corruption under the Tinubu government. The IMF now reveals that about N8.83 trillion in expenditure undertaken in 2025 is not reflected in the budget. This expenditure is not budgeted and is therefore not under legislative oversight or administrative scrutiny. This is horrible.

N8.83 trillion is as follows:

1.About 2% of our GDP.

2.Over 35% of Nigeria’s 2025 N23.96 trillion capital project budget. In fact, the amount is more than the actual released capital funding for 2025.

https://t.co/Hta3LViCB8 is more than the entire combined budget for education (N3.52 trillion) and health (N2.38 trillion).

If such an amount is properly used and accounted for, it could transform Nigeria’s public health and education sectors. It could create hundreds of cottage industries that can provide jobs for thousands of graduates and build a solid foundation for economic development. But we cannot account for it. This is not an isolated incident.

This is a pattern of grand corruption that has become part of this administration.
We have a lot to worry about regarding the state of corruption under President Tinubu. The sort of corruption that is ingrained in total disregard of elementary rules of public finance management poses a grave danger to national security and the stability of the Nigerian state. The capture of the Nigerian state and the plunder of its resources are actions that undermine the basis of state stability and deepen poverty and state failure.

This recent revelation proves that the APC government is grossly corrupt, incompetent, and insensitive. With the growing poverty and the urgent need for significant upgrades to social and physical infrastructure, a responsible and responsive government would ensure that N8.83 trillion is prudently utilised to address these gaps. But not the Tinubu administration.

A few days ago, I called on President Tinubu to resign from office for incompetence, lack of capacity, lack of compassion, and failure to improve on his campaign promises. Some people thought perhaps the call was excessive. But with the daily revelations of pervasive corruption in this administration and its total lack of commitment to the welfare and security of Nigerian citizens, the only reasonable action is for President Tinubu to resign from office. The collapse of elementary forms of due process under Tinubu and the increased evidence of rampant looting of Nigerian public finances reinforce the need for greater accountability. It is now time for Nigerian citizens to rise within the law and hold this administration to account.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

💔 💚

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

Philly #throwtheballup let’s get it

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

@CaptainArinze Oh, and I remember you could also get a substantial score if you followed the right process but missed the final answer.

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

@Is2bEe @ologunagbajohnM @FabrizioRomano

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

This club 🥹❤️

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Encouraging positive discussions and celebrating fatherhood 🫂

Emirates Stadium plays host to a special Father's Day event ❤️

[Francis James @FrancisUNDP]

Transcendent leaders respect and learn from elders. Visionary leaders uplift and inspire. Intrepid leaders forge new frontiers. Mahunna Eziakonwa is all that and more. Best Boss, Best Role Model, and a true friend of Tchad. May you gracefully soar with purpose in your new role.

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

🎉Congratulations @ahunnaeziakonwa on your appointment as @UN Special Adviser on Africa

Your leadership over 8 years helped elevate Africa’s voice, unlock partnerships & inspire a generation to think bigger. Your impact will endure far beyond this chapter
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[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

The baby doesn't even know what is going on or what danger they are in. I have little nieces of this age. I'm heartbroken 💔 💔

[Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks]

A WARNING TO THE PRESIDENT @officialABAT , GOVERNMENT @NigeriaGov , @nassnigeria @NGRSenate @HouseNGR Governors’ Forum @NGFSecretariat and State Houses of Assembly AND THE NIGERIAN POLITICAL CLASS OF NIGERIA AT LARGE:

DO NOT DARE WISH OUR CHILDREN “HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY” TODAY .

To the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Vice President, the Governors of the 36 States, the Federal Executive Council, the Members of the National Assembly, the State Houses of Assembly, and the entire political class that has captured and destroyed the Nigeria State:

Do not dare.

Do not dare open your mouths on May 27 to wish Nigerian children a “Happy Children’s Day.” Do not dare release the recycled, ghost-written platitudes your media handlers have already drafted. Do not dare stand in front of cameras, surrounded by carefully arranged children in matching uniforms, to perform a tenderness you have never extended to the millions of Nigerian children you have abandoned, betrayed, and condemned to lives of suffering.

You have no moral standing to wish anything to Nigerian children. None.

Consider what you are dishonorably wishing them.

You are wishing “Happy Children’s Day” to the 39 students and 7 teachers seized only days ago, on 15 May 2026, from a secondary school and two primary schools in Ahoro Esinele community in Oriire district of Oyo State- children aged between two and sixteen , snatched from the southwest in a chilling expansion of a terror that you swore would be confined to the north.

You are wishing “Happy Children’s Day” to the 25 schoolgirls of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Wasagu/Danko, Kebbi State, taken from their hostel at dawn on 18 November 2025, after gunmen killed the vice principal and most of whom are still missing as I write.

You are wishing “Happy Children’s Day” to the 303 students and 12 teachers of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger State, seized on 21 November 2025 - children aged 10 to 18, boys and girls- whose abduction forced more than 20,000 Nigerian schools to close indefinitely .

You are wishing “Happy Children’s Day” to the 287 students of the Government Secondary School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, taken by gunmen on motorcycles on 7 March 2024 in broad daylight while you and your political colleagues posed for swearing-in photographs.

You are wishing “Happy Children’s Day” to the 15 children of Gidan Bakuso, Sokoto State, seized from their boarding school on 9 March 2024 as they slept.

You are wishing to the Chibok girls- over 90 of whom are still missing, twelve years after April 14, 2014, while you have moved on, and for your repugnant luxury, speedily rebuilt and redecorated Aso Villa, bought opulent hideous cars, and rotated power among yourselves as if those girls never existed. But their parents who gave birth to them continue to grieve and daily rain curses on the evil leaders that have shown no empathy towards them and their abducted daughters.

You are wishing “Happy Children’s Day” to the children of Dapchi, Kankara, Kagara, Jangebe, Afaka, Greenfield, Bethel Baptist, Tegina - and to the many whose abductions never made the headlines because Nigeria had run out of capacity to grieve.

You are wishing “Happy Children’s Day” to the at least 1,799 students seized in a dozen of the largest abductions since Chibok , and to the 670 children affected by at least 10 school kidnappings in less than two years - a litany of horror compiled not by your security agencies, but by international human rights organisations doing the work your government refuses to do.

Part One ………..

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

@DerisikHCl @QueenBee2u2 @Uchman_1 💯

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@NoaDalzell Robbed

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

We all deserve this ❤️

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

A coronation at the Palace 👑

[JusticeCrack @Justice_Crack]

My dear Nigerians, colleagues in the media, critics, and everyone who lent their voice during this difficult period, I sincerely thank you all.

To everyone who spoke concerning my release, prayed for me, and demanded fairness, I will never take your concern and solidarity for granted. And even to those who disagreed with me or questioned my actions, I still appreciate your voices because democracy gives room for different opinions.

I also want to say clearly that my desire has never been to bring down any institution or create division. I respect the sacrifices of the men and women serving this country, just as I remain committed to speaking for ordinary Nigerians who dream of a better nation.

Since the matter is still before the court, I will avoid making statements that may interfere with the legal process. However, I remain confident in the rule of law and due process.

At this moment, my focus is not bitterness, blame, or conflict. My focus remains the Nigeria we all deserve — a Nigeria that works for everyone, where justice is fair, opportunities are equal, and where the child of nobody can truly become somebody without knowing anybody.

This experience has only strengthened my belief that Nigeria must continue to grow through dialogue, understanding, accountability, and unity.

Thank you once again to everyone who stood up in one way or another.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria 🇳🇬 Justice can't be cracked

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

@AGreek1364341 @Supreme_Garaad @celtics @BukayoSaka87 @FCHWPO @premierleague @NBA @NBAEurope

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

@celtics @BukayoSaka87 @FCHWPO @premierleague @NBA @NBAEurope My two teams ❤️🤍💚

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

Shoutout to the Premier League champ 🏆

Congrats @BukayoSaka87

[Lewis Hamilton @LewisHamilton]

COYG 💥

[HandofArsenal @HandofArsenal]

“Enjoy your playoff final, pal”

[Emmanuel.OB @Imarnuel]

Premier League Champion ❤️🏆

[Bukayo Saka @BukayoSaka87]

You deserve more Arsenal fans 💔