No politician before and now can make such bold comments. None and you wonder why they hate him.. He is the only one to cut down the evil over fed cows to their normal size(s). This is just the main reason why they don't want him. But their game is over. Remember to build more prisons once sworn into office come 2027.
Debunking the Phantom Debts and Ecological Loan Fallacy
My attention has been drawn to trending claims by the Anambra State Government that my administration left behind inherited debts, including a ₦2 billion ecological loan, contractor liabilities, and unpaid salaries, gratuities, and pensions. This is completely false.
We systematically liquidated historical gratuities and arrears dating back several years, amounting to over ₦35 billion. At the point of handover, the state owed nothing in salaries, gratuities, or pensions, nor did we owe anything to any contractor for projects duly executed and certified.
The ₦2 billion ecological fund in question was released barely three months before the end of my tenure for the Oko/Umuchiana erosion crisis. Despite pressure to spend the money, I refused, insisting that it should be left for my successor because government is a continuum and the funds were tied to a specific project.
The money was therefore left 100 per cent intact in First Bank, in Account No. 2018779464, with a balance of over ₦2.13 billion.
It is important to stress that funds tied to specific projects or set aside for particular purposes were not even included in the over ₦75 billion in savings we left behind.
If anybody can establish anything to the contrary, I will stop campaigning. -PO
@BwalaDaniel That name Peter Obi in your mouth will be your early death. Tell the world what you evil fool and your principal have to offer to the nation and take that name peter Obi out of rotten mouth. I pity your family for having an idiot like you as a brother father and husband.
Because of one, the honor of a people defined by the culture of Omoluabi has been subverted, undermined, subjugated, and compromised. Make no mistake about it, the rot did not start with Tinubu, but it MUST end with Tinubu and the APC: IF NIGERIA MUST SURVIVE..🇳🇬🤨
@femiogunleye9 A retarded wasted sperm in human form that you are.. wouldn't know the level of damage the evil nation is in. Very young you are to know that we need a prudent and detrabalized Nigerian.
When a Government Declares War on the Truth
President Donald Trump of America recently described Nigeria as “a now disgraced country.” The painful reality is that Nigeria’s challenges continue to deepen. Each passing day reveals deeper signs of decline, especially when a government becomes increasingly intolerant of truth and hostile to those who speak about the suffering of the people.
The Catholic Church has never functioned as an opposition party in Nigeria. Across military regimes and successive democratic administrations, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has maintained a principled voice on national issues and the nation’s conscience, commending governments when they deserved commendation and speaking the truth whenever national conscience demanded it. Its interventions are driven by a moral obligation, rooted in Christian social teaching, to defend truth, justice, and the common good.
The same applies to Nigeria’s major religious organisations. Bodies such as Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have repeatedly raised concerns over economic hardship, inflation, and insecurity. Living among the people, religious leaders often encounter the suffering of citizens firsthand. They speak because they witness families struggling with rising food prices, unemployment, and the fear created by kidnappings and insecurity.
As leaders, we should be gracious enough to listen to people and organisations that speak the truth to us and genuinely criticise us when things are not going in the right direction. As Governor, I had the opportunity of working with a very strong Council of Traditional Rulers, led by the Obi of Onitsha, and religious bodies that consistently criticised me and offered suggestions. This contributed greatly to our success in Anambra State, especially in critical areas like education and health.
Against this background, the attacks on the CBCN, and especially on His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, are deeply troubling. Even in 1998, when Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria and told General Abacha some hard truths, including about the incarceration of Chief Moshood Abiola, nobody vilified him.
During the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, to demonstrate his purported commitment to and respect for the Catholic Church, President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rome days before the event, ahead of most other visiting dignitaries, including Catholics such as the U.S. Vice President, JD Vance. He participated in the liturgy, queued with other world leaders to greet the Holy Father, and displayed deep respect for the moral authority of the Church. Back in Nigeria, however, that posture has now changed completely.
What is playing out today also reveals how political leaders sometimes exploit religion and ethnicity to divide the people. Even when it was obvious that the CBCN was speaking on issues affecting Nigerians across religious and ethnic boundaries, aides to the President immediately reduced it to a “religious affair.” The question is: are insecurity, poverty, inflation, unemployment, and hardship problems exclusive to a particular faith? Do these challenges recognise religious or tribal boundaries?
The bishops merely expressed what millions of Nigerians experience daily: insecurity has worsened, poverty is deepening, inflation is crippling families, businesses are struggling, and hope is fading. These are realities echoed by religious leaders across the country, to whom successive governments gave thanks and promised to look into their observations.
Rather than address these concerns or explain the measures in place to ameliorate them, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s aides and supporters responded with vicious attacks, particularly against Cardinal John Onaiyekan, with little regard for his age, stature, and accomplishments.
Rehabilitate Existing Infrastructure Before Embarking on New Projects
I have consistently advised governments at all levels to prioritise rehabilitating existing infrastructure before embarking on new projects that may also end up abandoned or left unfinished. For expressing this position, I have often been criticised and called all sorts of names. Yet, it remains the most responsible approach to governance.
It is therefore noteworthy that President Bola Tinubu has now cautioned state governors against committing scarce public resources to constructing unnecessary flyovers in areas with little traffic while neglecting more pressing developmental needs.
The President is, in essence, saying what I have always maintained: government must prioritise projects that directly address the immediate needs of the people. I hope those ministers, officials, and supporters who have consistently attacked this position will now direct the same criticism at him.
However, this admonition must also apply to the Federal Government. There are several unrealistic and white-elephant projects being pursued by the current administration, even as much of our critical infrastructure remains in a state of disrepair. Given our present fiscal realities, priority should be given to rehabilitating and completing existing infrastructure rather than embarking on expensive new projects with limited immediate impact.
Across Nigeria, many of our major highways linking commercial centres and food-producing communities have deteriorated into death traps. Neglecting these critical roads while pursuing prestige projects is neither economically prudent nor people-centred.
This philosophy guided my administration as Governor of Anambra State. I prioritised completing viable projects initiated by my predecessors before embarking on new ones. Government is a continuum, and development should never be measured by who starts a project, but by whether it is completed and serves the people.
Leadership is about making the right choices: fixing what is broken, completing what has already been started, and investing limited public resources where they will have the greatest impact on the greatest number of people.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Hunger and the Insensitivity of Mr. President
I watched with deep concern the statement made by President Bola Tinubu to the Catholic Bishops who visited his office, that there has always been hunger in Nigeria, even before he was born.
While it is true that hunger has been a part of human life and has existed in our country for decades, such a statement appears insensitive to the plight of the millions of Nigerians who face worsening economic hardship today. More importantly, we must focus on the facts and the measurable outcomes of governance.
Before the present administration assumed office in 2023, an estimated 17 million Nigerians were facing acute food insecurity, primarily caused by insecurity, armed conflict, widespread banditry, and devastating floods. Today, less than three years later, that number has risen to about 35 million Nigerians. Instead of improving the situation, the crisis has worsened significantly under the current administration.
The same trend is evident in poverty. Before this government took office in 2023, Nigeria’s extreme poverty was estimated at 87 million people. Current projections suggest that this number is approaching 140 million people, making Nigeria home to the largest population of people living in extreme poverty anywhere in the world.
No one disputes that this administration inherited serious challenges. However, leadership is measured not by the challenges inherited but by the results achieved. The government must honestly acknowledge that its response has fallen far short of what the situation demanded, with millions more Nigerians pushed deeper into poverty and hunger.
The combination of persistent insecurity, poor economic management, fiscal indiscipline, wasteful public expenditure, and inadequate investment in productive sectors has compounded the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.
A responsible government must prioritise investment in education, healthcare, agriculture, security, and small businesses while pursuing policies that create jobs, expand production, and lift people out of poverty. That remains my commitment to the Nigerian people.
A New Nigeria is Possible. PO
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Roadmap to a New Nigeria That Is Possible – Part II
Education and Healthcare: The Foundation of a Renewed Nigeria
Recall that on July 1st, in Part 1 of "My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria," I outlined the broad framework of my proposed roadmap for national renewal. In it, I emphasised that the transformation of Nigeria must begin with rebuilding our human capital through quality education and healthcare, supported by reforms in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), character and civic education, and strategic investments that will move our nation from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one. I promised to follow up with other parts in the coming weeks and months.
Today, July 16th, in the middle of July, I wish to expand on these two critical pillars - education and healthcare - because they are the bedrock upon which every prosperous nation is built. They are the cornerstones of the foundation that will ensure that a son of nobody can become somebody and remove many from the ranks of the disaffected who often become tools in the insecurity challenges confronting us.
Evidence from around the world shows that quality education and accessible healthcare are among the clearest distinctions between thriving nations and lagging ones. Princeton University Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton highlights this reality in his book, “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.”
Nothing, therefore, could be further from the truth than the claim by some young people that “education is a scam.” Education, when combined with good health, provides the ladder for individual upward mobility and drives economic growth for the nation.
We must become more intentional about aligning education with our national priorities, as Singapore did, and challenge our country to value education in the same way Deng Xiaoping repeatedly urged China to do from 1978 onwards, with the remarkable transformation we see today.
We will work through commissions that strengthen collaboration among the tiers of government, ensuring that primary education is domiciled at the community and local government levels, with strong parental involvement and curricula that are sensitive to local economic factor endowments and the value chains derived from them.
State governments will be supported to expand high-quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), as well as general secondary education, through targeted grants and incentives.
We are also developing schemes that will enable universities to focus more deliberately on specialised areas of teaching and research, making them globally competitive while producing a workforce equipped for the demands of the future.
A NEW Nigeria is POssible. -PO
@BwalaDaniel Look at your useless post. Well coming from a sold out selfish soul.. e no mean much. Kids were kidnapped for over 60 days and you come to X to rant like a bewitched owl. May this kidnapping happen to your family.
Who is an Obidient?
An Obidient is any well-meaning Nigerian from all walks of life, all tribes, all faiths, all regions, who desires a new and better-working Nigeria. It is not limited to those shouting “We are Obidient” on social media. It includes the quiet teacher in Kano, the farmer in Zamfara, the trader in Onitsha, the doctor in Lagos, the student in Maiduguri, the civil servant in Abuja, and every citizen tired of business-as-usual.
Obidient is a movement of conscience, character, and competence. It is bigger than any individual, any handle, or any tribe.
Its goal is simple: deliver purposeful leadership through the presidency of Mr. Peter Obi in 2027 so Nigeria can finally work for its people.
The road to 2027 will not be easy. Those who benefit from the old Nigeria know they cannot stop Peter Obi from being on the ballot. So they have shifted to 4 main distractions:
1. Infiltration: Ex-Obidients to spread insults, tribal bigotry, and attacks on well-meaning Nigerians, also attack Peter Obi’s character and integrity.
2. Internal Party Crisis: Using NDC Party officials, candidate lists, and campaign council list issues to cause unnecessary drama.
3. Legal & Institutional Harassment: Court cases, arrests of allies, and attempts to distract us from issue-based campaigns.
4. Media Propaganda: Malicious stories against Obi’s family, associates, issues around fundraising, and fake links to scandals or security threats
We see every trap clearly. Now we respond with wisdom, discipline, unity, and unstoppable youth energy.
What We Do as Obidients
Remember Who We Are
We are well-meaning Nigerians fighting for a better Nigeria through the presidency of Peter Obi. This is our identity: no tribalism, no hate, only hope and solutions.
1. Stay Locked on the Goal:
Primary mission: Make Peter Obi President in 2027.
Secondary mission: Support good candidates who share the same values. No distraction.
2. Stop Energy Wastage:
No more brother-against-brother quarrels. Save your fire for the real enemies of progress. Quarreling is their weapon; unity is ours.
3. Sell Peter Obi Everywhere:
Take our beautiful product (competence + integrity + a working Nigeria) to every corner: to campuses, markets, TikTok, streets, villages, and cities. Market it with creativity and passion!
4. Every Obidient Matters:
No one is bigger than the other. The best Obidient is not the loudest complainer; it is the one bringing real solutions to any problem that can block our 2027 success.
5. Respect Party Supremacy Through Our Leader:
We stand with Peter Obi. What is comfortable for him in the party is comfortable for us. If the party deviates, we call it back respectfully. Peter Obi’s presidency is NON-NEGOTIABLE.
6. Control the Narrative:
Organize our facts. Debunk every propaganda immediately on social media and offline. Build strong voices that replace lies with truth, data, and evidence.
7. Prepare for Ground Victory:
Build polling unit volunteers and vote-protection teams across all 180,000+ polling units. This is not only an online movement; it is a serious ground movement. Let’s get ready starting today.
Our Winning Strategy for 2027
a. Massive voter registration
b. Issue-based campaigns on jobs, security, education, and the economy
c. Strong grassroots structures in every ward and polling units
d. Smart national alliances.
Fellow well-meaning Nigerians, this is not about one man. It is about rescuing our country. Peter Obi is currently the best vehicle for that rescue. Let us protect the movement by protecting our values. We will win by matching distraction with focus, division with unity, and propaganda with truth.
We deeply value the friendship and strategic alliance with Vice President Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and the entire Kwankwasiyya movement. Their discipline, grassroots strength, and shared commitment to good governance add tremendous value and numbers to the actualization of Peter Obi’s presidency.
Yours, Focused Obidient