Ceejay

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria

Today, being the 1st of July, 2026, I wish to humbly recall that when I decided to contest for the office of President of Nigeria, I pledged to place Nigeria on the path of unity and national transformation. Now, as the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, I will, in the coming weeks and months, provide insights into the roadmap that I am confident will help curb abuse in government, halt the decline in the quality of life of Nigerians at all levels, and usher in an era of unity, peace, sustained progress, and prosperity.

This vision is anchored on a commitment to unity, inclusion, social justice, equity, and the freedom of every citizen to pursue lawful dreams.

Central to this proposed roadmap are significant reforms in education and healthcare, which are at the core of human capital development.

Robust human capital is indispensable infrastructure for national progress. It serves as the fundamental capital upon which daily life, economic expansion, and the delivery of essential public services depend.

These are foundational areas that we must reform with energy and determination if we are to reap the demographic dividend of our youthful population.

From the outset of my presidency, we will establish a task force dedicated to drastically reducing the menace of out-of-school children. We will place greater emphasis on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to support our drive for massive industrialisation, anchored on our agricultural endowments and value addition across value chains organised around industrial parks to be located in development zones across the geopolitical regions of the country.

Funding and improving the equipment of TVET institutions, through partnerships among government, the private sector, and social entrepreneurs such as faith-based educators, will facilitate apprenticeship opportunities in the private sector, similar to the German dual education system.

The situation in which unemployment remains high while Nigerian entrepreneurs establish businesses elsewhere because skilled labour is scarce must be confronted decisively. Doing so is essential for the common good and for facilitating our transition from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one.

Character and civic education, emphasising the values that foster trust - an essential ingredient for enterprise and leadership - as well as shared national values, will receive significant attention within the tripartite approach to governance that we propose.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Chimama ❤️ Obi @Chima_Obi1234]

This is not a Content but a liberating message for Africa 🌍.

Everyone needs to watch this from Governor Amuneke.

[Tony Ajah @tonyajah]

If you attend many of these big churches in Lagos, be very careful what you consume from the pulpit this period, because I genuinely think a memo has been sent to many of them.

The patterns are becoming too loud to ignore.

Most of the topics, sermons, statements, and even program themes I’ve been seeing from some of these big churches are psychologically constructed to make Nigerians emotionally withdraw from voting and accepting change as impossible.

Some weeks ago, it was Pastor Adeboye telling people that the next president has already been chosen by God.

Now it is Matthew Ashimolowo saying Peter Obi is the best candidate, but he won’t win.

Then another popular Lagos church is running with a program theme talking about “Jesus being the best political cover.”

And there are many more subtle messages like that flying around.

This is becoming too coordinated to be random.

The timing.

The location.

The pastors involved.

The exact emotional direction of the messaging.

This is psychological manipulation, and many Nigerians are not catching it.

Because APC knows something very important.

They know they no longer have anything tangible to sell Nigerians again.

Fuel is expensive.

Food is expensive.

Electricity is expensive.

School fees are expensive.

Businesses are collapsing.

The naira has been battered.

People are suffering visibly.

So what do you do when performance can no longer convince the people?

You start targeting their psychology.

You start targeting hope.

You start targeting morale.

You start making people feel like resistance is pointless.

That is the new strategy.

And religion is one of the easiest vehicles to use because many Nigerians trust pastors more than they trust facts.

Notice the pattern carefully.

These pastors will subtly admit that Peter Obi or the Obi/Kwankwaso movement represents competence or better leadership, but immediately after saying that, they will emotionally conclude with:
“But he cannot win.”

“God has already chosen.”

“Jesus is the answer.”

“Focus on heaven.”

Do you people not see the psychological game being played there?

It is not direct support for APC.

It is emotional demobilization.

It is convincing Nigerians not to bother participating.

It is making people subconsciously feel their votes do not matter.

Because once people lose hope psychologically, the battle is already halfway won politically.

And sadly, many of these pastors know exactly what they are doing because they understand how emotionally dependent many Nigerians are on religious authority.

They know many church members will never question anything coming from the altar.

That is why you must use your brain this period.

God is supreme.

Jesus is King.

Nobody is arguing that.

But God has also given human beings free will.

The same Bible is full of people making choices and living with the consequences of those choices.

Nigeria today is the result of choices.

Bad leadership is the result of choices.

Corruption is the result of choices.

Silence is the result of choices.

And better leadership will also come from choices.

God will not come down from heaven to thumbprint ballot papers.

Nigerians will.

So when someone tells you “the next president has already been chosen,” ask yourself:
Why then are politicians campaigning?

Why are billions being spent on elections?

Why are parties fighting desperately for power?

Why are propaganda machines working overtime?

Why are pastors suddenly sounding like political analysts?

Because they know votes matter.

And they know people matter.

That is why APC and its supporters are now focusing heavily on psychological warfare.

They know they cannot easily defend the suffering Nigerians are facing.

So the next best thing is to make Nigerians mentally surrender before 2027 even arrives.

That is why you must stay alert.

Pray, yes.

Trust God, yes.

But also think critically.

Because faith without wisdom is how manipulators control people.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

State visits by Leaders are not tourism, and diplomacy is not a fashion parade. Every foreign trip undertaken by a government must deliver measurable benefits to the people, including investments, technology transfer, trade agreements, factory expansion, industrial partnerships, and job creation.

During President Trump’s recent visit to China, the American delegation reportedly included a few top government officials, and many of the biggest figures in global business and technology:
Consequently, huge trade deals worth several billion dollars including about 200 Boeing orders were achieved.
The list of the entourage included

1. Donald J. Trump – President of the United States
2. Marco Rubio – Secretary of State
3. Pete Hegseth – Secretary of Defence
4. Elon Musk – CEO, Tesla & SpaceX
5. Jensen Huang – CEO, Nvidia
6. Tim Cook – CEO, Apple
7. Larry Fink – CEO, BlackRock
8. Stephen Schwarzman – CEO, Blackstone
9. Kelly Ortberg – CEO, Boeing
10. Brian Sikes – CEO, Cargill
11. Jane Fraser – CEO, Citigroup
12. Larry Culp – CEO, General Electric
13. David Solomon – CEO, Goldman Sachs
14. Sanjay Mehrotra – CEO, Micron Technology
15.Cristiano Amon – CEO, Qualcomm
16. Dina P. McCormick – President of Meta
17. Ryan McInerney – CEO, Visa
18. Michael Miebach – President, Mastercard
19. Jim Anderson – CEO, Coherent
20. Jacob Thaysen – CEO, Illumina

That is how serious nations approach diplomacy, by aligning foreign policy with economic expansion, industrial growth, innovation, and national productivity.

I hope that lessons can be learned from these recent visits comparing them with the President of Nigeria’s recent state visit to the United Kingdom.

A large entourage of politicians, aides, and government officials travelled, yet Nigerians are still asking a simple question: what exactly did Nigeria bring home?

Which factories are coming to Nigeria?
What power, technology, manufacturing, agricultural, or industrial agreements were secured?
How many direct jobs will this visit create for Nigerian youths?
What investments were attracted?
What measurable economic outcomes can the ordinary Nigerian point to?
The delegation reportedly included:
1. President Bola Tinubu
2. Senator (Mrs) Tinubu
3.12 governors
4.9 ministers
5.7 members of the National Assembly
6. Over 20 senior State House staff
7. Over 30 security personnel
8. Over 10 domestic staff
9. Several supporters and associates

It is not enough to ride horses, wear matching uniforms, attend royal banquets, and release glossy photographs. Symbolism without substance cannot feed hungry citizens.

Today, Nigeria is in decline, battling serious insecurity, food insecurity, unemployment, a weakened naira, declining industrial productivity, and worsening poverty.
At a time when millions of Nigerians struggle daily to afford food and survive economic hardship, every kobo spent on foreign trips must produce tangible national value: investments, factories, jobs, exports, infrastructure, and economic opportunities.

Nigeria needs leadership that is focused less on optics and more on productivity; less on ceremony and more on measurable economic results.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

@_dinomelaye Since una ticket cut, na so so wailing from una camp. Wike was actually right.
As e dey pain dem, e dey sweat us

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

@_dinomelaye You could write your junk, without putting your picture. How you got to the red chamber, needed to be reviewed, Cos I wonder who voted you... Sorry I forgot it was during the era of PDP cash and carry.
You are old enough, what stops you from contesting for the presidency? Ozuor

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

@Pharmacio001 @GIbadin @ADCVanguard_ I hope by 2031, when you principal have failed this term. You won't coming shouting IT'S THE TURN OF THE NORTH

[Sam Amadi @SamAmadi]

Obi stay, Obi go. Obi is this, Obi is that.

What about the man who sees every southerner as material for deputy?

When it is the turn of the south, it is for him. When it is the turn of the north, it is for him

History repeats itself

Dignity maybe more important than material progress… sometimes

[Kio Amachree @Ivory1957]

$13 BILLION — AND NIGERIA IS STILL IN THE DARK
By Kio Amachree | Stockholm, Sweden | President, Worldview International

Nigeria is not poor.
Nigeria is being robbed — in broad daylight, through contracts, concessions, and calculated misdirection.
While ordinary Nigerians are choking on food inflation, sitting in darkness, and watching their purchasing power disintegrate in real time, the federal government has committed $11–$13 billion to a single coastal highway. One road. In one administration. Without a credible, transparent competitive tender.
Let that register.

WHAT NIGERIA IS LOSING EVERY SINGLE DAY
This country is hemorrhaging oil revenue at a scale that should constitute a national emergency.
Nigeria’s OPEC allocation runs between 1.7 and 1.8 million barrels per day. Actual production sits at 1.2 to 1.4 million. That gap — 300,000 to 500,000 barrels of lost production daily — is not an act of God. It is the consequence of theft, corrosion, and criminal negligence dressed up as policy.
At $80 per barrel, the math is brutal:
•$24 to $40 million lost every single day
•Up to $15 billion lost every year
Read that again. In one calendar year, Nigeria hemorrhages more than the entire cost of this highway — not in revenues that were never there, but in revenues that existed and were allowed to vanish.

WHERE $13 BILLION SHOULD HAVE GONE
Stop the Bleeding
Oil theft is not a mystery. It is a policy failure with identifiable beneficiaries. For a fraction of $13 billion, Nigeria could deploy real-time pipeline surveillance, drone monitoring, hardened infrastructure, and security contracts with genuine accountability mechanisms. The return would be immediate. The revenue recovery would dwarf the investment.
Fix What Is Broken
Nigeria’s oil infrastructure operates as though the country is still managing a 1975 economy. Corroded pipelines. Shutdown-prone export terminals. Extraction systems that should have been modernized a generation ago. Three to five billion dollars invested with discipline would raise production, reduce shutdowns, and generate export revenue. This is not a radical argument. It is basic industrial logic.
End the Refining Absurdity
Nigeria exports crude oil and imports refined fuel. That sentence should embarrass every official who has sat in the executive or legislature for the past three decades. With proper allocation, $13 billion could expand domestic refining capacity, stabilize fuel supply, end import dependency, and terminate the grotesque subsidy cycle that transfers wealth from the poor to the connected.
Power the Country
Nigeria generates approximately 4,000 to 5,000 megawatts for more than 200 million people. For context: the state of Alabama, with a population of five million, generates more power than the entire Federal Republic of Nigeria. That is not a power grid. That is a standing indictment. $13 billion invested in generation and grid infrastructure would lower costs, raise productivity, and produce tangible, measurable economic growth — not ribbon-cutting ceremonies on a coastal road.

THE QUESTION NIGERIA IS ENTITLED TO ASK
This is a governance argument, not an ethnic one. It is not about personalities. It is about decisions, contracts, and consequences.
When billions are committed to a single project — without transparent competitive process, in the middle of an economic emergency, awarded to a contractor with a documented legal history in multiple jurisdictions — citizens are not being paranoid when they ask:
Why this project? Why this contractor? Why now? And who benefits from the structure and timing of the decision?
These are not hostile questions. They are the minimum standard of democratic accountability.

THE BOTTOM LINE
$13 billion is not an abstraction. It is the difference between light and darkness, between production and loss, between a government that governs and one that merely performs.
Until Nigeria’s leadership aligns its spending with the lived reality of 200 million people — not the priorities of a connected few — no amount of infrastructure announcement will compensate for what is being sacrificed in the silence between the press releases.
The darkness is not accidental.
Neither is the road.

#Nigeria #Economy #OilAndGas #EnergyCrisis #Infrastructure #Governance #Accountability #CostOfLiving #PowerCrisis #KioAmachree

[Obiasogu David @afrisagacity]

Did you notice the pattern in the last week?

Tinubu held an event where he had all his campaign heads across the state. He didn’t mention a single achievement to arm them with for the campaign. His entire tangential speech was about the ADC crisis and his lack of concern for the opposition.

Daniel Bwala was on Arise TV a few days ago. He spent his airtime talking about Peter Obi, Obidients, and his throat surgery. Not a single mention of Tinubu’s achievements so far.

Sunday Dare, one of Tinubu’s media aides, was on AIT. The only thing he bothered himself with was dissecting Peter Obi's pathway to emerge as the ADC candidate and the party’s internal wrangling. Totally ignored selling Tinubu’s “successes.”

Bayo Onanuga has tweeted for God knows how long, more than he’s paid attention to his wife or concubines. All his tweets have been about Obi, the ADC, and its APC-sponsored crisis. Not a single shot at promoting the “good works” of Emperor Tinubu.

What does this say? Tinubu and his team know there is nothing to sell to Nigerians. They have none. Oh yes, that is why the only thing they can give is rice. What is left is to tear down the opposition and emerge unopposed.

Read the pattern. They are sore afraid there is still an opposition, a viable one!✍️

[Media Boyfriend @MediaBoyfriend]

Inibehe Effiong is a lawyer from Akwa Ibom.

He doesn't make pop music. He doesn't appear on reality TV.

He goes to court. For Nigerians who can't afford to go to court themselves.

Human rights. Civil liberties. Press freedom. Accountability.

He's been jailed for his advocacy. He's had threats. He's kept going.

This is the kind of Akwa Ibom person who rarely trends, but whose work matters in ways that outlast any hit song or viral moment.

The Land of Promise produces artists and athletes.

It also produces people who fight for the rights of others when fighting costs something.

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

@EUinNigeria So happy reading the comments...
Africa (Nigeria), are woken up. Even though, we have a long way to go

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Let us reflect, sincerely and without sentiment.

In the past few days, the President has reportedly approved ₦3.3 trillion as a “full and final” payment for debts in the power sector. Yet, this is not the first time such approvals have been made.

On May 17, 2024, ₦3.3 trillion was approved for the same purpose. On July 25, 2024, another ₦4 trillion bond was approved to settle similar debts. There have also been other approvals in between, all targeted at addressing the same power sector liabilities.

This raises a fundamental question: were the previous approvals mere announcements without execution?

₦3.3 Trillion Again? Nigeria’s Power Crisis Without End

During the 2023 campaign, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made a clear promise: that if he failed to deliver stable electricity, Nigerians should not re-elect him. Today, the reality is that power supply has worsened, to the extent that there are even discussions about disconnecting the Presidential Villa from the national grid.

Each time legitimate concerns are raised, what we see appears more like policy pronouncements than measurable progress.

Now, again, we are confronted with another ₦3.3 trillion approval to settle power sector debts.

These debts were largely accumulated under successive administrations of the All Progressives Congress between 2015 and 2025. This raises serious concerns about accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in public financial management.

It is important to note that government institutions and agencies, including the Presidential Villa owe a significant portion of these debts. Year after year, budgets were made and funds appropriated. Why then were these obligations not settled when due? And from what source will this new payment be made? Are we resorting once more to borrowing to service inefficiencies?

Key questions remain unanswered: How did the debt accrue? What is the actual total debt in the power sector? Which components of the debts are due to operators’ inefficiency and should be borne by them? Why have previous approvals not translated into tangible improvements? Who are the real beneficiaries of these repeated payments?

Is the ₦3.3 trillion approved on April 6, 2026, the same as the ₦3.3 trillion approved in May 2024, and how does it relate to the ₦4 trillion bond approved in July 2024?

Nigeria must move beyond recycled announcements and confront the power sector crisis with sincerity, transparency, and decisive reforms.

Until we do so, we will remain trapped in a cycle of debt and darkness.

But with discipline, accountability, and the right leadership, a new Nigeria is still possible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

“This Experience Will Not Repeat Itself” - Another Presidential Promise fails in less than 24 Hours.

Less than 24 hours after President Tinubu stood at the Jos Plateau State airport on April 2, 2026, and promised the grieving Nigerian citizens, “I promise you that this experience will not repeat itself,” another brutal attack occurred in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South LGA, resulting in the deaths of several innocent citizens.

Since then, and only a week following that reassuring promise from the President, Nasarawa State has been plunged into grief as the Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities fled for their lives after gunmen killed at least 11 people. Many homes were reduced to ashes, and numerous families remain missing.

In Zamfara State, 150 innocent Nigerians were abducted from the Kurfa Danya and Kurfan Magaji communities in one of the largest mass kidnappings in recent times. On the same day of the Zamfara kidnappings, terrorists in Borno State stormed Chibok, killing four officers and burning down homes.

Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, Benue State was rocked by violence again, with over 17 Nigerians massacred, entire communities left in ruins, and many individuals still unaccounted for. Today, in Kaduna State, several innocent citizens were killed by terrorists inside churches, with many others abducted in the Ariko community of Kachia LGA.

Yet we were told, “This experience will not repeat itself.” This represents a failure of leadership and responsibility, and sadly, Nigerians are paying for it with their lives.

These attackers are not ghostly figures; our inaction emboldens them. How can a President make such a categorical promise and, mere hours later, the nation continues to count the dead across multiple states? The primary responsibility of any government is to protect lives and property; however, this responsibility is failing today. Nigerians are being slaughtered in their homes, in their communities, and in the very places they should feel safest. Even the President did not enter these communities, so who is truly safe in Nigeria?

This is a national emergency. Nigeria is bleeding, and the situation is worsening and increasingly helpless.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

@MyOwerri Play "Ayoola, Ayoola moo"
By Dr Sir Foreigner (Eze Bongo)

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

The orange clown is so frustrated, embarrassed and confused

Week 1: “We won”
Week 2: “We’re winning”
Week 3: “Send help”

Life no be chochocho

[Dejii™ @_Dejii]

“I never said that”

Oh no!! It gets worse

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

Israel dey throw missiles during Lent.
Iran dey throw missiles during Ramadan.
They don't even respect the month, they asked you to.

In your quiet time, just reason am.

[Oyindamola🙄 @dammiedammie35]

Gov Amunike don do skit for all the influencers indirectly campaigning for Tinubu and APC, the ones using style to run the campaign, and also the ones sitting on the fence😭💔

[Ceejay @ceejay80111]

@DavidHundeyin Tinubu has spent a reasonable amount of money lobbying and making deals with DC. Of course, they will release the files at this time. But guess what, it will be a clean slate, for him to contest in 2027 election.
He's really their asset