Chike

Good Governance| leadership systems| environmental sustainability

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

I believe our greatest challenge is not a lack of talent, resources, or potential. It is the failure to build institutions that are stronger than individuals.
If you believe Nigeria deserves competent leadership, stronger institutions, and a future built on merit and accountability, you're welcome here.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@seansean9111 @flygodT This might be a crowd fund of guys abroad. He knows they can't do anything to him.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@General_Somto But the turn of your 28 year old Son to be Local government Chairman less than 4 years after you handed over. I pity those listening to you.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@Kassanopha @dayoisrael You are extremely foolish. I don't need public money to enter planes.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

This is a long letter, but even your first major example undermines the argument you are trying to make.
Peter Obi never claimed that he founded Orient Petroleum. In fact, while he was still governor in 2012, he publicly stated that Orient Petroleum was formed under the Mbadinuju administration and specifically acknowledged that the Ngige administration invested ₦100 million in it. He then stated that his own administration subsequently invested ₦4.4 billion directly and indirectly.

So how exactly was he attempting to erase his predecessors?

More importantly, you are conflating who originally initiated an investment with what constituted Anambra State's assets at the point of handover. A handover statement is supposed to report the assets and investments belonging to the state at that date. An investment does not cease to be an Anambra State asset simply because an earlier administration initiated it.

The contemporary March 2014 reporting of Obi's end-of-tenure presentation also did not describe the entire ₦75 billion as cash sitting in one bank account. It broke the figure into bank balances, a federal refund, foreign currency investments and other investments, including Orient Petroleum, Intafact and other projects.

There are legitimate questions to ask about the valuation, liquidity and subsequent performance of those assets. Those questions should be examined with audited accounts and documentary evidence. But saying that listing Orient Petroleum among the state's investments somehow meant Obi claimed to have founded it is not supported by his own public record.
Criticise Obi where the evidence supports the criticism. But if an open letter begins by accusing someone of dishonesty, the evidence presented should first survive basic fact-checking.

Finally my Brother go and look for proper work.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@KadunaResident You need verifiable source of Income not Kenneth Okonkwo kind o.

[Omotayo Williams @KadunaResident]

1. The Obidient Movement is not for people hoping to cash out from politics or make campaign money. You will go hungry.

2. Here, we invest our own resources in the person we believe in. We don’t collect.

3. If your plan for 2027 is to make fraudulent money from politics, my advice is simple: move to the Agbado and Mikano camp. That’s where you should be looking.

4. ENSR.

5. End

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@NwekereNdoki Negotiate for their pockets. We love our chains in Nigerian.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

Why don’t I tell you about some things that His Excellency @PeterObi did as Governor of Anambra. I supported the Nigerian Governors Forum to put in place the world’s first sub-national peer review mechanism. Gov Peter Obi volunteered to be reviewed first. This is what we found…

[NONSO @Martins_ukeje]

@DrJoeAbah @PeterObi Dr. pls tell them that the sub-national peer review mechanism, set up by the NGF... tell them that Peter Obi volunteered to be reviewed first. And after he was reviewed, all the other governors disappeared.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

No governor has attracted more industries to Anambra State than Peter Obi since 1991. Obiano’s Akulue Uno drive started and ended with Stanel Filling Station. As for Prof, the only industry he seems to have expanded is the political sycophancy industry, turning Anambra boys and girls into political praise singers instead of creating an environment where they can pursue productive jobs and careers.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@aonanuga1956 Now we know he is not.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@PayeeIzuchukwu You are a nonsense person. You think everyone will be running around governors begging for money like you.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@AAtobs Obiano will just be jailed if they release any of the Account statements. They man squandered everything Obi left.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@Born2rule015 @novieverest I will not turn a discussion about governance into a South-West-versus-South-East argument. Your remarks about people’s region do not answer questions about how public money was spent. Have a nice day.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

Your argument overlooks how economic development works. Different states have different economic realities, priorities and stages of development. Investing for future income and spending on infrastructure are not mutually exclusive.
The grant being questioned was for healthcare. But beyond buying ambulances or building hospitals, successive governments must maintain and improve what they inherit. If they cannot even replace an ambulance’s tyres, how is that the fault of the person who bought it?
Consider your comparison with Lagos. Would Tinapa have faced the same challenges in Lagos as it did in Cross River? Projects such as Tinapa and Obudu need more than construction money; they need sufficient demand, supporting infrastructure and sustained management.
“Build it then because it was cheaper” is not a complete development strategy. You must also consider whether the project is appropriate, financially sustainable and capable of delivering lasting benefits.
The choice was never simply “save money or develop the state.” Responsible governance requires meeting immediate needs while also investing for the future.

[Chike @chikecharlesval]

@ChuksEricE But the governors have changed their vehicles every 4 years.

[Godswill Essien @Goddy_Essien]

Peter Obi bought his first London property in 1987, reportedly at 26. He bought another in 1996.

Good. Ask him where the money came from. Demand the documents. Follow the paper trail.

But here is the part that suddenly gives some people amnesia:

What about yours?

To every former and serving governor, minister, senator, member of the House of Representatives, permanent secretary, director-general, political appointee and senior public servant parading mansions in London, Dubai, Abuja, Lagos and elsewhere:

When did you buy yours?
How much did it cost?
What was your source of funds?
What business generated the money?
Was it bought before or after you entered public office?
Was it declared?
Can you produce the paper trail?

Because if a 26-year-old businessman's London property acquired decades ago is worthy of endless suspicion, then the wealth accumulated by people who spent their careers living on public salaries and occupying positions of public trust should not be placed beyond scrutiny.

You cannot turn “Where did he get the money?” into a political weapon while treating “Where did you get yours?” as an act of treason.

And please, spare Nigerians the sanctimonious lectures about fraud from people who become suddenly allergic to transparency when the searchlight turns toward their own properties.

Before you point your finger at another man's cupboard, open yours.

Let Nigerians see the title documents.
Let them see the acquisition dates.
Let them see the funding trail.
Let them see the declarations.

If everything is clean, why the fear of the light?

Accountability is not selective. Transparency is not partisan. And the law does not become optional because the person being questioned is politically useful to you.

So, gentlemen and ladies of public office, before you call anyone a fraud:

Tell Nigerians what you own, when you acquired it, how you paid for it—and where the money came from.

The same standard you demand of others should survive when the searchlight reaches your own doorstep.