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
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We’ve secured this facility for ISEE in Enugu.
It will be fully functional by the 2nd of November, 2026.
This will be our headquarters for the South East Maths and Science Olympiad and all other education interventions we embark on within the region.
Southeast children are in a bootcamp learning AI and robotic engineering as we speak, with the help of Alex Onyia.
In Northern Nigeria we teach our children islamism and hate for infidels. The South will export skill while the North will export terrorists
In hindsight, one feels very dumb for having taken certain well-promoted narratives at face value.
2 of the very worst of these are "Kenya doesn't have resources" and "Northern Nigeria is poor".
Believing these 2 absolute whoppers as an African is the base layer on the road to completely misunderstanding where you live and what is happening in the world.
You almost have to give the liars credit because getting presumably educated people to believe such absolute nonsense is a truly impressive feat of social engineering. If you can make people believe that violent conflict mineral trafficking in northern Nigeria is "Islamic terrorism", and Kenyan elephants getting fatally poisoned by runoff from gold mining was "elephants eating cyanide tomatoes" then what can't you make people believe?
I myself am a "men". Most of my friends are also a "mens". I have no idea who African women are referring to when they say that "men" prefer women who wear wigs over their natural hair. I can use myself and my sizeable friend group across 9 countries on the continent as enough of a sample size to categorically state that African men overwhelmingly prefer their women's natural hair.
Yet everytime this conversation pops up, we hear about this mythical creature called a "men like women in wigs." On behalf of African men, allow me to say it again that if "men" prefer female wigs over female natural hair, then we must be women - that does not apply to us at all.
We grew up with you people. You are our sisters, cousins, schoolmates and friends. The first picture of the female form that we saw and fell in love with as your brothers, nephews and high school boyfriends was you in your natural state. I don't think you realise how powerful that is. The girl from the next classroom that was every African boy's first love was a girl appearing in her natural state. That is the default picture of love that stays with us for life! We did not wake up one morning at 17 and suddenly decided that female beauty = a woman wearing a Hollywood production on her head.
That is fake news!
We've always loved you as you are.
The real issue is that you are receiving commercial messaging and social engineering propaganda to convince you that your natural state is incomplete, so that you will spend money to "fix" what was never broken, and some white guy somewhere gets paid off that. We do not control any of the messaging you are receiving! We don't control any social media algorithms. We don't control your TV programming. We don't control Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ etc. We don't make TV and movie casting decisions.
We don't own any of the supply chains and factories built around manufacturing your insecurity - the most we can do is retail these products that somebody else put in your mind, manufacturer in a Chinese factory, and shipped to your country. If we were the ones in control of any of these things, we would never push such products on you. Even drug dealers don't sell drugs to their own family members.
Anyway that's precisely the problem - we're the world's least powerful men and our weakness has built a superhighway for every Tom, Sandeep and Chung to dump toxic ideas and products on our women and leave us to deal with the fallout. It is precisely because we don't control Media, Politics, War, Industry or Logistics that we haven't built a physical and psychological wall around our women, unlike every other group of men on the planet.
Our weakness as a group is what has left our women's minds and bodies defenseless and open to exploitation from anyone and everyone - to the point where they literally look at their natural form in the mirror and think there is something they need to correct about it. They know that as a group, the only thing we offer to them is penis and they have learned to discount whatever we say, even when we tell them that they're beautiful as they are.
This is a problem that the African rebellion will naturally solve.
When African men take our rightful place in the world and begin exercising power as we should, nobody will need to tell African women that their beauty is not enhanced in any way by laying a dead Indian woman's hair above their own.
Power fixes these problems.
I own just 2 pair of shoes.
They are durable and just what I need. Anytime my woman buys me a new pair, I give them out. She no longer buys anymore. Same with watches (I was telling N6 the other day). I give them all out. Apart from Apple Watch, you will never see me wear an expensive watch.
I just buy exactly what I need. Come to my house, ransack everywhere it’s the same pair of shoes. Check any picture I’ve taken it’s either of the shoes
Any country I visit in the World, it’s just one suitcase with few shirts and same pair of shoes. Always one suitcase. Never above one suitcase.
That’s how to live a disciplined, frugal life.
Not a bad advice if we are being honest. She's just saying there are opportunities out there. But let's do a quick reality check.
John graduated from the University at 25. Finished youth service at 26. He was so lucky to get a job in Abuja at 27. His first salary was 150k.
Monthly transportation = 70k.
Monthly feeding = 60k
He was squatting with a friend at Mararaba. He gave monthly support of 10k to the friend (electricity, water, and rent support). Now what he has left is 10k. He needs to buy airtime, data, support his aged parents, etc.
How long do you think John would have to work for to get his own place, settle in, start saving and eventually save up to 1 million naira, let alone 7m? Let's even assume he gets a 50% salary increment every year.
Think about many others who weren't even lucky to get a 100k job.
People are literally trying to just feed. Saving is such a luxury at this point. Prices of things keep rising.
Omo, it is well jare.
At Sam Mbakwe airport Owerri, a billboard has been put up for our star boy, Egejurum Onyedikachi, to celebrate him as he arrived in Owerri today.
He is 11 years old and the world’s best in the Primary category for Mathematics.
He is so good that he finished the exam and fell asleep.
What a star!
We captured this beautiful moment of Chimdiebube Onwubiko arriving in Enugu yesterday to a hero's welcome.
He won a gold medal at the International STEM Olympiad Grand Finale in Rome.
I love seeing education reclaim its rightful place in our society.
This is just the beginning of something great.
The wait is over.
We have 2 golds: Chimdiebube Onwubiko and Don Anele Munachimso.
We are the best in the world!
Egejurum Onyedikachi’s name was omitted. He should have a gold.
Thank you, Tunde. I truly appreciate the kind words.
The truth is, Nigeria needs many more people solving problems from different angles. You are transforming lives through Chess in Slums. We’re working to transform lives through education. Neither mission competes with the other.
We may not always agree with everyone, but our energy is better spent building than fighting.
If more Nigerians chose to create instead of merely criticize, our country would move much faster.
Let’s keep building. The children are watching.
I am enjoying Alex Onyia’s audacity. His can-do attitude is out of this world. Visiting his page is time well spent. All I see is value for money.
I don’t think that Nigerians can truly appreciate the magnitude of what he has started, at least not yet! As a serious nation, these are exactly the types of conversations we ought to be having. He called them the “The three wise men,” & I concur. I see a breath of fresh air.
This is a far departure from Pella & Big Brother Naija. This is no “Olodo Uprising.” Finally, I have found the hill I will die on. Exposing the children to a world-class education at this formative stage has changed their worldviews completely
These children are Geniuses already. They only needed a little exposure to complete a perfect triumvirate. Alex just armed the kids with a powerful weapon. Now they feel like they can take on the world. Twenty years from now, the world will definitely hear their name & fame.
The South East Maths Olympiad & the ongoing STEM Olympiad in Rome are eye-openers.
I love the fact that his team streamed the 2026 South East Maths Olympiad Grand Finale, where the winners emerged. I am glad the entire process was conducted publicly. By doing so, he cleared doubts & ensured that utmost integrity & transparency were met.
Tribalism should not be allowed in education. The politics of Nepotism & Quota System should have no business in education. Merit & transparency should be the only yardsticks. LET THE BEST OF US LEAD THE REST OF US!
WESTERN EDUCATION SAVED CHINA!
The four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, & Taiwan) did not grow by selling akara, agbado, nor kulikuli. If Nigeria will make it, then STEM Education is the only forward.
My only fear is retainership. Nigeria is going to lose these brains to America, Canada, China, Germany, Australia, & the UK. They will excel, but not in Nigeria. We will continue to sell ourselves short. Tribalism, religion, & politics will continue to rob Nigeria of its greatness.
Congratulations to Alex & his team. I hope to them not only excel but expand what they started to the national. He has launched an initiative that could change the fortunes of Nigeria for good. He needs all the support he can get. The winning team must stay together.
We must protect the right of Nigeria to change.
This Saturday, we will be having another edition of the Sterling Bank Nationwide Online Maths Quiz.
The platform for the quiz is https://t.co/dnjSLGbm07 . Just register and wait for the countdown.
It’s open and free for every Nigerian student, and the winners get ₦500k, ₦300k, and ₦200k respectively.
All you need to participate is a phone, tablet, desktop, or laptop.
We are making education rewarding, fun and entertaining again, because that’s the only way we can save the nation.
The South East is making a choice.
We will double down on eliminating illiteracy.
Every child who cannot read, write and reason represents lost potential for our economy, our security and our future.
We are studying the education systems that consistently produce some of the world’s strongest learning outcomes, including Singapore and China.
We are no longer educating children just to survive.
We are educating them to compete globally and lead.
That is the future we are building.