Peter Obi lays the foundation for the construction of the Secondary School and Technical & Vocational Building of Mater Spei Model Nursery/Primary School in Onyigba, Kogi State.
I am deeply concerned by the comments made by Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir at an event in Kano this weekend.
At this critical moment in our nation’s history, statements that promote division and disunity must be firmly discouraged. It is particularly troubling to hear such rhetoric from a religious leader of Sheikh Jingir’s stature and influence.
Let it be clearly stated: the good people of Kano do not endorse or support these divisive remarks.
Political and religious leaders alike carry a solemn responsibility to uphold truth, foster unity, and advance reconciliation. We must not lend our voices to utterances capable of undermining the very foundation of our nationhood.
The 2027 general elections will be an opportunity for Nigerians to reward good governance with resounding support and to reject poor performance at the polls. This administration has earned the latter.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. - RMK
Police officers in Lagos State joined thugs yesterday to attack and brutalize members of the Take It Back Movement during this year’s August 5 Revolution Now protest.
These are the people you will face during the 2027 elections.
You’re preparing to vote, but these criminals are preparing to unleash violence.
Let that sink in for a moment.
So Tinubu created an anti-Peter Obi Directorate and Bashir heads it
Anti-Peter Obi Rapid Response!
Not for health, not for out of school children
So much for a man who they say is a nobody 😂
@PeterObi May Allah protect you from your enemies and those who are jealous of you. May Allah protect your family, and may He continue to elevate and honor you. Ameen my Super Man May Allah grant you success.
@PeterObi If Baba Buhari no survive T-Pain Hardship, who be u to survive beyond 2027? 🤷
Well-meaning Nigerians abeg make una help us vote for...
PETER OBI 2027 #NDC
@PeterObi How much has APC government invested in schools since inception of APC government till date?
APC supporters are the dumbest people I have ever seen.
Building a New Nigeria Through Education, Healthcare, and Responsible Citizenship
Yesterday, I visited Faith Foundation College of Nursing Sciences, Nsukka, where I was delighted to witness the remarkable progress of the projects currently under construction.
The proprietor shared something deeply encouraging. He revealed that it was my initial support to the institution, particularly my earlier donations, that gave them the confidence to commence many of the projects now taking shape.
In continuation of my commitment to improving healthcare and supporting the training of quality health professionals, I presented the institution with an additional cheque of ₦10 million to support the ongoing projects and assured them of my continued support until the vision is fully realised.
Thereafter, I joined the participants at the 68th Annual Conference of Anglican Youths at St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Nsukka, where I encouraged the young people to embrace their responsibility in building a new Nigeria.
I reminded them that the Nigeria we desire cannot become a reality unless they actively participate in shaping its future. I urged them to reject politics based on tribe, religion, or language and instead insist on electing leaders of proven character, competence, capacity, integrity, and ethical values.
Our future depends not only on the leaders we produce but also on the standards we demand. Together, we can build the New Nigeria that is POssible. -PO
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
BAYO OLUPOHUNDA: "I watched Peter Obi’s interview with @seunokin, and one question has stayed with me ever since. It wasn’t the question about power, economy, insecurity, corruption or how Obi intends to govern Nigeria if elected president. Instead, Okinbaloye took the conversation back to the Civil War and sixty years to the January 15, 1966 military coup. He asked Obi whether “Nigeria has moved away and healed from the Civil War Syndrome such that an Igbo man like Obi from Anambra, an Onitsha man can become the President of Nigeria.” He asked Obi “how to deal” with the Nzeogwu coup, controversially labelled as the “Igbo coup” and “why Nigerians should trust an Igbo man with the presidency”. He also asked Obi to convince northerners “watching the programme tonight” to trust him. Obi responded by talking about his relationship with the North, his investments and travels across the region and his commitment to a united Nigeria. But I kept asking myself a different question: why did Seun Okinbaloye feel the need to resurrect the politics of 1966 in a presidential candidate interview in 2026? For me, that was the defining moment of the entire conversation and also the most troubling. The question moved the interview away from Obi’s competence and plans to his ethnicity and a historical event that took place years before he was born into public life. It subtly suggested that because Obi is Igbo, he carries the burden of explaining or apologising for the actions of a group of soldiers who staged a coup six decades ago."
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There is an Islamic injunction in the Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):
“Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand. If he is unable, then with his tongue. If he is unable, then with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith.” (Sahih Muslim)
To me, this is a divine instruction never to become comfortable with evil.
If you can lawfully and peacefully change it, do so. If you cannot, speak against it without fear. And if even that becomes impossible, never allow your heart to make peace with it.
Nigeria today is a crime scene. The greatest evil is the evil leaders inflict on their own people. Millions are hungry, millions live in poverty, insecurity has become routine, and those who “snatched and grabbed” power carry on with little regard for the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.
We owe ourselves and future generations a duty to peacefully remove the Bola Tinubu regime through the ballot in 2027. Until then, we must never stop exposing their incompetence, condemning their corruption, challenging their injustices, and offering a better alternative.
Speak up from your little corner. Refuse to normalize failure. Refuse to celebrate oppression. Refuse to be silent while your country is being diminished.
History has never been changed by those who accepted injustice as normal.
Nigeria will be OK
A New Nigeria is POssible.
Idris Zekeri Jnr
Political Activist and Public Affairs Commentator.
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