Permit me to list some fundamental achievements of this man called @PeterObi.
1. Anambra was the first State to commence Sub-Sovereign Wealth savings, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. At a time many other Governors were leaving huge debts...
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...He left the equivalent of $500 million Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including $156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds.
2. For the first time in the history of Anambra State, Ambassadors and High Commissioners of notable countries such
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as United States, Britain, Russia, European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, Canada, among others, visited the State. Before his tenure, Anambra was practically a pariah state blacklisted by the Diplomatic Corps and international development partners.
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3. Development partners such as UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID, European Union etc., which hitherto were not in Anambra startedd working with the State
Anambra was consistently adjudged one of the best states in development partnership & commitment to reforms for good
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governance.
4.He was recognised as Best Governor by the Millennium Development Goals Office (OSSAP-MDGs) and the UNDP in the implementation of their programmes in Nigeria
5. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra as the most financially stable state in
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the country.
6. The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) rated Anambra as the least indebted state in Nigeria. In spite of visible and measurable achievements recorded in various sectors, the State under him did not borrow or raise bonds for her various projects.
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7. Anambra State was the first to undergo national peer review, which scrutinised State Governments for good governance, through the State Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM), an initiative of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum in collaboration with the DFID.
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8. His Government won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (1 Million dollars) as the best-performing state in immunisation in the South-East. With complementary funding from our Government, they used the money to build 10 Maternal and Child Care Centres across the State
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particularly in rural communities, in partnership with the Churches.
9. The State was the first to procure and distribute more than 30,000 computers to secondary schools, including 22,500 from HP. The Managing Director for Personal Systems Group HP Inc, Mr. FabriceCampoy
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described the deployment as the biggest of such projects in the Middle-East and Africa
10.His Govt provided Microsoft Academies to more than 500 secondary schools, which the Head of Microsoft in Nigeria(Mr. Ken Span)described as the biggest such deployment in Africa so far
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10. The State provided Internet access to more than 500 secondary schools, which the CEO of Galaxy Backbone (Mr. Gerald Ilukwe) characterized as incomparable to any in the country.
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11. More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our Government.
12. Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State.
13. Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State.
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14. As part of d efforts to turn around the economy of the State, a number of coys were attracted to build their facilities in Anambra.A case in point is SABMiller, the 2nd largest brewery in the world, which built their first Green Field facility in d State, which is today
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one of the most successful facilities they operate globally
15. A number of other companies followed the SABMiller initiative and were all supported and encouraged under his Government; a good example is INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company, from which our government bought
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more than 1,000 vehicles
16. Anambra for d first time started close collaboration with recognized government security agencies (the Police, Army, Navy, Department of State Security, Civil Defence, among others), offering them various types of support including provision of
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more than 500 securityy vehicles.
The improvement in security was phenomenal, such that the former IG of Police (Abubakar Mohammed) lauded Anambra State for not witnessing any bank robbery in my last three years in office.
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17. To further enhance security, Anambra State provided at least one security vehicle (Innoson vehicles) to each of all the 177 communities in the State as well as various organizations such as markets and Churches.
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18. His Government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for the effective implementation of our poverty-alleviation strategies
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19. During his tenure and with his Government's support, Anambra State became an oil producing State.
20. His Government built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State.
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21. Peter Obi believe so much in Education, during his tenure as Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi awarded N1M each to first-class University graduates who are Indigenes of Anambra State-Nigeria.
22. Peter Obi believes in Cutting down the cost of Governance and saving for the people, by the end of his tenure as Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi presented his end of tenure report to the people of Anambra State, his administration has N75 billion in savings for the state..
Under his Tenure, Anambra(Rural & Urban) had the best road network in Nigeria, he Completed over 800KM roads.
With ANIDS he took development to all round the state.
Infact he achieved all that just by having a plan which was ANIDS a developmental goal he built in line with MDG.
Hear what late Dora Akunyeli said about Peter Obi..
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