PETER OBI HISTORY
NAME : Mr. Peter Gregory OBI, (CON)
DATE OF BIRTH : 19th July 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH: Onitsha, Nigeria
NATIONALITY: Nigerian
MARITAL STATUS: Married with two children
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED
· Christ the King College, Onitsha (W.A.S.C) Go & Verify
. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Philosophy)Go & Verify
· Lagos Business School, Nigeria (Chief Executive Program)Go & Verify
· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Mid to Mid Marketing)Go & Verify
· Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Changing the Game)Go & Verify
· London School of Economics (Financial Mgmt/Business Policy)Go & Verify
· Columbia Business School, New York, U.S.A. (Marketing Mgmt )Go & Verify
· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Senior Executive Program)Go & Verify
· Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Break-Through Program for CEOs)Go & Verify
· Kellogg Graduate School of Management, U.S.A. (Advanced Executive Program)Go & Verify
· Kellogg School of Management U.S.A. (Global Advanced Mgmt Program)Go & Verify
. Cambridge University: George Business School (Advanced Leadership Program)Go & Verify
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
· Governor, Anambra State of Nigeria (2006-2014)Go & Confirm
· Honorary Special Adviser to the President on Finance (till May, 2015)Go & Confirm
· Member, Presidential Economic Management Team (till May, 2015)Go & Confirm
· Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (2008-2014)Go & Confirm
· Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum (2006-2014)Go & Confirm
. Former Chairman: Board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Go & Confirm
· Former Chairman: Fidelity Bank Plc.Go & Confirm
· Former Chairman: Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Ltd. Go & Confirm
· Former Chairman: Future Views Securities, Ltd. Go & Confirm
· Former Chairman: Paymaster Nigeria Plc. Go & Confirm
· Former Chairman: Next International (Nigeria) Ltd Go & Confirm
· Former Director: Guardian Express Bank Plc.Go & Confirm
· Former Director: Chams Nigeria Plc. Go & Confirm
· Former Director: Emerging Capital Ltd. Go & Confirm
· Former Director: Card Centre Plc. Go & Confirm
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS
· Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Go & Verify
· Member, Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers. Go & Verify
· Member, British Institute of Directors (IOD) Go & Verify
MEMBERSHIP OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES
In my capacity as the Governor of Anambra State, I served as a member of:
*Federal Government Committee on Minimum Wage. Go & Verify
*Federal Government Committee on Negotiation with Labour on Subsidy. Go & Verify
*Federal Government Committee on Mass Transit. Go & Verify
*Federal Government Committee on Natural Resource. Go & Verify
*National Economic Council Committee on Power Sector Reform. Go & Verify
*National Economic Council Committee on Sharing of MDGs Funds. Go & Verify
*National Economic Council Committee on Accurate Data on Nigeria’s Oil Import and Export. Go & Verify
*Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council. Go & Verify
*Sub-Committee on Needs Analysis of Public Universities in Nigeria. Go & Verify
*National Economic Council Review Committee on the Power Sector. Go & Verify
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2015: Golden Jubilee Award from Catholic Diocese of Onitsha for
outstanding contribution to quality healthcare delivery in St. Charles
Borromeo Hospital in particular and Anambra State in general, on the
occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the hospital. Go &
Verify
*2014: Nigerian Library Association Golden Merit Award for remarkable
improvement of libraries in Anambra State, exemplified by our
Government's construction of the Kenneth Dike Digital State Library,
remarkable upgrade of the Onitsha Divisional Library, and provision of
library facilities in secondary schools across the State. Go &
Verify
*2014: Champion Newspaper Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade. Go & Verify
* 2014 The Voice Newspaper (Holand) Achievers Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership and Governance. Go & Verify
*2013: Silver Bird Man of the Year (with Governor BabatundeFashola of Lagos State). Go & Verify
*2012: Business Hallmark Newspaper Man of the Year. Go & Verify
*2012: The Golden Award on Prudence – by the Methodist Church of Nigeria as the Most
Financially Prudent Governor in Nigeria. Go & Verify
* 2012: Leadership and Good Governance Award by The Ezeife Leadership
Foundation Award for restoring peace and harmony to Anambra State. Go
& Verify
* 2012: Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East Nigeria – by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Go & Verify
* 2012: Outstanding Financial Planner and Manager – by the Church of
Nigeria, Anglican Communion for my resourcefulness and creativity in
governance. Go & Verify
*2011: Zik Leadership Prize. Go & Verify
*2010: ICT Governor of the Year – by the West Africa ICT Development Award. Go & Verify
*2009: Champion Newspaper Nigeria’s Most Trustworthy Governor Award. Go & Verify
*2009: Thisday Newspaper Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria. Go & Verify
*2007: The Sun Newspaper Man of the Year Award. Go & Verify
**The Nigerian MDGs Office/UNDP Best Governor in the Implementation of the MDGs in Nigeria. Go & Verify
INTRODUCTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER MAJOR CHANGES IN NIGERIAN POLITICS
*He was the first gubernatorial candidate in Nigeria to legally
challenge to its logical conclusion, his governorship electoral victory
that was denied him. He won in the Courts and reclaimed his mandate. Go
& Verify
*He was the first Governor in Nigeria to legally challenge his wrongful
impeachment and was reinstated by the Courts. Go & Verify
*He was the first Governor in Nigeria to seek the interpretation of
tenures of Governors when INEC allowed elections to take place in
Anambra State when his tenure had not expired; the election already
concluded was cancelled and he was allowed to complete his tenure. Go
& Verify
*He was the first Governor to serve a 2nd term in both the new and old
Anambra State, that is, almost 40 years after creation of the State. Go
& Verify
*He was the first Governor, whilst still in Office, to be appointed a Special Adviser to the President. Go & Verify
*He was the first serving Governor to be appointed into the Presidential Economic Management Team. Go & Verify
*He was among the first Governors to be honoured with a National Award in 2011, while still in office. Go & Verify
*Though the only Governor whose political party was in government in
only one State, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’
Forum twice. Go & Verify
*Though the only non-PDP Governor in the South-East (made up of 5
States), he was elected by the other 4 PDP Governors as their Chairman
for 8 years rather than the usual one year. Go & Verify
FUNDAMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE (PARTIAL LISTING)
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, I left the equivalent of $500 million
Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including
$156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds. Go & Verify, the records
are.
2. For the first time in the history of Anambra State, Ambassadors and
High Commissioners of notable countries such as United States, Britain,
Russia, European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands,
Canada, among others, visited the State. Before my tenure, Anambra was
practically a pariah state blacklisted by the Diplomatic Corps and
international development partners. Go & Verify
3. Development partners such as UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID, the
European Union etc., which hitherto were not in Anambra State started
working with the State. Anambra was consistently adjudged one of the
best states in development partnership and commitment to reforms for
good governance. Go & Verify
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. Go & Verify
5. 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. Go & Verify
6. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra State as
the most financially stable state in the country. Go & Verify
7. The State's ground-breaking return of schools to their original
owners - Voluntary Agencies (Churches) on 1st January 2009, and
subsequent partnership with the Agencies in Education, saw the State
move from 24th position out of 36 States to Number One in National
Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC)
examinations for three consecutive years. This made the World Bank to
commission a study, led by the renowned Prof. Paul Collier of Oxford
University, on this revolutionary partnership and phenomenal
achievement. Go & Verify
8. The State also entered into strategic partnership with the Churches
in the Health sector. This symbiotic relationship resulted in a
tremendous boost to health care because of the services offered by
health institutions owned by Voluntary Agencies, while the State
restored grants to the agencies and made available to them more than 50
million Dollars in various types of support. Go & Verify
10. Through partnership with the Church in the Health sector, his Government funded the transformation of -:
a: Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi; Go & Verify
b: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala; Go & Verify
c: St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha; Go & Verify
d: Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha; and Go & Verify
e: St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi-Nnukwu.
His Government also built the Joseph Nwilo Heart Centre in St. Joseph,
Adazi-Nnukwu, where heart operations are now being performed. Go &
Verify
11. 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, particularly
in rural communities, in partnership with the Churches. Go & Verify
12. 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 described
the deployment as the biggest of such projects in the Middle-East and
Africa. Go & Verify
13. Anambra State Government 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. Go
& Verify
14. 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. Go & Verify
15. More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our Government. Go & Verify
16. Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State. Go & Verify
17. Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State. Go & Verify
18 As part of the efforts to turn around the economy of the State, a
number of companies were attracted to build their facilities in the
Anambra State. A case in point is SABMiller, the 2nd largest brewery in
the world, which built their first Green Field facility in the State,
which is today one of the most successful facilities they operate
globally. Go & Verify
19. A number of other companies followed the SABMiller initiative and
were all supported and encouraged under our Government; a good example
is INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company, from which our government bought
more than 1,000 vehicles. Go & Verify
20. Anambra State for the 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 more than 500
security 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. Go
& Verify
21. To further enhance security, Anambra State provided at least one
security vehicle to each of all the 177 communities in the State as well
as various organizations such as markets and Churches. Go & Verify
22. His Administration conceived and built, from scratch, the first
state-owned Teaching Hospital, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu teaching
Hospital, Awka. Go & Verify
23. His Government commenced the planned development of the Igbariam
Campus of the ChukwuemekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu University, including the
fencing, construction of internal roads, electrification, construction
of the Faculty of Law, Auditorium, Administrative Block, Faculty of
Agriculture, Management Building, among others). Go & Verify
24. His Government attracted the World Bank support on erosion -
National Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) - to Anambra
State. Go & Verify
25. His Government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a
guide for the effective implementation of our poverty-alleviation
strategies. Go & Verify
26 His Government, for the first time, undertook the aerial mapping of
Awka as well as the production of Structure Plans for Awka Capital
Territory, Onitsha and Nnewi. Go & Verify
27. During his tenure and with his Government's support, Anambra State became an oil producing State. Go & Verify
28. He built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government
Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State. Go &
Verify
29. His government commenced the development of the 'Three Arms Zone'
comprising Government House/Governor’s Lodge, Legislative
Building/Speakers Residence, and Judiciary Building with Chief Judge’s
Residence. Go & Verify
30. By the end of his tenure in 2014, more than twelve (12) health
institutions, including two hospitals, had secured accreditation; when
we took off in 2006, no health institution in Anambra State was duly
accredited. Go & Verify
31. 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…. Go & Verify
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