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| Peter Obi |
Extracts from former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi’s
speech at the Platform on October 01, 2016 in Lagos.
"Nigerians,
it’s time to take your destiny in your hands. To you young people, take back
your country...it is your future they are toying with. I beg you to participate
more in politics, the society we help them abuse today will take its revenge
tomorrow”.
"To
be able to deliver, I had to reduce my convoy to 5 vehicles and you cannot buy
fuel unless I am in the car. If I sleep in a hotel and have to pay N25,000/night,
I will be awake all night...feeling like I was robbed. You know there are many
big men in Anambra state, so when they want to see me, I say to them I will come
to you instead".
"The only way out of
recession is to spend for growth. You can only spend for growth either from
savings or from borrowing. The question is: what are you borrowing for?
Are
you borrowing for consumption or for production? When you
borrow for consumption, you are heading for disaster".
"I
had to stop the Presidential lodge in Anambra... A project awarded at
400million. I had to close down state house in Lagos and Abuja... Because I
felt we do not need it, even when other states had".
"They
said President Obasanjo is coming... I went to borrow the kind of cars they
wanted from a neigbouring state instead of spending millions".
"I requested Obasanjo to spend the nights
in my lodge since they said he must sleep over... I asked my wife to pack out
of my bedroom... We went opposite to lodge in a hotel for the week, we paid
N30,000 instead of N100,000."
"I
used the 150million for 2 bullet proof cars to buy almost 50 Peugeot cars at 3
million each.. I gave 17 to JUDGES and 18 to permanent Secretaries as I discovered
they needed cars and kept 10 for government houses which I used as Governor. I
did not use bullet proof cars though out my tenure as Governor".
"They said we should attend world Igbo Congress
in US that the budget was cut from N40m to N32m. I asked them why? That only
one person should go and come and tell us what was discussed”.
"Instead of paying 30,000 for
each security personnel (about 30) per night in Abuja, I told the IGP to give
me Police whenever am in Abuja. I travelled alone...”
The
15 drivers lodged in Abuja state house...who come to airport to cause
confusion, i asked to go, kept only 3. The others to go back to Awka or look
for job... I asked the cook to go back to Awka instead of giving him 30,000 per
plate."
"When Governor’s Lodge and Government
house were razed by fire prior to my assumption in office and budgeted for
400million and 300 million respectively by the previous administration, I
repaired them for 42 million and 80million respectively”.
“They
wanted to impeach me that I did not spend by due process... Following the
awarded contracts and contractor.... I saw a table that my predecessor used,
they said it was old. I asked them to renovate it that all I needed was a table
to write as Governor..."
"Through
judicious spending, I was able to save money and provide Anambra state with the
best road network than any other state in Nigeria..... In addition, we handed over
schools back to Churches and by 2013, we were number one in WAEC".
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