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richiebigjoe · 3 years ago

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CTTO: Oluwafemi Ogun-Johnson

PETER OBI'S CV:

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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

. Oxford University: Said Business School, (Advanced Mgmt& Leadership 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

If wishes were horses……

But I know some wants to ride on wolves…… I just pray that before the D date, God's Grace will confirm & Verify their Hearts to good Deeds for our Nation Nigeria.

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#Nigeriagosurvive

#peterobiforpresident2023

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techvercy · 3 years ago

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igoebooks · 5 years ago

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itsnelkabelka · 7 years ago

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Speech: H.E. James Dauris addresses Sri Lanka Institute of Directors at the Annual General Meeting

Prime Minister, Mr Chairman, distinguished members,

I am honoured to have been given the opportunity to address you this evening.

Most of us will have seen the front pages of the main national newspapers last Friday. “Enterprise Sri Lanka: embracing our true birthright” read the bold headline. The campaign message ends: “The spirit of enterprise flows in our veins. If each of us embraces our legacy of entrepreneurial potential, Sri Lanka will flourish again”. All of us here will share this ambition to see Sri Lanka and its businesses thriving.

With this ambition in mind I thought I could best use the time I have to share a few reflections on six themes, the first letters of which conveniently spell the word “ACCESS”. “Access” seems appropriate, since so much of what successful business is about involves access, for products and services to markets, for companies to investment.

A is for Holding to Account.

I was comparing your website with the UK Institute of Directors’ website at the weekend. The UK IOD has as one of its four key objectives: “Lobbying: To represent the interests of IoD members and the business community, to government and all opinion formers. To encourage and foster a climate favourable to entrepreneurial activity and wealth creation.” I was struck that your Institute has no equivalent objective. Perhaps it’s something you might consider. Holding government to account and representing the interests of the business community are critical functions of business leaders in any country. Your voices as captains of industry matter: the government will listen to you.

My first C is for Corporate Governance.

Among your objectives is to promote professionalism and enhance the level of integrity and ethical business conduct among directors. Whatever the field, it requires a lot more determination and firmer principles to stay straight and play by honest rules when people around you aren’t doing the same and when corruption is a serious problem. Your Institute has 500 members including blue chips, public quoted companies, and private and family businesses. Acting together you have the power to be a formidable force for good practice. You can and should be setting an example – for other companies, Sri Lankan and foreign, for the government and public and private bodies. I am confident that your staff, your shareholders, your investors and your customers will all respect you for it when you do so.

My second C is for Competition.

“The spirit of enterprise flows in our veins”, to quote from the advert. If I may say so, in my three years here I’ve also seen an apparent dislike of competition flowing in the veins of rather a lot of industries and entrepreneurs. Freer trade, lower barriers, fewer state-owned businesses and less protectionism are keys, I believe, to making Sri Lanka prosperous and to having its companies thrive, not just in domestic markets but around the world. Competition stimulates innovation and efficiencies, it feeds ideas, it encourages product innovation and higher customer service standards. In short it helps push benchmarks up to international levels.

One of the advantages of membership your Institute website sets out is that you will get “opportunities to be exposed to the cutting edge of the best practices in the world”. International competition and openness will bring the exposure you are right to be seeking for you members.

E is for English.

I’m proud of all that my colleagues in the British Council and the British government are doing to help build up standards of English. At the weekend I spoke at the annual British Council International School Awards Ceremony here in Colombo. An amazing 173 schools from all over Sri Lanka took part. As I commented on Twitter, the occasion was a celebration of their success and of the benefits that flow to our schools and our children from Connecting Classrooms around the world. Why does it work? It works because in South America and in Africa, in China and in Russia, and here in Sri Lanka, the tens of thousands of children who take part are able to communicate with each other in English.

I believe passionately that through equipping our children with good English we give them, and we give our countries, keys to future success. If you’re in almost any of the service industries that now make up a large part of the Sri Lanka’s GDP, how successful your companies are in the future will depend on this. English is the medium through which you need to be able to explain your competitive advantage in international markets. Lots of good work has been and is being done; much more still needs to be done. My question for you this evening is what more can the business community do to lead, to fund and to encourage.

Letter number five: my first S is for Standards.

Linking across to my point on competition, I’d like to suggest that many Sri Lankan companies would help themselves by using global standard benchmarks. Whatever the field, in business as in sport, a lack of competition pulls standards down.

Tell your teams, “We can and going to be the best in the world” – they’ll like you for it. And set and hold them to global standards. Instil this, and you won’t need to fear the competition.

Lots of you will be looking for opportunities for business collaboration, in the region and more widely, through joint ventures and strategic alliances. Ask yourselves where the potential is for intellectual property transfer. Think about how you can use international business, scientific and technical research.

And my second S is for Support.

I began with A, A for holding the government and others to Account. Hand in hand with this responsibility goes a responsibility for supporting the government, for sharing the good advice that you as a group are able to give that will inform wise decision-making, for standing with the government when it wants to take sensible steps but is meeting opposition. Your website states you are committed to restoring investor confidence in Sri Lanka’s private and public sectors. Many different actors will need to play their parts in this success.

Moving Sri Lanka up the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index, for example, needs to involve partnership. It needs business and government encouraging, helping and supporting each other. It needs them to be open with and critical of each other. I don’t always get the feeling that the business community is doing as much as it can and needs to be doing to help. History seems to have made its mark – the business community in Sri Lanka is interestingly reluctant to get involved in issues that might be considered political. “Better to keep one’s head down because governments change”, I’m told. “It’s safer to be non-aligned.” I disagree.

Of course as business leaders you won’t want to wade into public debate with opinions on everything. But my sense is that there are appropriate opportunities for you to speak up as a group more often than you do. I’d encourage you, for instance, to use your public authority and your influence with the government to help press down on permit mentalities, to simplify the setting up of businesses, to liberalise labour laws that hold development back. The voice of business and your collective voice as business leaders matter.

So ACCESS: Holding to Account, Corporate governance, Competition, English, Standards and Support.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to have had this opportunity to speak to you this evening.

Thank you.

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