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.)
.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Philosophy)
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Lagos Business School, Nigeria (Chief Executive Program)
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Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Mid to Mid Marketing)
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Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Changing the Game)
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London School of Economics (Financial Mgmt/Business Policy)
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Columbia Business School, New York, U.S.A. (Marketing Mgmt )
·
Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Senior Executive Program)
·
Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Break-Through Program for
CEOs)
·
Kellogg Graduate School of Management, U.S.A. (Advanced Executive Program)
·
Kellogg School of Management U.S.A. (Global Advanced Mgmt Program)
.
Oxford University: Said Business School, (Advanced Mgmt& Leadership
Program)
.
Cambridge University: George Business School (Advanced Leadership Program)
PREVIOUS
POSITIONS
·
Governor, Anambra State of Nigeria (2006-2014)
·
Honorary Special Adviser to the President on Finance (till May, 2015)
·
Member, Presidential Economic Management Team (till May, 2015)
·
Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (2008-2014)
·
Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum (2006-2014)
.
Former Chairman: Board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
·
Former Chairman: Fidelity Bank Plc.
·
Former Chairman: Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Ltd.
·
Former Chairman: Future Views Securities, Ltd.
·
Former Chairman: Paymaster Nigeria Plc.
·
Former Chairman: Next International (Nigeria) Ltd
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Former Director: Guardian Express Bank Plc.
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Former Director: Chams Nigeria Plc.
·
Former Director: Emerging Capital Ltd
·
Former Director: Card Centre Plc
MEMBERSHIP
OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS
·
Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)
·
Member, Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers
·
Member, British Institute of Directors (IOD)
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
Federal
Government Committee on Negotiation with Labour on Subsidy
Federal
Government Committee on Mass Transit
Federal
Government Committee on Natural Resource
National
Economic Council Committee on Power Sector Reform
National
Economic Council Committee on Sharing of MDGs Funds
National
Economic Council Committee on Accurate Data on Nigeria’s Oil Import and Export
Agricultural
Transformation Implementation Council
Sub-Committee
on Needs Analysis of Public Universities in Nigeria
National
Economic Council Review Committee on the Power Sector
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.
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.
2014:
Champion Newspaper Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade.
2014 The Voice Newspaper (Holand) Achievers Award for Outstanding Example in
Leadership and Governance.
2013:
Silver Bird Man of the Year (with Governor BabatundeFashola of Lagos State).
2012:
Business Hallmark Newspaper Man of the Year.
2012:
The Golden Award on Prudence – by the Methodist Church of Nigeria as the Most
Financially
Prudent Governor in Nigeria.
2012: Leadership and Good Governance Award by The Ezeife Leadership Foundation
Award for restoring peace and harmony to Anambra State.
2012: Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East Nigeria – by Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation.
2012: Outstanding Financial Planner and Manager – by the Church of Nigeria,
Anglican Communion for my resourcefulness and creativity in governance.
2011:
Zik Leadership Prize.
2010:
ICT Governor of the Year – by the West Africa ICT Development Award.
2009:
Champion Newspaper Nigeria’s Most Trustworthy Governor Award.
2009:
Thisday Newspaper Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria.
2007:
The Sun Newspaper Man of the Year Award.
The
Nigerian MDGs Office/UNDP Best Governor in the Implementation of the MDGs in
Nigeria
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.
He
was the first Governor in Nigeria to legally challenge his wrongful impeachment
and was reinstated by the Courts.
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.
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.
He
was the first Governor, whilst still in Office, to be appointed a Special
Adviser to the President.
He
was the first serving Governor to be appointed into the Presidential Economic
Management Team.
He
was among the first Governors to be honoured with a National Award in 2011,
while still in office.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
6.
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra State as the most
financially stable state in the country.
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.
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.
10.
Through partnership with the Church in the Health sector, his Government funded
the transformation of -:
a:
Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi;
b:
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala;
c:
St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha;
d:
Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha; and
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
15.
More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our
Government.
16.
Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State.
17.
Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State.
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.
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.
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.
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.
22.
His Administration conceived and built, from scratch, the first state-owned
Teaching Hospital, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu teaching Hospital, Awka.
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).
24.
His Government attracted the World Bank support on erosion - National Erosion
and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) - to Anambra State.
25.
His Government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for
the effective implementation of our poverty-alleviation strategies.
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.
27.
During his tenure and with his Government's support, Anambra State became an
oil producing State.
28.
He built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries
that were hitherto scattered around the State.
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.
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.
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
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