Prof Chukwuma Soludo recently declared on national television<\/a> that he met only a paltry N300 million in the coffers of the government, with debt of over N100 billion.<\/p>\nObi stated the reason he saved massively for the state in a press release by his media aide, Mr Valentine Obienyem.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cOften some people who are not experts in finance and statecraft question the rationale behind savings which Obi embarked on out of mischief, display of continued opposition, hatred or pure ignorance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI often express surprise at their viewpoints, because even among animals, we see the practice of saving for tomorrow out of today\u2019s surplus. However, among the human family, we need not save only when there is surplus.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf, for example, one plans to buy a car next year, would one not start saving money for that? Savings is about planning and, as Obi always said, \u201cIf you do not plan, you have planned to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for those in the habit of arguing against what they do not understand, I hope you will commend the debt burden that will weigh Anambra down as revealed by Prof. Charles Soludo. May I present to you the rationale behind Obi\u2019s savings in the State as he himself explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, we live in a system where people do not think about tomorrow and do not plan for future generations but would prefer to obliterate accumulated income and put the state in debt before exiting office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are the reasons he is qualified for leadership at any level. In fact, we need such a man for Nigeria to re-discover herself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi who claimed to have left behind N75 billiion for his successor, Chief Willie Obiano has explained why he saved money for the state during his tenure. Recall that the sitting governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo recently declared on national television that he met only a paltry N300 million in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[98,5805,1345,17134,33344],"class_list":["post-166142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-anambra","tag-money","tag-peter-obi","tag-real-reasons","tag-saved"],"yoast_head":"\n
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