Nine ‘infractions’ why Usman Yusuf was suspended as NHIS Executive Secretary (FULL DETAILS)

Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf [Photo: Concise News]ng council suspends Executive Secretary 'indefinitely'ther top officials accuse each other of fraud

The Governing Council of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has released a list of infractions that eventually prompted Thursday’s indefinite suspension of the embattled Executive Secretary of the Scheme, Usman Yusuf.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the official was suspended again amidst jubilation at the Abuja office of the scheme. He had been suspended earlier in the year by the health minister but was reinstated by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr Yusuf, 54, took over the state-run health insurance provider on July 29, 2016 but his reign at the agency has been bedevilled by controversies. Workers said he ran the NHIS with an ‘iron fist’ for the two and a half years he has held sway at the saddle. They described his latest suspension as a “breakthrough.”

While announcing his suspension to journalists on Thursday, Enyantu Ifenne, the chairperson of the governing council, said several executive infractions that “we can not ignore” had been observed, noting that the council resolved to suspend Mr Yusuf because it was inundated with petitions and infractions against him in the past six months.

Beyond the infractions listed below, the council noted streams of petitions against this official which emanated mainly from management staff, unions and civil societies. The petitions allege procurement violations, financial mismanagement, executive high handedness, conflict driven management style, total disregard of professional advice by management staff, militarisation of work environment, inciting staff against council and wilful appropriation of NHIS property and others.

Here are nine infractions listed against Mr Yusuf by the Governing Council

1) 2018 Budget Crisis
At the Inauguration of the council in March 2018, NHIS had no approved budget for its activities for 2018. Therefore, council underscored passing the 2018 Budget as priority. Unfortunately, management of the scheme seemed unmindful of the financial and operational risks and consequences of running a public entity without approved budget. Sadly, ten months into the financial year, the scheme has no approved budget.

To arrest the drift and expedite progress, the finance committee and council held five meetings, dedicated to the budget culminating in a resolution on 24th July 2018 which directed the Executive Secretary (ES) to amend, reflecting final council positions and represent for Chairman’s signature to avoid further delay.

Some highlights of the required amendments include the following;

a) Removal of the N264 million padding discovered in the budget proposal.

b) Reduction of the 2018 training budget from N1billion to a realistic N250 million to avoid the training stampede in 2017 when N919, 664, 800 was spent, in just three months, without needs assessment and departmental; training plans.

c) Removal of the N100 million posting and transfer provision since the council had adopted an early policy that transfers/postings shall be contingent upon outcome of comprehensive staff audit to enable the scheme align transfers and postings with needs, structure, skills and organization strategy.

D) Removal of the frivolous provision of N50 million for an additional SUV for the ES considering that one was acquired for him only last year.

However, after many reminders through council members, the ES forwarded the budget documents on the 6th August, 2018 without the amendments as directed. The Chairman subsequently, returned the budget documents to weeks later with detailed analysis. Significantly, till date there has been no response, compliance nor correspondence on the matter whatsoever from the ES despite written reminders sent to him by the Chairman.

2) Fraudulent Inflation Of The Cost Of Bio-metric Capturing Machines
The 2018 Budget Proposal submitted by the ES included the procurement of biometric capturing machines at a unit cost of N11, 500, 000.00 whereas the market cost is only between N700, 000.00 and N1, 4million depending on specifications. When council finance committee requested for more information and vendor presentation to justify the astronomical cost, the ES blatantly refused to oblige. It is significant that the ICT project cost escalated, without justification, by 42% from N7, 783, 185, 805.37 in 2015 to N18, 864, 674, 612.85v in 2016 and N14. 975, 032, 572.30 in 2018. Unfortunately, the ICT project which should significantly improve operational efficiency and service delivery is stalled because Executive Secretary denied council critical information requited for decision making on the project.

3) Attempt to illegally Execute N30 Billion Investment in FGN Bonds:
The ES submitted memos to council on 27th March and 25th April, 2018 requesting approval to invest N30billion residual funds. While the memoranda referenced ministerial  approval for the investment dated 18th August 2017, it failed to disclose ministerial memo dated 29th August 2017 which withdrew the earlier approval stating that investment would violate the prevailing Presidential order on operating TSA.

If the ES had succeeded in misleading the council to approve this investment, the scheme would have violated the presidential order on the operations of the TSA. In addition, the attempt by the ES to execute the N30 billion FGN bonds Investment through a private company instead of directly through the CBN, would have resulted in the scheme incurring investment arbitrage costs of between N600million to N1.2 billion which would have accrued to the private company.. Consequently, on account of the wilful failure to fully disclose critical information, council stayed action on the investment.

4) Unlawful Staff Postings And Wilful Defiance of Council Directive
Organization execute staff transfers and postings to match skills with needs and also align skills with organizational structure and strategy. Therefore Council directed management on 7th May, 2018 to conduct management review and comprehensive staff audit to maximize organizational benefits from staff postings and transfers.

Furthermore, to stabilize the management cadre, strengthen institutional memory and create proactive, consistent, confident professional insulated from unpredictable political appointees, Council resolved that, henceforth the authority to appoint, post and discipline staff of the directorate cadre shall reside with council in accordance with provision of the NHIS Act. No 35, 1999 section 8 (4a).

However, on 3rd October, the ES conducted massive postings and transfers of over 85 staff, in defiance of council resolutions. Furthermore, there is no reason, rhyme or rationale for postings.

First, the postings are arbitrary and, in some cases, punitive. For example, the GM procurement was posted to a zonal office and replaced by another GM who has no experiences of procurement. Also with postings, another GM, with no accounting or IT management experiences was posted as GM Contribution Management.

Secondly, the financial cost to the scheme, N48million in staff relocation allowances is not approved in the 2018 budget because council stepped down the N100 million proposed for postings.

Finally, the strategic and operational benefits of the postings are negligible and a colossal waste, particularly in the context of the gross deficit 2018 budget proposed by the ES. Sadly, the postings and the stampede to pay allowances without budget approval, two days before this council meeting, constitute a defiant, proactive and insubordinate act by ES and underscore the prevalent fiscal and management recklessness.

It is on record that the ES signed the minutes of the meeting of 7th May 2018 and the extract therefrom which established council resolutions on general postings and specifically, postings of directorate cadre staff as NHIS policy.

5) Wilful Refusal to Implement Council Directive on the Disbanding of Illegal Union
The ES refused to implement council resolution directing a local chapter of the Nigeria Civil Service Union in NHIS from operating in NHIS as a parallel staff union within the scheme. Contrary to assurances to council that the resolution had been implemented, the said union continues to operate, and generate tension with active support of the ES. His current defense for this act of defiance is that his lawyers, not NHIS legal department advised him to ignore council resolution on the matter.

6) Unauthorized Staff Travel In Defiance of Council Directive
In May 2018, ES requested for approval to travel to Geneva for himself and four other staff, including his personal assistant. Approval was granted for him but denied for the other four. However, he traveled with the four staff in defiance of the council directive. This unauthorized entourage arrived in Geneva just one day before the conference closed. This trip cost NHIS the sum of N17million which exceeds limit of N2.5million. He failed to justify his action in this regard, when council demanded one.

7) Superfluous Arrogation of Project Vehicles
The ES remains insensitive to the consequences of the gross budget deficit operated by scheme and continues to aggregate non-essential spending. For example, he arrogated seven project vehicles to himself. Three of these cars are for the office and four are located in his house. Also, one vehicle is allocated to his personal assistant who is not entitled to a vehicle. Besides, he is paid N500 thousand fuel allowance monthly for seven project vehicles to himself in the face of critical transportation challenges in states and zonal offices. The 2018 budget proposes additional N50million to procure another Toyota land cruiser for the ES. He has defiantly presented this item in the final draft against council directive. At the last council meeting the evidence submitted by Union petition was presented, he insisted the pool of vehicles were his entitlements as CEO. He then stormed out of the meeting.

8) Insubordinate Conduct by the ES
Council members, in particular the chairman, have been subjected to verbal assaults, unruly outbursts and various forms of unprofessional behavior by the ES, These include not limited but habitual lateness to council meetings. Some examples eloquently make our case here:

24th July, 2018 the ES arrived one hour late to the emergency budget review meeting holding next door to his office and offered no apology to council.

In August 2018, he unilaterally cancelled scheduled council meeting, rescheduled it and issued meeting notice to members without reference to chairman.

On October 17th, he sauntered to the meeting 35 minutes late, without apology, and demanded that his agenda, assembled without consultation, be accepted as the operated agenda for the meeting.

Explicit and wilful refusal to implement many council decision.

9) Failure to provide leadership for development of the strategic plan for the Agency despite Council’s Directives

As it stands, 13 years after establishment NHIS does not have a strategic plan. In March, 2018, Council directed management to work with stakeholders to develop a comprehensive 10 year strategic plan.

He argues that the strategic plan, management review and the staff audit are not his priority and is unable to appreciate the urgency and the significance of these critical management tools to reposition NHIS to achieve its mandate.

BUHARI'S FARM: WHERE ATIKU MISSED THE POINT - Maiwada Dammallam

When I read the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar making fun of President Buhari's modest farm in Daura. I thought PDP/Atiku would be sensible to use the few months ahead explaining why any sensible Nigerian would abandon the safety of President Buhari's leadership to experiment with Atiku Abubakar as the modern day Christoper Columbus who will discover Nigeria's El-Dorado.

Not that I'm blaming Atiku for daily rolling in the mud just to stain President Buhari after all, you can only take a pig out of the gutter but you can't take the gutter out of a pig. I'm only interested in the absurdity of Atiku's campaign theme which is wholly centered on the person of President Buhari while ignoring the importance of explaining to Nigerians how he intend to address the problems he kept preaching to Nigerians that President Buhari has failed to address. It was quite petty reading his remarks about Buhari's farm. I will contribute few words to explain why Atiku couldn't comprehend the rate of growth of President Buhari's farm.

President Buhari farming business is a legitimate business, the only business civil servant are allowed to engage in. The rate of growth of his farm/cattle is commensurate with the economic reality of Nigeria and in conformity with what's obtainable in the North west. Buhari refused to used numerous opportunities that came his way to turn his farm into the big business Atiku had in mind when he attempt to assess the success of Buhari the farmer.

If President Buhari was a corrupt, unscrupulous, conscienceless and unpatriotic Nigerian, Atiku's farm in Adamawa which he claimed is the biggest, would be a little portion in Buhari's farm after he financed its growth with proceeds from his offices as Minister of Petroleum, Governor of N'East, Head of State and Chairman of the most successful intervention Programme in this part of the world, the PTF.

Had Buhari wanted, his Daura farm would have been an international brand with tentacles covering all parts of the globe long before Atiku discover the magic lamp that transmogrify a civil servant into a billionaire businessman that could afford to buy the conscience of a once described biggest political party in Africa, the PDP. But then, probably there wouldn't be a Kaduna or Port Harcourt refinery for Nigerians to see and acknowledge his uprightness. There would only be a Buhari playing big league in agriculture, rubbing shoulders with the John Marlones, Brad Kelly and the Emmerson family at the expense of shortchanged Nigerians. That he's being mocked by local giants for his modesty by Atiku only confirmed our disrespect for honor and integrity.

Buhari may not have a farm with a fancy name that resonate across Nigeria but he's generously compensated with a name that not only resonate across the globe but cause jitters among so called "successful businessmen" of Atiku's class and background. I'm sure President Buhari could easily give details of his investment without mixing gari and sand. I'm yet to get a coherent history of Atiku's so called business acumen. In one story Atiku claimed he started his business with a housing loan with which he built a house on a land allocated him by his state.

In another story he claimed he obtained a loan, bought vehicles and started a transport business. He left many unanswered questions without which making sense of his claims is humanly impossible. We may have to wait until Atiku settled on one of the two stories before we forensically audit his businesses to determine the rate of growth that made him the billionaire international businessman he is. Before then, let's just say it's highly probable that his business empire is an extension of the public offices he held and this stands until somebody provides detailed explanation of Atiku's sources of funding his conglomerate.

ATIKU: WE HAVE LEFT EGYPT FOREVER

By Abdulateef Usman Abiodun. 

Someone wasted 5 Billion Naira in one night and you want us to entrust Nigeria to him? To use us do exchange to his American friends? God will not "accept" for una. 

5 Billion Naira that can construct 200 world class health centres in rural areas at 50 million per one. It can build 10,000 world standard classrooms with all modern equipments fitted in. It can construct 500 kilometres of world standard roads at 50 million Naira per kilometre. If you inject 5 billion into any public university in Nigeria and it is judiciously utilised, it will turn the infrastructure there around for good.

That is the amount our moneybag politician called Atiku Abubakar blowed away in one night on 1500 individuals. That is the mindset of the man who wants to rule us in 21st Century. Are we that poor as a people? Are we that unfortunate as a society? Are we so much poor in reasoning? By the time he is done with his presidential campaign, close to a hundred billion would have been wasted. Surely, he will go recoup his money on getting to power (God forbid). 

But like the sayings of our fathers, flood won't hesitate to pull down one's building but the owner of such building will be the one to device means to outsmart the stubborn flood. We did it in 2015. We will do it again. We have made a lot of progress as a nation. We won't allow thieves to come back. We will stand to them and match them in whatever way they want it. Buhari must be reelected. We can't go back to Egypt. We are almost in our promise land.

#QuoteMeAsAUA

#Re elect PMB.

#One Nigeria

10 posers for an aspiring VP- Anambra APC

We welcome His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi to the 2019 presidetial election where he will run as Vice Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

We acknowledge Obi as an Igbo and native of Agulu in Anambra State, but will quickly state here that Obi is neither a candidate of Ndigbo, nor the South East, who both agree on a more altruistic corporate strategy for ascendency to the presidency of Nigeria outside 2019 time-mark and Obi’s individual ambition,that he is not in control of.

Again we need to remark that if HE Obi is not tainted himself, he will run on a tainted ticket,in which his principal VP Atiku Abubakar is in the eye of the storm for matters of integrity and reputation,in and out of Nigeria,and nothing in the horizon promises a recovery from the factual negative impression.

However ,with this lone- standing ambition of Obi’s comes an opportunity for the governor of Anambra State from 2006 to 2014, to introduce his real self to Anambra State and Nigeria. Obi’s first and last public office was Governor of Anambra State, but the state and the nation will now have a second chance to know the ‘stranger’ that the imperfections in Nigeria’s polity threw up to preside over their affairs.

While we acknowledge that there is time enough ahead  to deal with specifics, we quickly request, in reaction to Obi’s candidature and in the public interest,from HE, Mr Obi, 10 clarifications/causes of action in the immediate:

1- His Excellency Mr Peter Obi should personally present a Curriculum Vitae that Anambra State and this time, the entire Nigeria can rely on to know him, as the conflicting ones so far in the air are either scanty or inconsistent, lacking vital parameters than should be contained in a CV. We do not agree yet with those who think this is deliberate, but will have no option if within this week, ending October 19, 2018 this request is not honoured.

2- We request HE Obi to explain in clear detail how Anambra State paid the majority amount,but got minority shareholding in SABMiller Breweries, yet another company NEXT INTERNATIONAL  in which Obi has commanding interests and which built NEXT SUPERMARKET within Obi’s governorship tenure,combined with a traditional ruler under the outfit INTERFACT BREWERIES to bag majority shares without input. By extension, Obi should explain who he handed over as Chairman of Next International , prior to resuming as Governor of Anambra State ,what the performance trajectory was in his absence, and if he has returned as Chairman of the Company, which warehoused N250 million cash from Anambra State vaults in Lagos office under his watch as governor.

3- We request HE Obi to explain what his role was under President Jonathan in returning N135bn as cost of Second Niger Bridge,without connecting roads, and his interest in the company slated to install toll gates and collect money from users of the bridge ,mainly Ndigbo for an estimated 30 years , based on amortization of the given cost.

4- We request a clear explaination regarding the non- award of the Second Niger Bridge Contract under President Jonathan which ran against the grain of Obi’a campaign words as Cordinator of Jonathan’s campaign in Southern Nigeria. We are aware that it took the APC administration to execute the contract on the project and source funds to free Ndigbo from a 30-year toll- gate slavery under merchants with Igbo names.

5. We request HE Obi to explain what ecological projects the N8.4 billion accruing to Anambra State in August 2013 from ecological funds were expended on and what handover indications there were for that particular fund.

6- We request HE Obi to explain why he bribed INEC officials throughout Nigeria, during 2015 elections channeling the funds through a commercial bank he has major interest in, the slush funds for which INEC officials are under trial and if he is considering repeating that game for the tainted ticket on which he has been enlisted. 

7-We request HE Obi to explain why the bigotry of religion which served him unmerited favours well but left debilitating rifts  between christian denominations in Anambra State, will not rear up its head, to unstatesmanlike ends, in the national stage if Nigerians go out of their way to elect himVice President.

8- We request HE Obi to explain why under his watch over 100 Nigerians mostly of South East extraction were in 2012 killed to his knowledge and consent, and thrown into Ezu River,which ought to have been one of the base resources in Obi’s failed water supply project in Anambra State.

9- We will also humbly request  HE Obi to explain why in seven years and a half, out of eight years of Anambra governorship , no local government elections were conducted in Anambra State, yet his principal Atiku eulogises the provision of opportunities for the youth using the local government, an idea we do not oppose.

10. Finally, in this initial piece,we request HE Obi to explain his appointment as governor by interests extraneous to Ndigbo and the coincidence in the repeat of history, where the same extraneous iinterests appointed him as Vice Presidential candidate without the input of any fly from the South East, and correspondingly,with an agenda unknown to a zone with a different plan. This is particularly important because shortly after the system was manipulated for him to become governor, he ordered the shooting at sight  of agitating and unarmed members of the Movement for the Sovereign Statr of Biafra (MASSOB) , working on a set agenda from the extraneous interests.

Once again we welcome HE Obi to the race and wish him an enjoyable participation.

For : ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS,ANAMBRA STATE CHAPTER.

Arc. Okelo Madukaife

State Publicity Secretary 

Awka. October 16,2018

WE DON'T FORGET

President Buhari has stabilized the economy. The reserves have been boosted to close to $50billion again, up from $29billion they reduced it to by May 28, 2015.

What they refused to acknowledge is that GEJ did not save a dime in the time of plenty - living like there'll be no tomorrow. He spent the boom in oil revenue the time of plenty and depleted the reserves he inherited from Yar'adua. 

With low oil price for 3 years, and the unprecedented social intervention schemes like School Feeding Programme, N-Power Programme, payouts to the elderly and vulnerable, and payments of decades owed to Pensions and Gratuities, not forgetting the massive infrastructural development drives across the regions of the country, he still set aside so much because of prudent allocation of resources. Buhari's traducers will always turn blind eyes to these. 

Those bunch of guys, bandits all, that stole the country blind for 16 years and into recession, are now fighting tooth and nail to come and loot the resources again. 

The Snake Oil Salesman - you know who, is deceiving those who are only driven by hate for Buhari.

For those who are feigning ignorance of the timely warnings given by Soludo, Lamido Sanusi and Okonjo-Iweala between 2013 and 2014, these are the words on marble by Prof Charles Soludo:

"Whoever wins 2015 will NEVER find it easy to govern. Over 30trillion is mismanaged, unaccounted for or missing under Jonathan."

We don't forget. When mischief makers embark on their ignorant revisionism, we take them down memory lane.

Voting in looters once again is not an option.

Indiscretion goes with consequences.

Atiku owns 16 % of Intels.

Atiku owns 16 % of Intels. A company between the Volpis of Italy and a number of other international merchants of villainy against African states. Intels started in Nigeria as Nicotes, but eventually transformed to Intels. 

For years this company has held the monopoly of generating revenues from all marine activities in Nigeria for NPA. It’s been making massive revenues, making more money than perhaps any of the 36 states in Nigeria except Lagos. 

Anyone who knows the damage Intels has done to the Nigerian economy through its monopoly and extortionate rates, without remitting proper revenues to govt will stop Atiku from being President. 

Intels by compromising everyone at top level in govt, Presidents, ministers of transport, MDs of NPA got away with gross violations of the law. They couldn’t buy Buhari this time around or the young lady who is MD of NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman. She broke the monopoly of Intels allowing another yard to build the FPSO for Egina, the Total project. Other companies are also now allowed to run base services at Onne instead of Intels alone, which has been the case for years.

Intels has been a cash cow for years, generating over $200m a month with very little going to govt. This has gone on for years. The company has controlled all marine revenues for decades making billions of dollars. 

This is the primary source of Atiku’s enormous wealth. By breaking the monopoly, Buhari threatens the wealth of Atiku, reason he outspent every contestant in Port Harcourt to become the candidate of PDP. For Atiku it isn’t about Nigeria though he feigns that. It’s an existential fight. His vast empire of patronage, with Intels at the center is threatened. His Italian and Lebanese mafia are threatened with extinction. They will fight dirty, they will fight with everything they’ve got. 

If Atiku wins, Intels becomes a monstrous behemoth Controlling all govt revenues. They are behind Eko Atlantic City, a mega project built for the rich and well heeled, to separate the corrupt and opulent rich from the wretched poor in the country. Just like Atiku’s American University of Nigeria where the lowest fee is N5m per annum. 

Atiku is the ultimate exploitative bourgeois. Taking advantage of access to govt to make as much money as possible. The ultimate benefactor of a corrupt rentier economy, where state resources are shared by the powerful and the connected to amass enormous wealth at the expense of the country. That’s been Atiku’s life. You can’t point to any notable business with his name on it, but exploiting access to govts to buy NITEL or Intels monopolizing govt marine income for his use is his style. Cronyism, patronage that continues to enrich Atiku and impoverishes the nation.

Nigerians shouldn’t be deceived. Atiku will connive with Lebanese, Italians any foreigners to sell off Nigeria. If he became President, a few Nigerians in his circle will be very rich, but Nigeria will be worse off for the mass majority.

Above this the Lebanese and Italians in particular would have gotten a presidential accolyte that will work with them to enslave Nigerians.

If you doubt, go to Intels Onne and see the segregation. Italians, Lebanese and all whites treated like gods with the Nigerians as inconvenient appendages. Atiku will be bad for Nigeria. Nigerians open your eyes.

May God save us from Atiku.

The Osborne Towers in Lagos where evil men pay Two hundred and Fifty Million

The Osborne Towers in Lagos where evil men pay Two hundred and Fifty Million of our stolen money annually is the issue of discussion today. Chief Peter Obi and a few others are the occupants of this evil apartment known as Osborne Towers.

Sure, at 20 Million Naira a month, Chief Peter Obi has three apartments in the towers!

Now here is the real information, each of the apartments has four bedrooms and two sitting rooms. 

Why will Chief Peter Obi have three apartments at the Towers meaning he has twelve bedrooms and six sitting rooms? It is authoritative that the last rent of apartments 7A and 7B was paid by Peter Obi! The story of Osborne Towers will continue to explain the thrifty behind the saintly Peter Obi who wants us to believe that he carry his bag at the airport, books economy on air trips and and eats once a day so as not to spend so much money but pays rent of 60 Million a month on three apartments in Osborne Towers. He even want us to believe that he eat just one piece of kpomo in his soup for lunch! Biggest lies from the biggest lier of the century.

I am beginning to believe that Chief Peter Obi is not straight. If not, how can one be paying 250 Million a year for rent in a four bedroom apartment and still go about preaching saving culture. This to me is hypocrisy and idiocy joined together. Do Peter Obi thought that we all are fools? What the hell is wrong with Ngerian leaders. I am surprised that Peter Obi is not what he preaches. He is a stark opposite of who he wants us to believe he is. The gathering of the evil men at Osborne Towers has finally exposed Peter Obi and confirmed what people has been saying all along that he is the a human with the most complex characters. From what I have read about Peter Obi as a former Governor who lead the other Governors to court and obtained that judgement that forced Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to share our National savings, I am forced to believe that Chief Peter Obi is the most flexible mind ever to come out of the South East.

Allow me to borrow this line from Mr. Aghaduno that thoroughly describes Chief Peter Obi inter alia “The trouble with Peter Obi is that he thinks that he is cleverer than everyone else. He maintains a bland and colorless surface that conceals a grandiose interior. He talks with the voice of a woman in labor but carries a heart of stone. He maintains a well-cultivated religious outlook but his soul is the engine room of demons. The former governor of Anambra State reminds me of a luscious apple with a large maggot neatly embedded in its middle”. He is a contradictory person who will tell you a story in the morning and come out in the afternoon to tell the exact opposite of the story he told in the morning.

How can the world ever trust Peter Obi again? How do we believe him again each time he mounts a podium to display his craft of petty lies? Peter Obi should just disappear before he becomes an object of caricature. A friend once told me I want to do ‘Peter Obi’. I was bewildered but he laughed and told me that doing Peter Obi is just pretending to be who you are not.

Please the new generation should not do ‘Peter Obi’ as it is not in the character of the Igbos to pretend. Only God knows where Peter Obi picks his unusual unlike Igbo character.

Benson Nweke writes from Nnewi, Anambra state.