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“The day I left office, Anambra was not owing workers’ – Peter Obi

Former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has said he left office without the state owing salaries, gratuities or pensions, or any contractor who had completed work that had been verified by the government. Obi made the statement during an interview on Arise TV on Thursday while […] “The day I left office, Anambra was not owing…

“The day I left office, Anambra was not owing workers’ – Peter Obi

Former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate, Peter Obi, stated during an Arise TV interview that he left office without the state owing any salaries, gratuities, or pensions, or any contract obligations that were verified by the government. Responding to allegations of loans and liabilities linked to his tenure, Obi affirmed that he never approached any financial institution for borrowing money or issuing bonds on behalf of Anambra State during his eight-year tenure.

On the day of his transfer, the state was not owed any payments to workers, contractors, or suppliers whose work had been completed and verified.

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