GOVERNOR PETER OBI–MR PETER FIRST

[1] Mr peter Obi is the First Governor to win election in the state without a Godfather

[2] Mr Peter Obi is the first Governor in the history of the state to win election in a free and fair election manner in a multi party system

[3]He is the first Governor in history of South Eastern Nigeria who contested and win election as a Multi Billionaire [as far back as 1991 he was a Director in Barclays Bank London]

[4] The First Governor in Nigeria whose mandate was stolen and he went to court for 3 years plus with ultimate patience and regain his mandate

[5]The First Governor in History to survive an impeachment saga, despite the fact that a sitting Government on Top went to Asaba to hatch the plot

[6]The First Governor in Nigeria who made TENURE INTERPRETATION POSSIBLE AND PRACTICABLE

[7]The first Governor to govern with his wife in ANAMBRA STATE

[8] The First Governor to pioneer a workshop of peer review mechanism in NIGERIA.

[9] The First Governor who believe 100% on the rules of the law and respect it even when it did not favor him

[10]The first Governor who is not Tribalistic ,ethnical or sectional in Governance

[11] The First Governor who goes by the commonest title “MR PETER OBI”

[12] The First Governor who does not blast siren as the first Citizen of the state,he moves noiselessly

[13]The First Governor to receive Award as the best FISCAL MANAGER

[14]The First Governor to accord Traditional Rulers due respect and attention in NIGERIA

[15]The First Governor to become Chairman south East Governor's forum throughout his 2 tenures of 8 years,the position is rotational every years but he was judged by others to be irreplaceable

[16] The First Governor to become Vice Chairman Nigerian Governor's forum ,even though he is with opposition and minority party

[17]The First Governor to work in Tandem with TOWN PG'S ,Churches,Market women ,school children and never get tired of doing it

[18]The only Governor that works in his second tenure and still working 6 months to end of his tenure

[19] The First Governor to launch a development strategy for the state progress “ANIDS”

[20]The First Governor to be conscripted into all the Presidents committees even when he is in a Minority and opposition party

[21] The First Governor to have a great working relationship with the Federal Government and the state is reaping the bountiful benefits from such relationship

[22] The First Governor who started with one PARTY APGA and ends with it [today he said that not only will he end as APGA ,that he will die as APGA]

[23]The First Governor who handed schools back to the original owners and gave them over 6 billion Naira to help them restore education to it's former glory

[24] The First Governor to accord our falling Hero's a befitting burials from IKEMBA NDI IGBO TO CHINUA ACHEBE ,burial that cannot be equaled in Africa

[25]The First Governor to Govern the state for 8 years [have it in mind that he is not under a party at the central but a party the central disliked]

[26] The first serving Governor to be appointed as the SPECIAL ADVISER to the President [President from another party]

[27]The first Governor to partner with Donor agencies for the development of the state

[28] The First Serving Governor to be appointed into Presidential economic team

[29] The first Governor to be HONORED WITH A NATIONAL AWARD in 2011,when it was extended to other Governor's he remain the only one in SOUTH EAST

[30] The First Governor to serve a second Term both in the old and New Anambra state

[31] The First Governor to come back from impeachment and return as a Governor

[32]The First Governor to get a TENURE INTERPRETATION by Supreme court

[33]The First Governor to reclaim his mandates through courts

[34]During the Presidential campaign ,when the SOUTH –SOUTH and SOUTH EAST GOVERNOR'S formed a common forum ,he was elected the Chairman

[34]The Governor that made ANAMBRA STATE to stop being a PARIAH STATE.Many Ambassadors have visited ,from GERMANY,USA,GREAT BRITAIN,RUSSIA,FRANCE,EUROPE,BELGUIML,ISREAL,CANADA E.T.C

[Credit to APGA AMBASSADORS FORUM]