The Anambra State Government has acknowledged that former governor Peter Obi performed well during his tenure, despite its ongoing disagreement with some of his claims about the state’s finances.
The state Commissioner for Information and Value Reorientation, Law Mefor, made the clarification on Thursday during an interview on the 90MinutesAfrica podcast hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo.
Mefor said the state government’s scrutiny of Obi’s financial records was not intended to discredit his achievements or undermine his presidential ambition.
According to him, the disagreement centres on Obi’s claim that he left no financial liabilities for subsequent administrations.
He said the government’s objective was to clarify the state’s financial records and provide its own account of the financial position inherited from the former governor.
Mefor also questioned Obi’s claim that his administration left N12.13 billion in an ecological fund account with First Bank’s University of Nigeria, Awka (UNIZIK) branch.
He said the state government requested the relevant account statement from the bank but found no evidence of the claimed balance.
“The intention of the Anambra State Government is not to indict Peter Obi. Peter Obi did well as governor.
“There is no rift between Governor Soludo and Peter Obi. They are both in politics, and they have their interests to defend,” Mefor said.
