Why I picked Peter Obi As Running Mate – Atiku

Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Gbenga Daniel

The presidential competitor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 2019 race, Atiku Abubakar, Friday night affirmed he had picked previous Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi as his running mate. 

The affirmation was contained in an announcement by the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO). 

APCO likewise gave reasons why Obi was picked, clarifying that his decision was generally impacted by his energy, huge learning of worldwide and nearby financial matters and in addition being a monetary master, an affair which it said Nigeria needed as of right now. 

The announcement by the Director General, Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO), Otuba Gbenga Daniels, portrayed Obi as a canny expert who had laid his impressions over the corporate world. 

Daniels said Obi, conceived on nineteenth July, 1961, went to the Christ the King College, Onitsha and later continued to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. 

He said Obi was likewise an alum of a few global and national foundations, for example, the Lagos Business School, Harvard Business School, London School of Economics, Columbia Business School, Institute of Management, Switzerland, Kellogg Graduate School, Oxford University and Cambridge University. 

He said Obi was the Chairman, Board of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC); previous Chairman, Fidelity Bank PLC; previous Chairman, Guardian Express Mortgage Bank; previous Chairman, Future Views Securities; previous Chairman, Paymaster Nigeria; previous Chairman, Next International Nigeria; previous Director, Guardian Express Bank PLC; previous Director, Chams Nigeria PLC; previous Director, Emerging Capital: previous Director, Card Center PLC. 

Daniel said Obi is an individual from the British Institute of Directors (IOD), Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers and Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).