Obi celebrates Team Nigeria for 2023 International Debate Championship win; Attends Mbang’s funeral service with Obasanjo

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 General election in Nigeria, Mr Peter Obi, has celebrated the Nigeria Debate Team, for their victory at the 2023 International Debate Championship held in Malaysia.

Team Nigeria was made up of students from St. Michael’s Model Comprehensive Secondary School, Nimo; All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha; and Mater Amabilis, Umuoji all in Anambra State.

The schools were among the institutions ceded to their mission owners during Peter Obi’s administration as Executive Governor of Anambra State.

In a message shared on his official Instagram account on Friday, August 11, 2023, Mr. Obi wrote:

“I heartily congratulate Nigerian Students, Nigeria Debate Team, who just emerged as champions of the 2023 International Debate Championship in Malaysia.

“I hail them for their intellectual sagacity and commitment to education which led them thus far and stood them proudly on the global stage as champions and victorious ambassadors of excellence.

“Reports have it that Nigeria was represented by Team Anambra which comprised students from three schools: St. Michael’s Model Comprehensive Secondary School, Nimo; All Hallows Seminary Onitsha; Mater Amabilis, Umuoji – which are among the mission schools that I handed back to their original owners when I was the Governor of Anambra State. This corroborates my ever-consistent message that ‘education is the best investment any government can make for its citizens.

“I am glad to see that some educational reforms and investments that we made under my watch in Anambra are still bearing great fruits for the state and the nation in general. I thank the schools’ managements and their teachers for their invaluable efforts in giving the students quality education. I also appreciate the successive governors of Anambra State for sustaining the high educational standards of the state.

“As we revolutionised education in Anambra, we plan to do the same in Nigeria as a whole for the benefit of our children and the greater glory of our nation. It is POssible! #PeterObi 🇳🇬,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, the Labour Party Presidential candidate was among the guests at the funeral service of Late Methodist Prelate Sunday Mbang who has been laid to rest in his country home in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Obi arrived in Akwa Ibom State on Friday August 11, in the company of former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for the funeral service conducted by the Methodist Church Nigeria.