- Peter Obi has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing well “because what he promised people is exactly what he is doing”
- Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, reminded Nigerians that Tinubu promised that he would start and continue from where the previous government stopped
- In a video interview on Tuesday night, April 1, monitored by Legit.ng, Obi insisted that the present government has not been excellent, especially in job creation
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics, elections, and governance.
FCT. Abuja – A prominent opposition leader in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has reflected on President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office so far.
Obi spoke on Tuesday night, April 1, in a video interview with Arise News, monitored by Legit.ng. The interview is currently trending on X (formerly Twitter).
Photo credits: Mr. Peter Obi, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Source: Facebook
The former Anambra state governor said:
“He (Tinubu) is doing well because what he promised people is exactly what he is doing; that he would start and continue from where the previous government (Muhammadu Buhari) stopped. Someone who met the dollar at 300 to 400, and now it is 1,500, he has done fantastic.”
The interview can be watched below:
On whether the Bola Tinubu administration has improved Nigeria, Obi refused to applaud the current government.
He explained:
“When you talk about improvement, they are no things you say; they are things people feel, they are things people see. I have listened to people say jobs are being created—where are the jobs? It’s not the question of saying, ‘Oh, the investors are coming back’; where are they investing?”
Photo credit: @PeterObi
Source: Twitter
Furthermore, the Labour Party (LP) chieftain criticised the state of democracy in Nigeria.
According to him:
“There is no democracy in Nigeria today; Nigeria is not a democratic country. Let’s stop telling ourselves lies.
“If you look at all the tenets, all the yardsticks of measuring democracy, it doesn’t exist here. Simple definition, democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people. Today, the government we have is not of the people, is not by the people because it wasn’t their votes. I am not just talking about the presidency, across the nation. Look at what is happening in Edo. Can you call that democracy? That was not the vote of the people. And it is not for the people.
“For a country that just spent N21 billion to renovate a house of the vice president, and you cannot even have a primary school for kids, who are going to be leaders of Nigeria tomorrow, then there is a problem.”
Peter Obi counters Tinubu on state of nation
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Obi criticised the current administration, stating that Nigeria’s political, economic, and security conditions have worsened significantly.
Obi expressed concern over Nigeria’s purported economic decline, stating that the country has fallen from being Africa’s largest economy in 2014, with a GDP of $574 billion, to ranking fourth, with a current GDP of about $200 billion.
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Source: Legit.ng
