You Can’t Ask Nigerians To Fast While You Feast, Obi Slams Tinubu

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has berated President Bola Tinubu over the state of the economy.

Obi who spoke during an interview with News Central TV, said Nigeria is in a crisis with 38 million people on the verge of extreme hunger.

The former governor of Anambra State, President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress administration, has been engaging in wasteful spending, which, according to him, has further worsened the living conditions of Nigerians.

He listed some of the wasteful spending of government as the purchase of a new presidential jet at $100m, N21bn for the renovation of the vice president’s lodge, and N15bn for the construction of the National Assembly clinic.

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“You cannot ask people to fast while you are feasting”, Obi added.

Obi said the Federal Government must use its lean resources to address issues in key development areas such as health, education, poverty alleviation, and security.

“From all records, Nigeria has 38 million people on the verge of extreme hunger; we are the poverty capital of the world. The two most critical areas that are giving us the crisis are human insecurity and food insecurity. To deal with this, we need to invest in agriculture to solve hunger, unemployment, and inflation,” Obi said.