In an interview on travel TV, Obi said Tinubu continued to fulfill his promise “continuing from where Buhari stopped.” The presidential candidate of the Labor Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, mocked the administration of President Bola Tinubu, saying that he (OBI) would have done the same Naira evaluation in a productive and organized way. In an interview on travel TV, Obi said Tinubu continued to fulfill his promise “continuing from where Buhari stopped.” “He is doing well (Tinubu) because what he promised is exactly what he does – that he would start and continue from where the previous government stopped,” Obi said. “Someone who met the dollar at 300 to 400, and now it’s 1,500 – he did fantastic.” “What happens can be turned around with a competent leader who has the capacity and compassion to serve. I will make sure Nigerians address at least once every month,” he added. “The president who is there today, how many years did he spend two years and you could see where we are.” “That means you could change things in two years. If I had been there in two years, you would have seen a significant change in critical areas. I would have embarked on the head of corruption. I would have lowered the cost of management, and you would see it, people would feel it,” he said at the interview. “Our primary healthcare today is 70 percent (of it) not functional and we spent more than N35 billion at conference, which conference? Who is coming for the conference? You should invest your money properly, would you have seen money in critical areas,” he said. “In Bangladesh, a country with one 148,000 km² of soil produces about 60 million tonnes of rice and the US, with more than six times the size of the soil cannot do 10 percent of it,” Obi noted that he also talked about the devaluation of Naira, “there is nothing wrong in a devalation, but I would have made the Naira of devalination. I did it in an organized way. Currency, which allows it to drive, is that you have productivity, so you can export, so people can come and buy. “It will be remembered that Tinubu has launched controversial policies, such as the removal of fuel subsidies and the devaluation of the Naira. During his swear event in 2023, Tinubu declared that the ‘subsidy is gone’, a move with condemnation and a sharp rise in petroleum prices across the country. Living costs in Nigeria.
Nothing wrong in the devaluation of Naira, but I would have managed it better than Tinubu Govt – Peter Obi
