Obi tackles Tinubu on failed campaign promises, wrong statistics

From Sola Ojo, Abuja

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has tackled President Bola Tinubu over  What he described as the worsening economic situation in the country, accusing him of failure to fulfil his campaign promise of making food available and affordable to Nigerians.

He labeled  President Tinubu’s claims so far as misleading with distorted statistics while millions go hungry.

Obi stated this yesterday, in his verified ‘X’

He recalled Tinubu’s 2022 campaign remarks in Delta State where he ridiculed him (Obi) without directly mentioning his name, saying, “Na statistics we go chop? All I want is to put food on the table of Nigerians.”

Obi said the reality two years into Tinubu’s four-year administration is that he has failed to fulfil his promises as his government is characterised by economic mismanagement.

“Nigeria is now ranked among the hungriest nations in the world. Millions of citizens wake up daily not knowing where their next meal will come from,” Obi lamented.

He accused the government of manipulating economic data in a desperate attempt to mask the country’s deteriorating living conditions.

“From wrong unemployment figures to dubious inflation rates and now GDP rebasing, the administration is feeding Nigerians with sugar-coated lies,” he stated.

To the former Anambra State Governor, governance is not a gamble or guesswork, but a task that demands sincerity of purpose, character, competence, capacity, and compassion.

With his current slogan, he reaffirmed his belief in the possibility of a better Nigeria when he wrote, “A new Nigeria is POssible.”