Former governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Celebration, Peter Obi, has mentioned Nigeria is in a disaster with 38 million individuals on the verge of utmost starvation.
Obi berated the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress administration for participating in wasteful spending which, in line with him, had additional worsened the residing circumstances of Nigerians.
He listed a number of the wasteful spending of presidency as the acquisition of a brand new presidential jet at $100m, N21bn for the renovation of the vice chairman’s lodge, and N15bn for the development of the Nationwide Meeting clinic.
“You can’t ask individuals to quick when you are feasting”, Obi added.
Obi, who spoke throughout an interview with Information Central TV, mentioned the Federal Authorities should use its lean sources to deal with points in key growth areas equivalent to well being, training, poverty alleviation, and safety.
“From all data, Nigeria has 38 million individuals on the verge of utmost starvation; we’re the poverty capital of the world. The 2 most crucial areas which can be giving us the disaster are human insecurity and meals insecurity. To cope with this, we have to put money into agriculture to unravel starvation, unemployment, and inflation,” Obi mentioned.
He hinted at the potential of a merger with different opposition events to salvage Nigerians from starvation and widespread insecurity forward of the 2027 presidential election.
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