Peter Obi sarcastically rains praises on President Tinubu

The former presidential candidate for the Labour Party 2023, Peter Obi, has sarcastically praised President Bola Tinubu for fulfilling his promise to continue where former President Muhammadu Buhari stopped.

Peter Obi, during a visit to Governor Bala Mohammed in Bauchi on Thursday, March 13th, 2025, criticized the current administration and the way they are handling the economy. He stated that Nigeria must move beyond ethnic and religious politics to focus on competence and capacity.

“Tinubu promised to continue where Buhari stopped. If you look at it, Buhari left the dollar at about N400, today it is about N1,500. Rice was about N40,000, it is now over N100,000. Fuel was about N300, it is now over N1,000. I can go on and on, everything has doubled and tripled. So, he has done exactly as he promised,” Obi stated.

Peter Obi recalled his visit to Indonesia and how their government has transformed the country’s economy over the past decade.

“In Indonesia, a president was sworn in about the same time as another one in Nigeria. Ten years later, Indonesia moved its GDP from $800 billion to $1.3 trillion, and its per capita income from $3,000 to $5,000. Here in Nigeria, our GDP fell from $500 billion to $200 billion, and per capita, income dropped from $3,500 to below $2,000, that is the difference,” he explained.

He further emphasized the need to revive Nigeria’s industries, invest in education and healthcare, and steer the nation towards productive governance.

He said ”We want a Nigeria where a child of nobody can become somebody.” And we should eliminate the elite conspiracy that uses tribalism and religion to divide the people. ”We have voted for tribe and religion before; now, we must vote for competence and capacity,”