Former governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has admonished the government of President Bola Tinubu over its wastefulness amid 38 million Nigerians being on the verge of extreme hunger.
Obi, while speaking during an interview with News Central TV, slammed the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress administration for engaging in profilgate spending which, he said had 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.
“You cannot ask people to fast while you are feasting”, Obi said.
According to him, 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.
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