Tinubu Overfeeding Nigerians With Wrong Statistics- Peter Obi

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 Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s handling of the economy, accusing him of misrepresenting data to mask the country’s deteriorating economic realities.

Obi, in a statement posted on Monday via X, referenced a comment made by Tinubu during the 2022 presidential campaign in Delta State, where the then All Progressives Congress flagbearer reportedly mocked his (Obi’s) emphasis on data and statistics.

“In November 2022, while campaigning in Delta State, the then APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, now the President, berated the other Presidential Candidate, he was ashamed to call his name, saying ‘Na statistics we go chop? All I want is to put food on the table of Nigerians,’” Obi recalled.

Obi accused the Tinubu administration of using “wrong statistics” to paint a false picture of economic progress.

“President Tinubu is now overfeeding Nigerians with wrong Statistics from wrong unemployment figures, wrong inflation figures, and now GDP debasing, all to put a positive spin on our deteriorating economic and household conditions,” he stated.

Reiterating his long-held stance on governance, Obi said, “Governance is not a rock science, it’s not a gamble. Like I have always reiterated, it requires sincerity of purpose, character, competence, capacity and compassion.”

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