Sir Peter Obi.
Sir Peter Obi, Monday in Abuja said his fight was against bad governance in the country; not President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, spoke while fielding questions from journalists during his visit to the Anglican hospital in diocese of Kubwa and the Anglican Comprehensive Secondary School in the Kubwa area of the nation’s capital.
Said he: “I and the President are not fighting.
“I’m not fighting anybody. My fight is against bad governance, hunger, poverty, out-of-school children, and people not having health services”.
Obi lamented the country’s health coverage, saying most Nigerians did not have insurance, pointing out that Nigerian politicians concentrated on politics and pay little attention to what would improve the welfare of the people.
Added Obi: “This country has less than 10 percent health insurance. It should be 100 percent”.
The former presidential candidate has consistently criticised Tinubu’s administration and its policies.
Obi in April, claimed that Nigeria had more poor people than Indonesia, China, and Vietnam.
Afterwards, Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, criticised Obi for what he called a “disturbing pattern of behaviour” which “de-markets Nigeria on the global stage”.
The Lagos State governor said given Obi’s performance while in office, he had lost the moral authority to criticise the Tinubu administration.
Obi defended his comment, saying highlighting Nigeria’s challenges did not amount to demarketing the country.
