Jonathan Nwokpor
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate for the general elections of 2023, has maintained that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fulfilled his campaign pledges to the people of Nigeria.
Obi said this in an Arise TV chat on Democratic Day.
During his electioneering days, Tinubu had pledged to create a Nigeria where enough jobs at a good wage would improve people’s lives, particularly for the youth.
He declared that Nigeria would produce, develop, and innovate more of the commodities and services it needs and that the nation would become recognised as a producer as well as a consumer.
In order to support the naira and the way of life of its citizens, Tinubu also declared that Nigeria would import fewer goods and export more.
However, Tinubu had maintained that “I will continue from where Buhari stopped.”
In addition, Peter Obi, who ran against Tinubu in the election and finished third, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, stated that the President had fulfilled his pledge to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor out of all his promises.
“I think President Tinubu has performed exceptionally well in his first year in office. I’ll say that President Tinubu has kept his campaign promises,” Obi said.
“Throughout his campaign, he consistently maintained that he would continue from where Buhari stopped and that he’s done very well.
“I’ll give him excellent passes. Dollar was N450, it’s now N1500. Fuel was about N238, it’s now about N700; diesel was N844, it’s now N1415; a bag of rice was N30000-N35000, it’s now about N80,000; a bag of beans was similar, N30,000-35000, it’s now about N90,000; a tuber of yam was about N2000-N3000, but now it’s about N10,000; tomatoe basket was about N40,000 and now it’s about N150,000; electricity was N66 per kilowatt but now it’s about N200, you can go on and on.
“Even bread, which is a basic thing other countries are subsidizing, small-medium bread was about N450 but is now N900. The big one is about N1500.”
Other promises made by Tinubu include, but not limited to, “assisting our ever-toiling farmers, through enlightened agricultural policy that promotes productivity and assures decent incomes, so that farmers can support their families and feed the nation; modernising and expanding public infrastructure; emboldening and supporting our young people and women by harnessing emerging sectors such as the digital economy, entertainment and culture, tourism, train and give economic opportunity to the poorest and most vulnerable among us; generate, transmit and distribute sufficient, affordable electricity; make basic healthcare, education, and housing accessible and affordable for all; and most importantly, establish a bold and assertive policy that will create a strong yet adaptive national security architecture and action to obliterate terror, kidnapping, banditry, and all other forms of violent extremism from the face of our nation.”
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