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Obi To Tinubu: Your Foreign Trips Haven’t Paid Off”
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for spending most of January outside Nigeria, accusing him of neglecting pressing domestic challenges.
In a statement posted on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday, Obi said the first month of the year is usually a defining period for leadership focus, but lamented that Nigeria’s situation has continued to deteriorate while the president prioritised foreign engagements.
Obi noted that the country is currently battling worsening insecurity, food shortages, labour unrest and failing infrastructure, yet the president appeared detached from these realities.
He raised alarm over the surge in violent attacks, kidnappings and abductions across the country in January, including cases involving children, pregnant women and nursing mothers, with criminals demanding huge ransoms.
The former Anambra State governor also drew attention to the education sector, describing the continued closure of schools due to insecurity and teachers’ strikes as tragic, particularly in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He questioned the government’s priorities, citing massive spending on infrastructure projects while schools remain shut.
Obi further criticised Nigeria’s electricity sector, recalling that the national grid collapsed twice within the same month, worsening the already poor power supply in the country.
Questioning the necessity of Tinubu’s frequent travels, Obi disclosed that the president spent about 23 days abroad in January alone, across two foreign trips, with only brief stops in the country between them.
He argued that while leaders in other countries focus on internal governance at the start of the year, Nigeria’s leadership appears more occupied with international engagements and political activities.
Obi also accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of being more interested in rallies and welcoming defectors than in addressing the daily struggles of Nigerians, warning that the country risks deeper instability if urgent issues are not confronted head-on.
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