Posted by Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), has rejected Bola Tinubu’s recent remarks criticizing him as “Mr. Stingy” in the next presidential election. Tinubu is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The statement was made on Sunday during The Peoples Townhall, which was hosted by Channels Television and its partners. Obi is a former governor of the Anambra State.
Recall that Tinubu had said in a recent campaign speech that Obi had watched his people suffer and had saved the State’s money rather than helping them.
Obi, however, disregarded the comments, claiming that no one could criticize him for refusing to take taxpayer money.
“I’ve challenged everyone to say, “Go and see whether there is anywhere a kobo of money missing from Anambra State. Savings is increasingly a problem. You are now interrogating a man who left the money without anyone instructing me to leave it and go while people have taken it all and depleted the nation, Obi remarked.
The Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, were the standard by which the world measured development when Obi took office as governor in 2006. He began implementing the MDGs in 2008, but by the time it ended in 2015, his State had surpassed all others in terms of education, health, and road network.