Newscenter Media News The All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, over his assessment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Obi had during his World Press Conference held earlier on Thursday in Abuja declared that President Tinubu has not provided quality leadership for the country.
He lamented that the country’s socio-economic situation is worsening by the day despite the president’s positive assessment of his performance in the last 19 months.
However, in a statement issued in Abuja, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, described the former Anambra governor’s remarks as misleading and an attempt to score cheap political points.
He also faulted the claim that the country’s socio-economic situation was deteriorating.
According to him, Obi’s assessment was at variance with all indicators that showed that the country’s economy is rebounding in significant measure across all sectors.
Morka said: “While Nigerians celebrated the new year with hope for a more glorious 2025, Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, was seemingly stuck in replay of his jangling, gloom-ridden wishlist for our country.
“Obi’s New Year message, in which he claimed that the political, economic, and security situation of our dear country is worsening daily, is misleading and appears intended to score cheap political points.
“This claim, at a time when all indicators show that our country is rebounding in significant measure across all sectors, casts Obi, squarely, as Nigeria’s leading doomsayer.
“In reality, 18 months later, the economy under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has shown sa teady record of progress – a massive balance of trade surpluses; trillions in stock market wealth creation; a surge in foreign direct investments as a result of increased confidence in the economy; enhanced foreign reserve; significant decline in debt servicing ratio from 90 percent to about 64 percent; higher incomes for farmers; massive increase in federal allocation to states and local governments; deliberate and patriotic efforts to plug leakages and shore up the nation’s revenue base; restart of moribund Port-Harcourt and Warri refineries; a remarkable improvement in oil production and export of petroleum products.
“The decimation of terrorist leaders and improvement in the security situation, and numerous other measures to meet the $ 1 trillion economy target of this administration.”
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