The ruling All Progressives Congress has accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, of promoting his personal and political ambition against the best interest of the nation.
The party stated this in reaction to Obi’s statement on Monday that the country’s economy has seen unprecedented retrogression on many fronts for the past nine years under the APC government.
He stated that urgent actions need to be taken to salvage the nation from further economic collapse, and efforts should be concentrated on finding ways to recreate an inclusive and sustainable economy and pull millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the ruling party alleged that Peter Obi is attempting to cash in on the current situation to mobilise mass outrage against President Bola Tinubu.
The APC said Obi’s latest comment on the country’s economic situation is a blend of half-truths, blatant distortions and misinformation calculated to turn Nigerians against Tinubu.
It also berated the former Governor of Anambra State for claiming that the Tinubu administration was making no efforts to tackle poverty and unemployment in the country and described him as a loquacious and disruptive backseat driver.
The statement read, “The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has continued, unabashedly, to showcase his obsessive devotion to self-promotion against the best interest of Nigeria.
“Mr. Obi’s latest statement on the country’s economic situation is an admixture of half-truths, blatant distortions and misinformation calculated to mobilise outrage against the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“His warped conclusion that Nigeria’s economic crisis was caused by nine years of APC-led administration is a highly revisionist, dishonest, distorted and deliberately misleading assessment of the country’s economic trajectory in the last decade. He opined, rather mischievously, that no efforts were being made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to tackle poverty and unemployment in the country.”
