A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Ajiboye, has stated that former presidential candidate Peter Obi’s time as governor does not reflect his capability to rule the country.
Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, Ajiboye argued that Obi can’t do better than President Bola Tinubu.
Defending Tinubu’s leadership, the APC chieftain pointed out that the president had taken difficult but necessary decisions to rescue Nigeria’s economy from collapse.
He said, “Bring a million Obi, he can’t do better, I know, I can even take a bet on it. What miracle will he perform in government? What miracle was he able to perform in Anambra?
“Bring the records. How can you say he was successful in Anambra? He wasn’t. He was even much younger then. He was only chairman of a bank. Do you need to study Accounting and Finance to be the chairman of a bank?”
Ajiboye questioned Obi’s political qualifications, stating, “What is Obi’s particular qualification, a quality that makes him feel he can be the best Nigerian president? Let him come and tell me.”
According to him, petrol subsidy removal and naira floatation were unavoidable steps.
“We were subsidising electricity and fuel. Any nation doing all these must have a highly productive economy, but we don’t. At the point Bola Tinubu came, he said, ‘No, I will not allow this country to go down like this. Let us stop and re-evaluate.’ Is that too much to ask for a country that wants to make progress?
“The only question we should ask ourselves now is: do we want to go through the tough times now and enjoy later, or do we want to continue and crash completely? The nation was going to crash if such steps were not taken,” he argued.
Ajiboye added that opposition leaders such as Atiku Abubakar, Obi, and Nasir El-Rufai were “unwilling to face the reality” confronting the country, and maintained that Tinubu’s record as Lagos governor proved he was a better fit for Nigeria’s top job.
“All those things that the opposition people are saying, they are saying them to save their faces. Tinubu’s administration and policies took Nigeria from the dungeon. Nigeria didn’t have a productive economy, but he came in with reforms,” Ajiboye added.
The post I Can Take A Bet That A Million Peter Obi Can’t Do Better Than Tinubu – APC Chieftain appeared first on Naija News.
