Nigeria News Nalin Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu criticized former Anambra Governor and Labor (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi, who was elected in 2023, said he lacked the moral status of speaking on poverty in Nigeria.
In a personal signature statement titled “In fact, addressing Johns Hopkins University’s criticism of Nigeria’s Nigeria criticism,” Sanwo-Olu accused Obi of contributing to the poverty problem he now criticized.
Obi’s comments in Johns Hopkins
In a speech at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland Peter Obi Comparing Nigeria’s poverty trajectory with China and Vietnam, stressing that although Nigeria had the least number of poor people in the three countries in 1990, it failed to achieve similar growth and development.
Obi said:So the question is, what exactly have these countries done to achieve the required growth and development? This is where political leadership comes from.transparent
He added that unlike Nigeria, countries like China and Vietnam are committed to investing in education, health care and poverty.
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Sanwo-Olu’s reaction said that Obi’s remarks not only demean Nigeria, but also hypocritical.
“Former Governor Peter Obi is a presidential candidate for the Labor presidential election Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland,” he said.
He said Nigerians should actively project the country abroad, adding:They don’t have to do this for the government. But we all owe to sell Nigeria on the global stage rather than to stand out. This is true patriotism. ”
Sanwo-Olu defended President Bola Tinubu’s record and noted that, as the former governor and now president of Lagos State, Tinubu has been fighting poverty by investing in education, providing loans to students and supporting small businesses.
“In less than two years, he has provided more than $50 in credit for small and medium-sized enterprises“Pay style room.
He also praised Tinubu for establishing more than 200 schools and granting student loans to more than 200,000 undergraduates.
Poverty rates in Obi and Obiano
Sanwo-Olu will focus on Obi’s record as governor,”Under Peter Obi, the poverty in Anambra increased. It has not decreased. ”
He noted that Anambra’s poverty rate rose from 41.4%, Obi served for two years after two years, while his successor Willie Obiano was able to reduce the rate after Obi left to 14.8%.
“So I’m not sure if Mr. Obi has a morally adequate place to express his shocking statement about Nigeria at Johns Hopkins. Mr Obi contributed to the increase in poverty in Nigeria,” he said.
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