Peter Obi: “My fight is against bad governance, not Tinubu”

Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, says his fight targets bad governance in Nigeria, not President Bola Tinubu.

Obi made this statement in Abuja on Monday while answering journalists’ questions during his visit to the Anglican hospital diocese of Kubwa and the Anglican Comprehensive Secondary School in the Kubwa area of the nation’s capital.

“I and the president are not fighting,” he said.

I’m not fighting anybody. My fight is against bad governance, hunger, poverty, out-of-school children, and people not having health services.”

Obi expressed concern about the country’s health coverage, noting most Nigerians lack insurance.

He added that Nigerian politicians focus too much on politics while paying little attention to improving people’s welfare.

“This country has less than 10 per cent health insurance. It should be 100 per cent,” he said.

The former presidential candidate has regularly criticised Tinubu’s administration and its policies.

In April, Obi claimed that Nigeria has more poor people than Indonesia, China, and Vietnam.

Following this statement, Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, criticised Obi for what he called a “disturbing pattern of behaviour” which “de-markets Nigeria on the global stage”.

The Lagos governor argued that considering Obi’s performance while in office, he lacks the moral authority to criticize the Tinubu administration.

Obi defended his comment, maintaining that highlighting Nigeria’s challenges does not mean he’s demarketing the country.