If you listened to his last address at the Lagos Business school, you'd understand this point. Nonetheless, let me explain to my capacity.
Import restrictions in Nigeria is a major contributor to rise in inflation. Restrictions include longer time in clearing goods...
@PeterObi What will removal of import restrictions do to domestic industries?
Would we have local rice production or any domestic dairy industry at all if forex was made freely available to those who import rice and milk?
By now, Peter Obi would have toured the entire Nigeria. He won’t have started new projects for headlines & glory-seeking. He would have tried to fix most of your existing bad federal roads.
That man would have tackled corruption head-on! He would have invested the subsidy savings in SMEs, education, healthcare, & agriculture.
No one would have gone to the media & social media to lie & present falsehoods. He will sack you immediately! The Obi we know would have been talking to you directly. Presidential Media Chats would have been back on your screens.
He would have pumped the ₦15 trillion wasted on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal road into tackling your electricity challenges. He would have tackled the insecurity head-on. Obi would have visited Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Adamawa, Niger, Benue, Plateau, Kogi, Kwara, & Oyo.
He won’t have stopped at the airport, he would have visited the epicenters. That man would have tackled the crazy food inflation with vigor.
He would have met Nigerians one-on-one & met some of your needs. Peter Obi would have listened to everybody & applied love, wisdom, & justice with equity & fairness. There would have been no nepotism & reckless embezzlement.
Institutions would have worked. Democracy would have thrived. INEC & the judiciary would have been independent. No one would have accused the judges of bias & corruption.
Disqualifying a candidate on the basis of forgery would not have been removed from your Electoral laws. No Senior Advocate would have gone on National Television to defend certificate forgery & drug trafficking charges.
Teachers, doctors, & nurses are his children. They would have been balling by now !!!
Obi would have invested subsidy savings on Nigerians, & not on Tony Elemelu, Otedola, Abdulaziz Yari & other billionaires. The empath would have been kind & loving as a father.
He won’t have replaced ambulances with campaign buses. He would have implemented the Steve Oronsaye Report. Obi would have cut down on the excessive wastages & the size of the government. He would have dismantled the Structure of Criminality & criminal enterprise.
There would be no wealth without enterprise!
There won’t have been tribal & religious bigotry & divisions, there would have been no need for that! No one would have spent more than $9 million lobbying the White House for favors.
Trump himself would have been proud to invite Obi to the White House. There won’t have been any need to designate Nigeria as a now disgraced country of particular concern.
There would be no need to wash the country’s dirty laundry on the international’s stage.
You won’t have heard fake bishops, fake certificates, fake secondary school, & other fakes. You won’t have seen Oro masquerades on the day of election. No one would have stopped you from voting for your preferred candidates at the various polling booths.
Elections would have been a festival of ideas.
Nigerians would have rejoiced on the day of INEC Results Declaration. The entire country would not have been thrown into mourning.
No one would have sent you on a fool's errand to hold your governors & Local Government Chairmen. He won’t have gone on a borrowing & reckless spending spree. There won’t have been any need to share rice, indomie, salt, meat, garri, bread, & ₦500. He would have applied the subsidy savings judiciously.
Obi would have met Nigerians on the streets. Above all, you would have seen the results.
You assess your performance by interacting with the people. So much has happened to Nigeria since Bola Tinubu & his men seized power. Nigeria has changed, & generally for the worse. Tinubu has spent 3 years hiding in a bunker. VOTE WISELY, VOTE NDC, VOTE OK!
VOTE Peter Obi & Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. ✌️
I have consistently continued to respectfully appeal to those in office today to prioritise reconstruction and maintenance of existing roads and other infrastructure over commencing new ones.
I left someone in Onitsha on Saturday night to take the first bus to Lagos on Sunday morning. Until I left Lagos at 8 pm yesterday, he had not arrived in Lagos. He only arrived in Lagos at about 2 pm today. A journey that usually takes a maximum of 8 hours now takes nearly two days.
This is not just about bad roads. It is about lost man-hours, stranded passengers sleeping on highways, wasted fuel, damaged vehicles, delayed goods, and businesses losing millions of naira.
Nigerians do not need new projects just for the headlines. We need functional roads that make life and economic activity possible.
A government must understand that infrastructure is not necessarily about the size of the project; it is about the number of lives and livelihoods it improves.
A new Nigeria is POSSIBLE, and Nigeria will be OK. -PO
We got out of there with a point but it’s the same old problems on and off the ball but we’ll get told Rio is going to play a prominent role on the right and Nyoni is expected to take Curtis’ minutes. Keep shouting & screaming about the negligence in the market thus far because it might get the club to pull their finger out of their arse and back Iraola in the next 9 days.
If you stop talking, you’re part of the problem. #LFC
Nigeria Cannot Become a Killing Field
What is happening to our country?
In recent days, deadly attacks have struck Benue, Plateau and Niger States, three contiguous states in Nigeria’s North-Central region.
In Mangu, Plateau State, at least 23 people were officially reported killed in the Jwak Maitumbi attack, while residents put the toll above 30. More than 45 houses were reportedly destroyed. In Borgu, Niger State, recent attacks reportedly killed over 40 people and abducted more than 100, though the figures remain contested.
This comes amid continuing violence in Benue, where communities face repeated killings, abductions and the destruction of homes and livelihoods.
Nigeria is not officially at war, yet citizens are being attacked in their villages, abducted after prayers, driven from their homes and stripped of their farms.
What is happening in Benue, Plateau and Niger is similar to what is happening elsewhere in the country, with some attacks even going unreported. The violence across these states must no longer be treated as isolated incidents. It is a national security emergency requiring urgent and coordinated action.
I urge governments at all levels to wake up to their responsibility and take urgent and decisive action to end this madness once and for all.
Government must protect vulnerable communities, improve intelligence and rapid-response capabilities, rescue abducted Nigerians, and arrest and prosecute those responsible.
We cannot keep counting bodies after every attack. We must prevent these attacks before they happen.
Protecting lives and property is the most basic duty of government. Nigerians deserve nothing less.
Nigeria must not become a killing field. -PO
Beyond Football: The Match for a Better Nigeria
This weekend, Europe comes alive again with football. Millions of Nigerian youths will be glued to television screens, streaming matches, debating tactics, celebrating victories, and admiring the organisation, discipline, and excellence that make European football the envy of the world. But here is a question worth asking: Why can’t Nigerian football be just as good?
The answer is not a lack of talent. Nigeria has produced world-class footballers who have excelled in Europe because they found systems that reward merit, invest in infrastructure, ensure security, and are governed with competence and accountability. Great football does not exist in isolation. It grows where there is good governance.
The stadiums, academies, transport systems, healthcare, security, electricity, and institutions that support football are products of leaders who make the right choices and citizens who insist on accountability. Nigeria has the talent. What we have lacked is leadership that creates an enabling environment for that talent to flourish.
As I have decided, in the next 150 days, to engage Nigerian youths wherever they gather—in town halls, campuses, online spaces, and even football communities—my message is simple: The future you admire in Europe can be built in Nigeria. But it starts with your vote.
Imagine a Nigeria where our local league is competitive, our stadiums are full every weekend, our clubs attract sponsorship, our coaches receive proper training, and young footballers no longer see emigration as their only path to success.
Nigeria will not emerge through wishful thinking. It will emerge when young Nigerians decide that elections matter as much as football matches. Every goal scored in Europe is a reminder that excellence is possible. Every well-managed league is proof that systems work when honest leadership is in place.
The 2027 presidential election is therefore more than a political contest. It is an opportunity for Nigerian youths to choose the kind of country they want—a nation that exports talent because it is respected, not because its citizens are escaping failed governance.
Cheer for Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter, AC Milan, or any club you support. Enjoy every match. But when the final whistle blows, remember that the greatest match awaiting Nigerian youths is not in Europe. It is in Nigeria.
It is the match for good governance. It is the match for jobs, security, education, sports development, and national renewal. And unlike football, where only twenty-two players are on the pitch, every Nigerian youth has a place in this match.
Stand up. Mobilise. Vote. Defend your vote.
If Nigerian youths can passionately follow European football every weekend, they can also passionately build a Nigeria where our own football—and our nation—becomes a source of pride.
The journey towards better Nigerian football begins with the path to good governance. And the path to good governance begins with the decision of Nigerian youths to stand up and be counted in 2027.
Every weekend, starting today, I will come to you with a reminder of January 16, 2027, and our future. We can create world-class standards right here at home.
It’s in your hands, and that new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
MY ADDRESS TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 2027 PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGNS
21 August 2026
Dear Compatriots,
Members of the Press,
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,
Wednesday, 19 August 2026, marked the official start of the campaign period for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
There is no doubt that this is a defining moment for our democracy. This moment gives Nigerians the opportunity to assess the records, ideas, and plans of those seeking their mandate to lead their country at a time of grave uncertainty in our rapidly changing world.
I consider myself quite privileged to be one of those seeking your mandate to deal with these challenges facing our country.
I enter this contest with one firm conviction: Nigeria can work, and Nigeria must work.
Nigeria faces several serious challenges. Some of them are indeed of existential proportions.
According to the IMF, 63%, or over 140 million Nigerians, live at or below the national poverty line, while humanitarian agencies estimate that 35 million people will need food assistance during the 2026 lean season. About 3.6 million Nigerians remain internally displaced, largely because of conflict and insecurity. Each year, millions of young people enter the labour market, yet too many struggle to find productive opportunities. Weak infrastructure, unreliable power, insecurity, and the excessive cost of doing business continue to burden households and constrain enterprise.
These are more than statistics. They reflect the daily realities of Nigerian families, farmers, workers, students, and businesses.
Yet I do not believe Nigeria lacks the ability to overcome these challenges. We have the people, resources, market, talent, and enterprise. What we must do now is turn these strengths into security, productivity, and shared prosperity.
LEADERSHIP MUST DELIVER RESULTS
My successful private-sector experience, studies in institutions of repute on policy and business matters, and my service as Governor of Anambra State have shaped my understanding of public leadership. Government must manage resources responsibly, set clear priorities, and measure the outcomes of its decisions. Public office is not a reward; it is a responsibility to the people.
In Anambra, I prioritised the foundations of long-term development: education, healthcare, infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and institutional capacity. I do not present that record as perfect, but as an experience from which Nigerians can draw their own conclusions.
Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso brings a different but complementary governing experience.
As Governor of Kano State, he focused strongly on education, technical training, scholarships, infrastructure, and human-capital development. His administration’s investments in education and skills showed an understanding that the people are a state’s most important long-term resource.
Our experiences are different, but our conclusion is the same: Nigeria must invest in its people and manage public resources with discipline.
BUILDING AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS
Nigeria needs more than reactive reforms. We must focus on the questions that matter:
Are Nigerians better off than they were four years ago? Can they afford food, education, and healthcare? Can businesses produce, expand, and create jobs? Can young people find productive work? Can farmers work safely and get their produce to market?
A Nigeria where healthcare is truly prioritized.
H.E. Peter Obi continues to visit nursing schools and colleges across the country, seeing firsthand the challenges facing our healthcare institutions and listening to the people on the frontlines.
With commitment, compassion and purposeful leadership, he leaves them with one assurance: Nigeria will be OK! ✌🏽