The man for the job today is Peter Obi. And I'll tell you why - based on their antecedents and the Nigeria we have today.
As Governor of Lagos, Tinubu significantly increased the state's IGR through aggressive tax reforms and improved tax collection. He also fought the Federal Government over local government allocations.
Fast forward to today, we can all see his instinct for growing government revenue: more taxes, more borrowing, and higher government spending.
Peter Obi took a different path in Anambra.
Instead of aggressively taxing people, he focused on fiscal discipline, reducing waste, attracting investment, and creating an environment where businesses could grow.
His administration supported investments such as SABMiller's brewery in Anambra and encouraged indigenous businesses like Innoson.
He paid down debts, kept the state among the least indebted in Nigeria at the time, and left substantial cash and investment assets - including cash, foreign currency and bonds - for his successor.
Now compare that with where Nigeria is today.
Taxes have increased.
The cost of governance has increased.
Public debt has continued to rise.
Billions have been spent on luxury items, foreign trips, presidential aircraft, vehicles and other government comforts, while millions of Nigerians struggle with inflation, insecurity, poor electricity and collapsing purchasing power.
If a country is short of money, leadership demands prioritisation and prudence - not expanding the cost of government while asking citizens to endure more hardship.
Peter Obi's record points to prudence, investment, lower waste, debt reduction and saving for the future.
Based on that record alone, Peter Obi is the better candidate for the Nigeria we need today.
@HonShield BAT, Akpabio, senators, reps, DSS, police - are all threats to national security and progress. This is how porous and decadent we have become. No wonder armed 'bandits' pick us out with ease.
@HonShield@aonanuga1956 Is the agency legitimately founded? If so, when? If not, how come a budget allocated to it was passed by the national Assembly and the presidency?
That PFIPC Boss deserved an award. If he was able to deceive Chief of Staff to create the PFIPC office, then went further to deceive the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoSF) to secure office in their building at federal secretariat and again deceived the Office of the Accountant General Of the Federation (OAGF) to obtain letter to open accounts with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He didn’t stop there, he took the letter from OAGF and deceived the CBN to opened accounts there for his Office and then went to National Assembly, defended their budget and N1.3bn was inserted into the appropriation law for them under the budget of the Presidency. You can’t have your office in the federal secretariat without HoSF approval. So during all that’s processes, nobody detected it, security agencies did not know. So, FG is telling us that anybody can open an office under the presidency and operate seamlessly. Honestly, the boss deserves an award “Best Deceiver of the Year”. Even the SGF didn’t know the office exists.
These guys do not rate Nigerians at all. I read presidential spokesperson’s epistle on X and was shocked to my bones how these guys have degraded the Presidency. As usual, the moment the PFIPC boss alledged that 48% of their allocation was demanded by Chief of Staff, everyone of them denied that they don’t know the office.
Let me ask: if an office is illegally opened as an arm of the Presidency, do you think the person who opened such office under APC will still be free to be responding to them? No way! That’s impersonation and criminal offense. Have they shutdown the office? If yes, when? How did N1.3bn appropriation enter the budget for them. Every MDAs have budget code with which they use to prepare their appropriation with Budget Office of the Federation (BOF). How did they get their code to key in their budget proposals into BOF system?. Make dem dey play!