My Visit to the Nigerian Air Force Facility
Further to my message yesterday, I visited the Nigerian Air Force facility in Abuja today to formally sign the condolence register following the unfortunate aircraft crash.
The visit gave me another opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices made daily by the men and women of our Armed Forces and other security agencies in the line of duty. These courageous Nigerians put their lives on the line to defend our nation and protect our people. We must never take their service and sacrifice for granted.
I extend my deepest condolences to the Nigerian Air Force and to the families, colleagues, and loved ones of those who lost their lives.
May God grant eternal rest to the departed and give their families the strength and fortitude to bear this painful loss.
May God continue to protect all those who serve our country. -PO
The @pmnewsnigeria , I see that your desperation and those of the @officialABAT’s @NGRPresident’s @NigeriaGov and their officials like @fkeyamo as well as their ruling party @OfficialAPCNg officials like @Morka2Felix, for Oby Ezekwesili’s praise is definitely real.
That’s why 24 hours later, you have failed to delete your manufactured quote-headline “Tinubu has achieved what many doubted in Nigeria’s economy” that you fraudulently attributed to me.
You deliberately lied to the public by crafting and spreading a sentence I never uttered in any form.
And you have persisted in keeping it up on all your social media handles to deceive the public.
Your @pmnewsnigeria exemplifies those among Nigerian journalists and media houses that have willingly and shamelessly sold themselves and their profession to our country’s vile politicians who are destroying the country and people.
I won’t even waste my time suing your rag-sheet @pmnewsnigeria because after all, like-media-like-judiciary in the hands of corrupt politicians who have infected both institutions to a metathesized state with their cancer of corruption. So, no need.
But I know for sure that they will get their comeuppance. Trust me.
When citizens are ready for Good Governance, we will all collectively arise and fight to reclaim our Land and all broken institutions from political hyaenas and their allies. ✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾
Wait...
You mean the 13 months doctors strike in Anambra had nothing to do with salaries or welfare issues...
This is serious.
So, the doctors went on strike because Peter Obi asked them to start accounting for the funding government hospitals received and when they failed, he partnered with churches and the private sector to restore stability in the health sector.
Ambulances and medical equipment were disappearing mysteriously and Obi no gree 😅
This is the same reason they impeached him. They asked him to pad budget, the guy no gree.
Very stubborn politician.
Peter Obi would have fixed your existing roads.
He would have pumped the ₦15 trillion Lagos-Calabar road budget into fixing your electricity challenges. He would have invested subsidy savings in SMEs, education, & healthcare.
Campaign buses won’t replace ambulances.
You know this; I know it; everyone does !!!
After spending 5 days in the Edo gridlock, with no government intervention,
Travelers are now mobilising themselves to fix the bad road.
They are searching around, picking stones and filling up the gully.
A good number of them are doing this in empty stomach. 😭😥
His wave has more than doubled. He will win so much that INEC won't be able to manipulate the results. Nigerians are ready now more than ever. Every push will be met with a pushback. You think his popularity has waned? LOL. A hundred governors won't be able to save you!
“If Governor Sanwo-Olu can travel from Lagos to Osun to support APC with N1 billion, he should pay our pension.”
-Lagos Pensioners protesting unpaid pension arrears by Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat.
If it is not demonic wickedness, why should Lagos owe pensions? https://t.co/0e0OSAVn4S
Nigeria Has Everything It Needs to Prosper
Yesterday, I had the privilege of joining some presidential candidates and their representatives as a guest and panellist at the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Our discussion focused on how to rebuild Nigeria and make it work for its resilient, hardworking, and long-suffering people.
I reiterated my long-held view that the poverty and hunger Nigerians face today are largely the result of years of mismanagement and corruption by leaders entrusted with our commonwealth.
With our vast human and natural resources, Nigeria has no business being associated with extreme poverty and hunger. We have no business importing food when we possess enormous agricultural potential.
With the right investment, policies, and political will, agriculture can become one of Nigeria’s greatest sources of wealth. Northern Nigeria’s vast farmland, in particular, can drive major economic transformation. If countries with fewer resources have transformed their agricultural sectors, Nigeria can feed itself, create millions of jobs, and export food to the world.
On fuel subsidy removal, I remain committed to the position I took in 2023: the subsidy system was riddled with corruption. My approach was to eliminate the corruption, establish the actual subsidy cost, and then carry out a carefully planned, phased removal.
Savings from subsidy removal should have been transparently invested in clearly defined, measurable development priorities, especially agriculture, healthcare, education, poverty reduction, and security. I remain convinced that subsidy removal must deliver real benefits to Nigerians; citizens should not bear higher energy costs while the savings remain unaccounted for or fail to improve their lives. Nigeria must focus its investments on what matters most: food security, healthcare, education, infrastructure, human capital, national security, and unity.
Nigeria has all it needs to prosper. What remains is competent, honest, and purposeful leadership that puts the common good above personal interests.
A New Nigeria is POssible, and Nigeria will be OK. -PO
Nigerians are trying to create a path in the bush so they can travel to their destinations.
This is day 6 of being at Benin expressway to Onitsha.
Spit on this government 😭😭
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
@renoomokri Thieves learning from fellow thieves. When will Africa grow? Foolish fellas like @renoomokri and you defending the stealing going on in this country. It's either you and I support and vote @PeterObi or we will continue to suffer in the hands of these criminals ruling us