Obafemi Seyi Peter.

@IFRA_Nigeria Research Fellow/ Community Manager/International Education Consultant/ Political Science/-Its Electioneering Campaign Season, engage with logic!

[Obafemi Seyi Peter. @bafem210]

Financial stability before 30 is all I am working towards.

[Mundus @mundus01]

I noticed a major vulnerability in the @inecnigeria IReV portal that can affect the 2027 General election and reached out to them with detailed information. It has now been three days, and I have even sent a follow-up, but I have received no acknowledgment, not even a simple “Received.”

More concerning, nothing appears to have been done to address the vulnerability I discovered.

[gst @wearegst]

Nigeria is deteriorating, but Tinubu continues to claim it's improving.

[Ibeh @masurge7]

Someone's catfish worth millions were all dead in a five days gridlock on that Federal Road in Benin..

Such a person doesn't need Google or IMF to tell him his President is a failure

[Ife Salako @ifesalakooffice]

President and Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2027.

Ire o✌🏾

[Godswill Essien @Goddy_Essien]

Why This Septuagenarian Is Investing in Peter Obi’s Presidency

At 74, I have lived long enough to know the difference between politics as entertainment and politics as a matter of national survival.

I have watched Nigeria move from promise to disappointment, from abundance to scarcity, from hope to cynicism. I have seen governments come and go, heard magnificent campaign promises, watched politicians reinvent themselves at election time, and witnessed citizens repeatedly vote for the same failed political formula while expecting a different outcome.

That is why, as a septuagenarian, my support for Peter Obi's presidency is not an emotional investment. It is an investment in the possibility that Nigeria can still change the trajectory of its political leadership.

I am not investing in a messiah. Nigeria does not need one.

I am investing in competence, prudence, accountability, human capital and a different philosophy of governance.

I Have Lived Long Enough to Know That Time Matters

At my age, I cannot afford the luxury of pretending that Nigeria has unlimited time.

The young can perhaps afford another decade of experimentation with incompetent leadership. My generation cannot. We have already spent decades watching Nigeria squander opportunities that other countries seized.

We have seen countries that were behind us economically overtake us. We have watched nations without our oil, population, arable land and enormous human resources build functioning economies.

The question, therefore, is no longer whether Nigeria has potential.

The question is why we have consistently failed to convert that potential into prosperity.

For me, one major answer is leadership.

Why Obi?

My attraction to Peter Obi is fundamentally about his apparent understanding that government is not a theatre for political grandeur; it is an instrument for improving the lives of citizens.

His current campaign agenda places emphasis on education, healthcare, agriculture, energy, security, human capital development, production and institutional reform. He has also spoken repeatedly about reducing the cost of governance and insisting that public resources produce measurable value.

Those are not glamorous promises.

They are, however, the boring fundamentals upon which serious nations are built.

And after decades of watching Nigeria chase political spectacle while neglecting fundamentals, I have become particularly interested in the boring stuff.

Schools. Hospitals. Electricity. Roads. Agriculture. Manufacturing. Security. Jobs. Institutions.

That is where national development actually happens.

I Am Investing in a Philosophy, Not a Personality

Peter Obi is not infallible. I do not subscribe to the idea that because I support a politician, I must defend everything he says or does.

That is precisely the mentality Nigeria must escape.

I will support Obi where I believe he is right, question him where I believe he is wrong and demand accountability if he eventually occupies Aso Rock.

My support is therefore not a blank cheque.

It is a conditional investment.

The condition is simple:

«Give Nigerians government that works, and Nigerians will judge you by the results.»

Obi has also argued that four years should be sufficient for a serious leader to demonstrate whether his administration is capable of changing the country's direction.

I find that proposition particularly compelling.

Nigeria does not need another administration asking for eight years before Nigerians can see results.

We have waited long enough.

The Greatest Investment Must Be in Nigerians

And a president who understands that public resources belong to the people can begin restoring something Nigeria desperately needs:

trust.

My Septuagenarian Investment

So why is this septuagenarian investing in Peter Obi's presidency?

Because after 74 years, I have learned that the most expensive thing a nation can lose is not money.

It is time.

[Everest @novieverest]

Peter Obi is not treating 2027 like 2023.
From PO's official account.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Son Of Ayo @TheAjakeManger]

When Peter Obi talked about the situation in July, your likes were everywhere foaming in the mouth like demented lizards.

[AMB. SERAH IBRAHIM @TheSerahIbrahim]

Dear Chief Tinubu,

It’s 145 days to the Presidential Election.
145 days for Nigerians to remind you of your many failures.

On February 26, 2024, your administration approved the implementation of the Oronsaye Report.

You publicised it and patted yourselves for the implementation. Then on March 8, 2024, you inaugurated an 11 member implementation committee, giving them 12 weeks to act.
I guess those 12 weeks are yet to come in the “Tinubu’s Calendar”, because 2 years later, there’s still no update or implementation.

Infact, 2 years later, there are now even more agencies, some even alleged to be fake, like the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) and National Brands Development, all under your “watchful eye” .

We don’t even understand what the Ministry of Livestock Development does but they have received ₦81.19 billion from our National revenue.

Ministry of Regional Development got ₦27.23 billion, Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & Creative Economy got ₦70.30 billion, Ministry of Steel Development received ₦21.52 billion

This year, about ₦1.13 trillion has gone to most agencies the Oronsaye Report was supposed to end.

₦1.13 TRILLION.

The Oronsaye Report recommended a total abolition of the National Productivity Centre. Yet, the 2026 budget provided ₦110.68 billion for it.

Why should Nigerians continue to make sacrifices while government continues to squander resources?

If an agency should be abolished, abolish it.
If two agencies perform the same function, merge them.

The Oronsaye Report recommended merging EFCC, ICPC and CCB to eliminate overlapping functions, yet these agencies are still separately functioning and unnecessarily dragging cases like that of Mallam El-Rufai.

Your administration has had more than two years since approving its implementation.
That is enough time.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 12-WEEK DEADLINE?

This is yet another failure.
STEP ASIDE.

[Obafemi Seyi Peter. @bafem210]

@iam_Shezie Mad people everywhere, they will defend anything, àwọn eleriibu

[Nyx @mnenaaaa]

Me in 2045 after my nieces and nephews ask for 75000 to buy biscuit cos APC is still in power

[Osarogie Ogbonmwan @Osarogieee]

While this is going on, the govt is setting up campaign council 👍

[16 @Josh__IK]

The governor of this state (Delta) said his number one priority is ensuring Tinubu wins in Delta state 😂😂😂

Una never see anything

[Agent Jake @Hitee_]

It’s just common sense , you build a coalition around the most popular candidate , a candidate that elicit hope and a deviation from the norm but it seems everyone is insane .

[Political Farmer @HMikegold]

This is to notify the general public that this video content containing road project in Oyo State is the picture and video of the ongoing Ibadan Circular road project embarked upon by GSM of Oyo State and not the project of PBAT

Thank you for your understanding 🙏🙏🙏

[Abu Amir @SadiqMaunde]

Cement went from N3500 to N13,500,

But hey, vote for Tinubu because governors are now getting huge allocation.

God go take una!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

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

[High Chief Odumegwu 🪶 @Odumegwu_]

You can’t out hustle a system meant to kill you and your efforts

Tufiakwa

[Abu Amir @SadiqMaunde]

So APC people are now telling us to vote for Tinubu because FAAC has increased?

You want me to ignore the fact that a bag of “pure water” went from N100 to N500 just because my governor is now earning well?

All of you are mad!

[Cross˚ @Elkrosmediahub]

Lagos under Tinubu as governor VS Nigeria under Tinubu as President.

[Anambra 1st son @UchePOkoye]

This is a deliberate sabotage of the Eastern Economy corridor (EEC).

Many of you will not understand this tweet.

But the Nigerian state is deliberate in their attempt to strangulate the EEC.