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Building a New Nigeria
Yesterday, Saturday, 14th February, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, I attended the meeting of the ADC and the Obidient Movement. In my address at the gathering, I emphasised the importance of unity, calling on all of us to work together as one family toward the common goal of building a new Nigeria.
Nigeria must be led by leaders who are competent, compassionate, and committed — leaders who prioritise development, security, education, healthcare, poverty reduction, and creating opportunities for our youth. Our politics must shift from mere consumption to production, harnessing our nation’s resources to generate wealth and prosperity for all.
But achieving this requires a renewal of character and accountability. Those who aspire to be called “honourable” must truly act honourably; those who seek to be addressed as “His Excellency” must embody excellence; and those who aim to be “distinguished” must live distinguished lives. Let this be the standard for our leaders and a guiding principle for all citizens committed to the nation's progress.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
“We are here, this is the premises of the NASS. We went in, we presented the complain of over 250 million Nigerians. What we are saying is, we must have free & fair elections. Today, we are telling Nigerians that we have submitted their demands. Without e-transmission, there is no trust in the electoral process.”
~Aisha Yesufu & Other protesters submit Electoral Reform Petition to the Senate, demanding mandatory real-time e-transmission of results
FISCAL RECKLESSNESS
With the announcement that the Nigerian Senate is likely to approve the 2026 National Budget on March 17, every Nigerian is asking an important question: which budget will Nigeria use this year? Will it be the budgets for 2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026, or some combination of all these years? It is worth noting that as of last year, in our government, implementation of budget items from the 2023, 2024, and 2025 budgets was in a unique approach to budgeting, which continues to perpetuate a trend of fiscal recklessness.
President Tinubu inherited a legally signed N21.83 trillion budget for 2023. A few months after taking office, he presented a N2.17 trillion supplementary budget that faced widespread criticism for prioritising benefits for public office holders at a time when Nigerians were enduring painful economic reforms without a credible social protection framework. Instead of restoring fiscal discipline, the President repeatedly expanded the 2023 budget without a clearly defined end date.
The pattern persisted with the passage of a N35.06 trillion budget for 2024 and a N54.99 trillion budget for 2025. In less than three years, President Tinubu has exercised appropriation powers over more than N114 trillion in public spending. Yet, the government has failed to achieve even fifty per cent budget implementation, exposing a profound crisis of budget credibility. Alarmingly, until mid-2025, Nigeria was effectively operating with about three overlapping budgets, without clear legal or fiscal guidance on when each one expired or began. No serious country manages its budgets or fiscal operations in such a manner.
Even more troubling is the government’s opaque decision to repeal the 2024 and 2025 budgets and re-enact them with extended implementation timelines. Nigerians have not seen these re-enacted budgets, and there is no public information regarding the specific capital projects included or their associated costs. This is not reform; it represents fiscal obscurity elevated to the level of state policy.
The proposed 2026 budget, despite still lacking critical details, indicates that the administration has no intention of addressing the structural weaknesses at the core of Nigeria’s public finance system.
This lack of transparency is not accidental; it reflects a deliberate pattern of undermining public scrutiny and debate. The Federal Government has stopped publishing treasury reports on the https://t.co/5LPWiKwodE portal, dismantling a vital transparency framework inherited from the previous administration. In 2025, no budget implementation report was released, regardless of how poor the performance was!
No nation can operate with such recklessness and succeed.
Every effort must be made to quickly return Nigeria to the January-December budget cycle that was inherited and mismanaged by the current government. This change would enhance effective planning and tracking, promote transparency and accountability, and foster sustainable growth and development.
A new Nigeria is POssible! -PO
It is an honour to serve on the National membership, mobilization and registration committee under the leadership of Alhaji Kashim Imam.
We have a lot of work ahead of us.
My motivation is the fact that Nigerians are ready for us.
We will give our all to mobilize and build the most robust structure Nigeria has ever seen.
A structure that is off the people, owned by the people and an extension of the people.
As an Obidient, and I am certain I am speaking for the entire movement when I say that we’re not just trying to win an election. No! What we want to do is to change the course of this nation so that our children - and their children after them - inherit a country worth calling home.
Also that if there’s one man who’s shown genuine intent to lead us in that much needed direction with clean and transparent hands, that man is H.E. Mr. Peter Gregory Obi. And that’s where it ends.
Peter Obi - An Idea whose time has come.
A New Nigeria is POssible 🇳🇬
#PeterObiIsComing
#PeterObiOrNothing
Dear Nigerians,
This is not the time for campaigns. Peter Obi is more interested in seeing Nigeria work. He is not bothered about APC & their panic attacks.
Let’s not speculate, but rather wait for our candidate to declare his next move. Trust that Peter will speak when the time is right.
HE ALONE WILL HAVE OUR VOTES!