Peter Obi knocks Tinubu over claim of inheriting liabilities from Buhari

Peter Obi knocks Tinubu over claim of inheriting liabilities from Buhari

 The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi,
has reacted to the claim by President Bola Tinubu that his government inherited
liabilities from his immediate predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.

 

Recall that Tinubu had, while meeting with the
Vice-President (Country Programs) of the Islamic Development Bank, Mansur
Muhtar, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, last week, said his administration “inherited
serious liabilities” when it took over power on May 29.

 

Reacting, Peter Obi, in a statement on Thursday, questioned
why Tinubu failed to give details of the liabilities inherited from the
previous government.

 

According to the former Anambra governor, whatever the
administration inherited should be made known to the general public, saying a
responsible government should be transparent and accountable.

 

The statement reads, “I just read yesterday a widely
publicized story from the present APC-led Federal Government saying that they
inherited a bankrupt nation from their predecessor APC administration. However,
the report failed to disclose what they inherited, which had qualified us for
bankruptcy status.

 

“One major characteristic of responsible governance is
transparency and strict accountability.

 

“This demands that the government disclose exactly the
degree of deficit they inherited. What is inherited should be disclosed to let
the public know where we are and where we are headed”.

 

Obi recalled that the immediate past government of the
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, made a similar claim in 2015 when it
took over power from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

 

He lamented that despite the claims, the Buhari
administration failed to improve on what it inherited, stressing that it left
the country with a heavier debt burden.

 

“Instead, they took our debt profile from N12.6 Trillion in
2015 to N87 trillion in 2023 when they left office without improving on any
indices of development: Education, Health, Poverty eradication, and Security.

 

“The nation’s condition on every development index got
worse, leading to the present sad state. Nigerians know things are bad, and
they experience it daily.

 

“What they now want to hear regularly are measurable and
verifiable steps to improve the situation”, the statement added.

Source: Peter Obi knocks Tinubu over claim of inheriting liabilities from Buhari

 - NigerianEye

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