Obi accuses Tinubu of neglecting Imo, cites insecurity, poverty.
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The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of neglecting Imo State, alleging that the President has not spent a night in the state since assuming office despite spending more than 260 days abroad.
In a statement posted on his X handle on Sunday, Obi said he had earlier visited a market in Owerri, where he interacted with traders, buyers and other residents about their economic challenges.
He said their accounts reflected the difficulties ordinary Nigerians were facing under the economic policies of the Tinubu administration. At the town hall meeting, the former Anambra State governor criticised the Federal Government over what he described as rising national debt without corresponding improvements in citizens’ living conditions. He also raised concerns about poverty, hunger, insecurity and out-of-school children, claiming that more than 140 million Nigerians were living in multidimensional poverty, while approximately 18 million children were out of school. Obi further described Nigeria as one of the world’s most terrorised countries, arguing that the country was facing multiple economic and security challenges.
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