A major opponent of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the last presidential election, Peter Obi has offered pieces of useful advice to the president. He also asked Tinubu to travel to all the 36 states of the federation to see how bad the roads are.
In his new year message to Nigerians and to the administration of President Bola Tinubu, the former Anambra State Governor lamented that spent 30% of his time outside Nigeria. He said that around 180 days of the president’s time were spent overseas and the information is a public knowledge.
Obi analysed, “Mr. President, out of the approximately 580 days you have been in office, it is reported that you have spent over 30% or around 180 days, on more than 30 publicly recorded overseas trips.”
He appealed to Tinubu to spend 20% o the new year, 2025 to visit the states spending at least two days in each of them. The president may not be able to heed the advice of Obi considering the level of insecurity in the southeast, northwest, and northeast geopolitical zone of the country. Several states are at the mercy of separatists, bandits and terrorists.
“My appeal is that you dedicate at least 20% of 2025 – roughly 72 days – to visit each of Nigeria’s 36 states for two days each. As President, such visits would give you the opportunity to better understand the dire economic and security situations across the country.”
Obi also asked Tinubu to travel by road so as to observe the pitiable conditions of the roads.
“Endeavour to travel by road to observe the condition of most highways. You can take short trips, for example, from Calabar in Cross River State to Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, a distance of less than 100 km, or from Benin in Edo State to Warri in Delta State. I recall taking President Olusegun Obasanjo on a trip from Awka to Onitsha on a federal highway when I was the Governor of Anambra State.
“That journey prompted him to immediately approve the reconstruction of parts of the road by the Anambra State government, with subsequent reimbursement by the federal government. Such actions are immensely valuable.”
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