Economic Recovery: Peter Obi Tutors Tinubu, Challenges Inflation Reduction Plans
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By Funmilayo Akinyemi/Akure
Former Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has taken President Bola Tinubu to learners over the numerous overseas trips in 2024.
This is even as he challenged Tinubu to explain his plans to reduce inflation in Nigeria from 34.6% to 15% as stated in his new year message to Nigerians.
Obi made this assertion at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, December 2, 2025.
He urged the President to visit each of the 36 states in Nigeria for a period of two days to fully understand their economic situation and insecurities.
He lamented that many Nigerians have become refugees and exiles in their own country.
“Mr President, out of the approximately 580 days (as of December 29, 2024) 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. 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,” he said.
While addressing corruption in the government, the former Governor of Anambra State admonished Tinubu to ensure proper investigations and recovery of funds either missing or stolen from the nation’s treasury.
He urged the him to eliminate corruption through increased transparency and accountability in public procurement and contract award processes.
“The focus should be on eliminating current and future official malfeasance through increased transparency and accountability in public procurement and contract award processes, as well as thorough monitoring of execution to ensure that limited resources are efficiently utilized and applied productively.
“All future borrowing must be tied to regenerative investments and visible, productive assets that benefit the nation.
“This will ensure both productivity and the ability to service and amortize such loans, rather than continuing the current practice of accumulating massive debt with no tangible returns, which places undue strain on future development revenue,” he stated.
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