To keep politicians accountable at the vice-presidential and presidential debate, TheCable is live-checking the supposed facts and figures being bandied by those seeking the highest offices in the land.

The participating parties are; Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Young Progressives Party (YPP).

Peter Obi of the PDP, and APC’s Yemi Osinbajo are debating alongside Ganiyu Galadima of ACPN, Khadijah Abdullahi of ANN and Umma Abdullahi-Getso of YPP.

CLAIM BY OBI: Total loans from the banks in Nigeria is N19trn and only 0.5% goes to SMEs

CHECKED: Unverified.

CLAIM BY OSINBAJO: There is a tax threshold for SMEs, SMEs get to a level before they pay taxes

CHECKED: Verification in progress.

CLAIM BY GALADIMA: AFCTA will not benefit Nigeria

CHECKED: Cannot be proven by facts.

CLAIM BY OBI: African trade today is less than 9 percent

CHECKED: False. Intra-Africa Trade is 16 percent.

CLAIM BY OSINBAJO: Nigeria went down by 64 places under PDP, but has risen by 24 places under APC

CHECKED: True and False. Nigeria went down from 120 to 170 between 2008 and 2015, under PDP rule. Under the APC, ease of doing business has risen from 170 in 2015 to 146 in 2018, according to the World Bank Ease of Doing Business report.

CLAIM BY OBI: Oil give you 80% of foreign exchange earnings

CHECKED: False. According to CBN,

CLAIM BY OBI: To bring out goods from Apapa cost more than it takes to bring goods from Europe

Verification in progress

GALADIMA: We have four refineries in Nigeria, and none is working.

CHECKED: False. The refineries according to NNPC reports are working at sub-optimal levels.

UMMA GESTO: Nigerian Airways was one of the largest in the world

Verification in progress

OBI: Apple Inc’s market cap is bigger than the economy of Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt

CHECKED: Dicey. Apple’s market cap today is $788.57 billion. The economy of these three countries are bigger than Apple. When Apple was $1 trillion a few months ago, it was bigger in dollar terms.

https://www.thecable.ng/live-fact-check-verifying-osinbajo-obi-vice-presidential-candidates-at-2019-poll-debate/amp

I wish election were held tomorrow. Atiku/Obi, it is.

no be cares again for your giberish. what has been said cant be unsaid. Osibanjo took a big L, you dont unL a L.
Next time tell him to come up with solution. The PDP 16years tale is now stale.
Obidiently Atikulated.