The presidential candidate of Labour party, Mr. Peter Obi was recently at the Chatham House in The United Kingdom

Here are some of his claims and fact about there correctness

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, delivered a presentation on Monday, 16 January 2023, at Chatham House in the United Kingdom (UK), speaking on how he intends to govern Nigeria if elected as president in next month’s election.

Themed “Nigeria’s 2023 elections: A vision for policy change and institutional reforms,” Mr Obi spoke and answered questions on issues ranging from poverty, education, economy, energy, oil and gas, insecurity, and restructuring.

The former governor of Anambra State has come top in at least three opinion polls on the presidential election.

This fact-check examines ten claims made by Mr Obi in his speech at the Chatham House London.

Claim 1
Claim: Labour Party presidential candidate claimed that apart from Venezuela, Nigeria is the only OPEC nation not meeting its Quota.

Verification: Latest data obtained from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) shows that from September to December 2022, none of the OPEC member countries met its production quota. The OPEC member countries are Algeria, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Venezuela.

Verdict: False.

Source: OPEC production data and monthly oil market report.

Claim 2
Claim: Nigeria’s average life expectancy is about 50-something years, and the global average is 72 years.
Verification: World Bank’s latest (2020) data on life expectancy show that Nigeria’s average life expectancy is 55 years, and the global average is 72.9 years. Similarly, the United Nations World Population Prospects (UN WPP) report shows that life expectancy is 72 years.
Verdict: True

Source: World Bank, UN WPP

Claim 3:
Claim: 63 per cent of Nigerians are poor.

Verification: Last November, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Bureau of Statistics, published the results of the 2022 “Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey,” saying 63 per cent of Nigerians (133 million people) are multidimensionally poor.

Verdict: True

Source: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Claim 4:
Claim: Nigeria has about 60 per cent of youth unemployment.

Verification: The latest data on the NBS dashboard shows that Nigeria has 42.5 per cent youth unemployment.

Verdict: False

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Claim 5:
Claim: Peter Obi claimed he was awarded the Best governor in Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).
Verification: Reports show that in August 2014, Mr Obi won the award for Mainstreaming the MDGs into Anambra State Development Agenda, 2006-2014. The award was presented to him at a Presidential Summit in Transcorp Nicon Hotel, Abuja.
Verdict: True
Source: Daily Independent and Vanguard

Claim 6:
Claim: There are 20 million out-of-school children in Northern Nigeria.
Verification: The total number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is estimated at 20 million, according to the latest global data on out-of-school children published in September 2022 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Therefore, Mr Obi’s claim that northern Nigeria accounts for 20 million out-of-school children in the country is false.

Verdict: False

Source: UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) and Premium Times report.

Claim 7:
Claim: Seven local governments of Niger State are under the control of bandits.
Verification: Last year, the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, revealed that seven out of the 25 local governments in the state are frequently under attack by bandits and terrorists. Multiple newspapers also reported that seven local governments of Niger state are under constant attack by bandits.
Verdict: True

Source: Thisday and The Punch newspaper

Claim 8:
Claim: Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in 2015 was $2,550

Verification: A review of World Bank’s data shows that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 2015 stood at $2,679, contradicting Mr Obi’s claim.

Verdict: False

Source: World Bank

Claim 9
Claim: Nigeria’s total health budget was below N2.5 trillion from 2015 – 2021

Verification: A review of Nigeria’s health budget from 2015 – 2021 shows that the federal government allocated N2.50 trillion to the health sector.

Verdict: Inaccurate

Source: Budget office of the Federation, Premium Times, and The Punch newspaper

Claim 10:
Claim: “As of 2015, Nigeria’s total debt stock is about N15 trillion. But today (January 2023), with CBN ways and means, we owe over N75 trillion.” Mr Obi claimed.

Verification: Nigeria’s public debt in December 2015 stood at N12.6 trillion, according to official data from Nigeria’s Debt Management Office. By September 2022, the Nigerian government’s domestic and foreign debts rose to N44 trillion. On the other hand, the CBN’s loans to the federal government stood at N23.8 trillion cumulatively. Therefore, Nigeria’s total debt combined with CBN’s loans is N67.8 trillion, not over N75 trillion, as claimed by Mr Obi.

Verdict: False

Source: Debt Management Office and Premium Times.

Ok

Peter lies too much!

He knows his base are illiterates, so he just dishes out false figures and statistics to them.

I don’t know what it will cost him to build on facts and the truth.

That’s how he went to Egypt to see how they generate power, not knowing that Siemens who deployed solution comes from Germany. Same time overshot the runway cos he never knew Nigeria’s power problem was not generation but transmission.

Dude should have been created as a Kangaroo . He jumps too much!

Lootocratic face of Nigeria & weird thougths of Gazelle gaganrajas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4hEU-yldo

CoronaVirusRelo:
Peter lies too much!

He knows his base are illiterates, so he just dishes out false figures and statistics to them.

You dull
If its easy to remember things u for nor dey nairaland
Obi is a master to even try to have all these figures in his memory
You will be a fool to expect him to remember the exact of everything
The real liars are the people that promised u in 2015 everything and end up doing nothing but rather making things worst, here u are still campaigning for them but calling Obi a liar because of little inaccuracy in figures.
You case is worst than Tinubu.
Na only Yoruba people dey support Tinubu

Nawa oo

I wish the dead wood of APC can make his own claims as well.

Victorclean1:
I wish the dead wood of APC can make his own claims as well.

Silence is golden!

It’s better to be quite, than dishing out lies!

He was very close even on the ones he got wrong. Brilliant mind.

Peter Obi may have made some claims about some information that are false or inaccurate, the fact is that you can't take away his sound knowledge of most of the problems bedevillong this beleaguered nation and his implementable solutions to them.

rippa:

You dull
If its easy to remember things u for nor dey nairaland
Obi is a master to even try to have all these figures in his memory
You will be a fool to expect him to remember the exact of everything
The real liars are the people that promised u in 2015 everything and end up doing nothing but rather making things worst, here u are still campaigning for them but calling Obi a liar because of little inaccuracy in figures.
You case is worst than Tinubu.
Na only Yoruba people dey support Tinubu

Nawa oo

. I beg o. I be youruba and don't ever associate me with that were

CoronaVirusRelo:
Peter lies too much!

He knows his base are illiterates, so he just dishes out false figures and statistics to them.

I don’t know what it will cost him to build on facts and the truth.

That’s how he went to Egypt to see how they generate power, not knowing that Siemens who deployed solution comes from Germany. Same time overshot the runway cos he never knew Nigeria’s power problem was not generation but transmission.

Dude should have been created as a Kangaroo . He jumps too much!

did you know anything about all this he claimed?? A 60yrs old+ man is at least current with all this , but you? Lol what do you know

A few underestimation of numbers is still better than being busted for being a bag man for a drug cartel and forced to forfeit $460k. At least Obi is talking about current problems bedeviling the country while the other one feels like dancing The other one commandeered land meant for school of nursing for his private media station. Is that not witchcraft ? The other one had to settle his Alpha Beta multi billion naira heist out of court because Dapo Apara's gengen pressing was relentless. Tell the other one aka emilokan to stand for a live interview at TVC for over an hour where he'll definitely have to quote his own figures, let us see the magic he'll perform. Agbado îmbeciles are very useless

Vote Tinubu for president 2023