₦airaland Forum

ElSudani:
I am resisting the temptation to say what I really think about your comment.
Steal his ideas?
What does it cost a true patriot to say his ideas if he believes it can help his country?
Obi is just another power hungry politician who doesn't give a damn about anything other than his own ambitions.

ElSudani:
How exactly is he going to do that or he is keeping it to his chest as usual ?
Empty promises with no real sensible path to actualization.
Another lie for his simple minded followers.

seunmsg:
After reading the part in bold, it would be a shame if I engage you further. Thanks for wasting my time.

givedmwotowoto:
Is it true or just some mischevious misquote for propaganda by some blogger?

Pat Utomi is an economist.

I believe fight against corruption in the oil sector could bring down the price of Petrol by up to 50%

I also believe that investing trillions in the production sector could lower current prices by over 50% within the first 2 years in office.

But I'll hear from Pat Utomi directly if this isn't some misinformation by a blogger

Peter Obi will crash dollar to N500, slash bread to N800, rice to N27,500 if elected — Pat Utomi vows

Political economist Pat Utomi has said the presidential campaign of Peter Obi and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) is proposing to strengthen the naira to N500 against the dollar if elected in 2027.

Utomi disclosed this in a post on X, explaining that the exchange-rate target forms part of the party’s economic blueprint aimed at tackling inflation, reducing poverty and restoring Nigerians’ purchasing power.

According to him, the proposed naira appreciation would be supported by investments in security, electricity and road infrastructure, as well as structural reforms designed to make the economy more competitive.

He projected that the plan could trigger significant reductions in the prices of essential commodities.

Under the proposed programme, a loaf of sliced bread currently selling for about N1,750 could fall to N800, while a 50kg bag of imported rice could drop from N55,000 to N27,500.

A medium-sized yam, he said, could reduce from N2,400 to N1,200, while a 50kg bag of maize could decline from N75,000 to N37,500. Plantain could fall from N2,500 to N1,250, while a whole chicken could drop from N7,000 to N3,500.

Utomi also projected that a dozen eggs could sell for N1,150 instead of N2,300, while a painter of garri could drop from N1,300 to N650. He added that petrol and cement would also become cheaper.

“We are convinced that targeting a strategic appreciation of the exchange rate by reasonably strengthening it from ₦1,350/$ to ₦500/$ as part of our manifesto is a winning strategy,” he said.

“It offers a direct, multi-faceted approach to curbing inflation, reducing poverty, and lowering the cost of living.”

Utomi added that the proposal represents the party’s “concrete plan to uplift the 140 million Nigerians currently experiencing multi-dimensional poverty.”

However, he did not state when the N500/$ target would be achieved or provide details of the monetary and fiscal measures required to sustain such an appreciation.

BATified2023:
shebi u said the north don't want Tinubu right?

So these ones are from Yugoslavia?

Peterobiisathie:
How is Peter Obi going to raise the funds needed for his campaign when all his potential Donors are locked up in prisons around the world?

FSBoperator:
He washes airplane toilets

He serves food at occasions

He acts as porter to celebrities by carrying their bags through airline checking

He is now Rambo to the rescue.

zoedew:
Interesting! The fraud knows that the secret service and best practice state protocols will never allow a sitting President to do that! That’s why President Obama was not at Abbotabad real-time killing Osama but inside the cosy and secure White House bunker watching the operation live on secured com screen. Generals are never found at the front lines. It is game over the moment The King ventures out to the frontlines on the Chess Board. Peter Gregory Obi The Liar and Fraudulent One knows all that! He is just whining his delusional crowd!

2027:If they kidnap our children, I will enter the bush with them—Presidential candidate Peter Obi vows to personally join rescue efforts if elected President

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has vowed to take a hands-on approach to insecurity, saying he would personally join efforts to rescue Nigerians abducted by criminals if elected president in 2027.

Speaking at a town hall meeting in Enugu State on Thursday, Obi said Nigeria needed a president who would be active, accountable and directly involved in tackling the country’s challenges.

“If there is a general bush, I will be in that bush with them,” he declared.

“As President of Nigeria, I will unite Nigeria. As President of Nigeria, I will secure Nigeria. We will deal with insecurity. I will not be president and somebody will k+dnap our children; we will enter the bush together.”

Obi, who has been touring different states ahead of the 2027 elections, said Nigerians were battling hunger, unemployment and insecurity.

“Today, our country is suffering. Today, people are hungry. Our children do not have employment. Today, Nigeria is not secured,” he said.

He also challenged President Bola Tinubu to tour the country and explain his administration’s performance, including how borrowed funds have been spent.

“Our President must come and account for three years he’s been in office. He cannot stay in Abuja, and want us to vote for him. No! This job requires energy, requires travel,” Obi said.

“As President of Nigeria, we will put emergency on corruption. People must stop stealing public money. Public money must be used for public good,” he said.

Obi urged Nigerians not to support him based on ethnicity, insisting, “Don’t vote for me, because I’m an Igbo man. Please, I’m asking for your vote because I’m the most qualified to be President of Nigeria.”

TonyeBarcanista:
Omenka, my brother... loooong time

SeverusSnape:
ThieffffNUBU is a drug sniffing vagabond. Start crying

TimeMachine2:
Look at how scanty this thread is? They thought this 2023 that the agulu packaged fraud used religion to deceive them.

Amalekki:
So what's the qualitative cost of not embarking on those projects while you have $90bn sitting the bank as savings?

Some of you should never be near any conversation on macroeconomics. Just stick with your gala trading strategies

'If leaders left public funds in banks, Nigeria would be so be so rich by now that we would not know what to do with the money'

- NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi

Video Credit : Okwute // X pic.twitter.com/BTxG04h2bq

— Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews) October 28, 2026

SeverusSnape:
What is the mindset of your own bed wetting drug pushing presidential candidate??

A failed thing, We have seen his own "mindset" and it's a monumental failure. Mtcheeww

“In Nigeria, because it’s a criminalized place, the criminals will always come together to show what the honest person did. So in Nigeria, to be honest is to be a criminal. To be a criminal is to be honest.”

If Leaders Had Left Public Funds In Banks, Nigeria Would Be So Rich By Now That We Would Not Know What To Do With The Money — Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has spoken about public funds, accountability and his record in education during a radio interview with Option FM in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

Speaking about money left in three different banks that generated interest, Obi said:

“I wish everybody in this country left money in the bank they have interest. Nigeria would have been so rich that we don’t know what to do with money.”

He further stated:

“In Nigeria, because it’s a criminalized place, the criminals will always come together to show what the honest person did. So in Nigeria, to be honest is to be a criminal. To be a criminal is to be honest.”

He added that if all Nigerian leaders had been leaving money in banks, the country would have accumulated so much wealth that it would not know what to do with it.

Speaking about his record as Anambra State governor, Obi said:

“I was the best in education, basic education as a governor. You can go and check the records. Oyeka Nweko is coming number one.”

He further stated that Professor Kole from Oxford University had visited Anambra State to witness the tremendous change in education.

'If leaders left public funds in banks, Nigeria would be so be so rich by now that we would not know what to do with the money'

- NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi

Video Credit : Okwute // X pic.twitter.com/BTxG04h2bq

— Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews) October 28, 2026