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While describing Obi as a bitter politician still smarking from his defeat at the polls in the last election, Onanuga said Obi’s appeal that he had learnt a lot and Nigeria should be entrusted to him, should not be taken seriously, adding that countries need homegrown ideas and policies to survive rather than copycats.

He said President Bola Tinubu has achieved so much in the last two years, saying Obi’s posturing should be taken with a pinch of salt, “coming from a politician who was an abysmal failure in a small state like Anambra, which he governed for 8 years.

Onanuga wrote, “I watched as Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, formally joined the ADC after abandoning the party he had used to pursue his ill-fated presidential ambition.

About three years after the 2023 election, Obi, the wandering politician who moved from APGA to PDP to Labour and now ADC still sounded bitter about coming third.

Onanuga said, Obi continues to claim he was robbed of victory, even though empirical analyses of the poll showed he could not have won and was fortunate to even emerge third because of the anomalous polling figures recorded for him in his South East region.

At his event, Obi’s bitterness was evident. What concerned me most were his references to books, professors, and other nations to buttress his belief that he has learnt from the masters and that Nigeria should be entrusted to him because he claims to know the secrets of national development.

“This posturing should be taken with a pinch of salt, coming from a politician who was an abysmal failure in a small state like Anambra, which he governed for 8 years.

Because Obi sorely lacks the leadership pedigree, beyond being a successful importer, only the madman he consults in Onitsha would be comfortable handing over Nigeria to him,” he said.

The Presidential spokesman said, however, that Obi’s reasoning is flawed as “Nations are not identical, and what worked in Indonesia or the USA may not necessarily work in Nigeria. No leader can move a country forward by simply copying and pasting models from elsewhere. Nations require original thinkers, not copycats. Homegrown solutions are essential for proper development.”

He said this is precisely what President Bola Tinubu has been doing since May 29, 2023 a fact that Obi is too consumed by animosity and his small-mindedness to acknowledge.

According to him, “In less than three years, the Tinubu administration has restructured the economy, eliminated wasteful petrol subsidies, and reduced its dependence on the oil sector. The administration is focusing on gas development and has attracted both foreign and local investment to the industry. Foreign reserves have risen, and the exchange rate has stabilised. Inflation is decelerating.

The administration has also embarked on ambitious road projects, such as the Lagos-Calabar and Sokoto-Badagry superhighways, which Obi and his associates consider impossible.

With tax reforms beginning in January, the Tinubu administration is set to harmonise the historically fragmented tax regime, increase the tax-to-GDP ratio, enhance revenue, and boost prosperity. For the past two years and seven months, Tinubu has demonstrated effective leadership anchored in strategic policies and reforms.

Obi is so blind that he cannot see all these achievements, as he jumped from Labour to ADC, where he will play second fiddle and end up being Atiku’s running mate in 2027, like we witnessed in 2019.

Segunbabba:
https://dailytrust.com/you-failed-as-anambra-gov-presidency-slams-obi/?noamp=available

Chucks13:
He did not only failed he ruined Ansmbra and turned it into a slum.

I kept saying it I wasn't a baby when he was Anambra governor so I knew all that happened when he was the govetnor infact he is the worst Anambra govetnor in history till date.

I'm always in shock when he came out claiming messiah I was line haaa this man of all people?

Seriously it is better Nigetia breaks up than obi to rule Nigeria. He can go and rule over his loved ipob Republic and not Nigeria and not even Biafra I swear.

Ever8090:
They shouldn't have copied Obi's failure...

They should have done their own thing to have a successful administration but "No" they copied Obi's failure

Chucks13:
He did not only failed he ruined Ansmbra and turned it into a slum.

I kept saying it I wasn't a baby when he was Anambra governor so I knew all that happened when he was the govetnor infact he is the worst Anambra govetnor in history till date.

I'm always in shock when he came out claiming messiah I was line haaa this man of all people?

Seriously it is better Nigetia breaks up than obi to rule Nigeria. He can go and rule over his loved ipob Republic and not Nigeria and not even Biafra I swear.

ade4real2016:
Must this guy open his filthy mouth all d time...Allow this guy breath nah...Reno mockery too is not left out...

Chucks13:
He did not only failed he ruined Anambra and turned it into a slum.

I kept saying it I wasn't a baby when he was Anambra governor so I knew all that happened when he was the govetnor infact he is the worst Anambra govetnor in history till date.

I'm always in shock when he came out claiming messiah I was line haaa this man of all people?

Seriously it is better Nigetia breaks up than obi to rule Nigeria. He can go and rule over his loved ipob Republic and not Nigeria and not even Biafra I swear.

See ad he is dribbling his headless followers anyhow. So sad he has used them long ago if even he enter ground they will still follow him enter ground because he already done dem very strong thing.

ade4real2016:
Must this guy open his filthy mouth all d time...Allow this guy breath nah...Reno mockery too is not left out...

Chucks13:
He did not only failed he ruined Anambra and turned it into a slum.

I kept saying it I wasn't a baby when he was Anambra governor so I knew all that happened when he was the govetnor infact he is the worst Anambra govetnor in history till date.

I'm always in shock when he came out claiming messiah I was line haaa this man of all people?

Seriously it is better Nigetia breaks up than obi to rule Nigeria. He can go and rule over his loved ipob Republic and not Nigeria and not even Biafra I swear.

See ad he is dribbling his headless followers anyhow. So sad he has used them long ago if even he enter ground they will still follow him enter ground because he already done dem very strong thing.