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Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to apply to the Federal Government the same advice he recently gave state governors on infrastructure development.


Obi said while the President’s warning against constructing unnecessary flyovers was commendable, the Federal Government was equally pursuing unrealistic and “white-elephant” projects despite the poor state of critical infrastructure across the country.

The former Anambra State governor made the remarks in a statement posted on his X account on Saturday, titled “Rehabilitate Existing Infrastructure Before Embarking on New Projects.”


According to Obi, he has consistently maintained that governments at all levels should prioritise rehabilitating existing infrastructure before initiating new projects that could eventually be abandoned.

He noted that although he had been criticised in the past for canvassing the position, Tinubu’s recent comments to governors had effectively validated his argument.


“The President is, in essence, saying what I have always maintained: government must prioritise projects that directly address the immediate needs of the people,” Obi said.

He added that those who had attacked him for expressing the same view should now direct similar criticism at the President.

Obi, however, argued that Tinubu’s admonition should not be limited to state governments.


According to him, the Federal Government is pursuing several unrealistic and costly projects while many major highways and other critical infrastructure remain in deplorable condition.

He stressed that, given the country’s current fiscal realities, priority should be placed on rehabilitating and completing existing infrastructure rather than embarking on expensive new projects with limited immediate benefits.

The NDC presidential candidate lamented that several highways linking commercial centres and food-producing communities had deteriorated into death traps, warning that neglecting such roads in favour of prestige projects was neith[/b]er economically prudent nor people-centred.

Drawing from his experience as governor of Anambra State, [b]Obi said his administration focused on completing viable projects inherited from previous governments before initiating new ones.

He maintained that government is a continuum and that development should be judged by the completion and usefulness of projects rather than by who initiated them.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/01/abandoned-projects-practise-what-you-preach-peter-obi-tells-tinubu

Tinubu's double standards, double speaking and reliance on propaganda have become the hallmark of his administration.

Imagine criticizing governors for building flyovers and what he describes as white elephant projects, only for him to be building what is now considered the biggest and fraudulent white elephant coastal highway projects in history, engaging in budget padding, and creating fake agencies, inserting it into the national budget.

The irony couldn't be more obvious.

Obi go and face your fake drugs trading, you don't know anything about governernce. You are a disgrace to good governernce as governor of small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state.

I don't think Obi has a political Adviser or may be he does not listen to them. Must he talk all the time?

yarimo:
Obi go and face your fake drugs trading, you don't know anything about governernce. You are a disgrace to good governernce as governor of small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state.

Are you projecting Tinubu the drug criminal on Obi?

yarimo:
Obi go and face your fake drugs trading, you don't know anything about governernce. You are a disgrace to good governernce as governor of small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state.

Just see who's talking about drugs.

yarimo:
Obi go and face your fake drugs trading, you don't know anything about governernce. You are a disgrace to good governernce as governor of small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state.

This guy funny, so in order to make sure you talk against Obi in every post you sees his name, you have to say anything that comes to your mind without issue base argument.
Have you ever come across any of Obi's profile where he is or was a pharmacist? What brought about "fake drugs" on Obi's name or you mistakenly mentioned him instead of your principal in Aso Rock? Oya correct yourself immediately if so.

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to apply to the Federal

yemmight:
I don't think Obi has a political Adviser or may be he does not listen to them. Must he talk all the time?

he’s a Nigerian him me and u have d right to interfere into Nigeria matter everything is not about obi we have to try something new obi or not

Peter Obi tell us your manifestos leave Tinubu alone

See who is talking. Bia, who are this man afvisers? Pls are obi adviser not born before 1999 or what? Cus a man who was the governor for 8 years and did nothing than building Hero Brewery shit.

Obi did you started any project and commissioned it for your miserable 8 years in office?

yemmight:
I don't think Obi has a political Adviser or may be he does not listen to them. Must he talk all the time?

Tinubu did more than this when he was in the opposition.

Far more than what Peter Obi is doing today.

yarimo:
Obi go and face your fake drugs trading, you don't know anything about governernce. You are a disgrace to good governernce as governor of small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state.

When politics is the source of your survival nothing else makes sense

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu's double standards, double speaking and reliance on propaganda have become the hallmark of his administration.

Imagine criticizing governors for building flyovers and what he describes as white elephant projects, only for him to be building what is now considered the biggest and fraudulent white elephant coastal highway projects in history, engaging in budget padding, and creating fake agencies, inserting it into the national budget.

The irony couldn't be more obvious.

Obi is never intelligent. Coastal road was planned since Shagari era and no government have the capacity to embark on it doesn't mean it not needed.

Tinubu talks with critical reasoning while Obi talks before reasoning if at all. Tinubu gave the governors Money and he knows how much to better the life of their citizens not just any project. So he said construct flyovers only where there are traffic issues. Honestly, flyovers is to control traffic not for beautification of cities. Tinubu thinking is the value on the grassroots for electoral gains.

Finally, are u saying coastal, Sokoto road, akwanga keffi and other legacy roads are not necessary. No wonder Obi decided to cut grass instead of building schools.

Said by someome who abandoned onitsha monorail till date

All I know is that obi cannot become the president in 39 years to come

Iyeku:
Peter Obi tell us your manifestos leave Tinubu alone

What is Tinubu manifesto and what chapter are we on it now?

RollinTNDA:
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to apply to the Federal

What's all this? Why are you copying and pasting the 'koko' of this thread?

At your age you're booking space?

Ogun state governor is currently constructing one in Sango ota and Canaanland area (ota). It's a total waste because there's no heavy Traffic in these area to warranty such infrastructure

adenigga:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/01/abandoned-projects-practise-what-you-preach-peter-obi-tells-tinubu

roads like Benin-Ore or Lagos-Ibadan expressway starts breaking down in 2 years. so there is a problem there.

Peter Obi should stop talking, the president never for once since the time of his administration replied him.



He is more like a nuisance than a presidential candidate.

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu's double standards, double speaking and reliance on propaganda have become the hallmark of his administration.

Imagine criticizing governors for building flyovers and what he describes as white elephant projects, only for him to be building what is now considered the biggest and fraudulent white elephant coastal highway projects in history, engaging in budget padding, and creating fake agencies, inserting it into the national budget.

The irony couldn't be more obvious.

Builder of Lagos in the mud

He thinks he is wise and everyone is stupid lol

yarimo:
Obi go and face your fake drugs trading, you don't know anything about governernce. You are a disgrace to good governernce as governor of small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state.

mechonu there jare ! no go find beta work do

How many old road as Tinubu fix since he became president, no be new roads e dey do

Does anyond in APC no what it means to be a Responsible person, do you even have an ideal of what good governance is ...

amalapolitics, baba sope politics, i bought form for everybody i own state allocation politics una dey play

From the one who spent 8 years cutting grass at Igbariam .
After cutting the grass at the state university, he put the same university for 7 months strike.

Peter Hobi , the Pandora fraud has no shame

yarimo:
Obi go and face your fake drugs trading, you don't know anything about governernce. You are a disgrace to good governernce as governor of small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state.

Why fooling urself? Everyone already knows the real drug lord with evidence.

adenigga:
Drawing from his experience as governor of Anambra State, [b]Obi said his administration focused on completing viable projects inherited from previous governments before initiating new ones.

Someone should please show us the new infrastructural projects Peter Obi initiated and completed in his 8 year tenure while he was the governor in Anambra state. Those projects today should be counted as his legacy projects. We need pictures pls and we also need to know the state or conditions of the project today.

Let's start from there.

It's not enough to make comments on just about anything simply because you want to maintain relevance and visibility.

Waiting pls......!

The grasscuter, the bush clearer

See who is talking. Bia, who are this man afvisers? Pls are obi adviser not born before 1999 or what? Cus a man who was the governor for 8 years and did nothing than building Hero Brewery shit.

Obi did you started any project and commissioned it for your miserable 8 years in office?..

See who is talking. Bia, who are this man afvisers? Pls are obi adviser not born before 1999 or what? Cus a man who was the governor for 8 years and did nothing than building Hero Brewery shit.

Obi did you started any project and commissioned it for your miserable 8 years in office?....

Advice that won't be taken.

adenigga:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/01/abandoned-projects-practise-what-you-preach-peter-obi-tells-tinubu