The All Progressives Congress has accused former Governor of Anambra State Peter Obi of inciting Nigerians against President Bola Tinubu, particularly with his claim that the President had failed to address the worsening economic and security challenges in his first 18 months in office.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Obi urged the President to consider using facilities like the National Hospital in Abuja or any of the Federal Medical Centres across the country for his medical needs.
APC’s spokesperson, Felix Morka, in a statement said Obi was being hypocritical with his New Year’s message which he said was ‘misleading and appears intended to score cheap political points.’
Obi had in his New Year message accused Tinubu of spending 180 days during his foreign trips to about 16 countries at the detriment of developments issues in Nigeria since becoming president.
He told Tinubu to spend more time visiting the states, universities, national and regional hospitals and other government and public facilities to gain firsthand experience ad find solution to the.
Obi asked Tinubu seek his health solutions in Nigerian hospitals to assess their readiness to offer such to Nigerians just as the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate asked Tinubu to aggressively tackle corruption holistically.
Morka said the claim portrayed the former governor as a leading ‘doomsayer’ at a time when all indicators show the country is rebounding in significant measure across all sectors.
He said, “In reality, 18 months later, the economy under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has shown a steady record of progress. Despite these and other initial beneficial outcomes of ongoing reforms, the administration is doubling its effort to ensure their fullest benefits for the transformation of our country.
“It is a thing of irony that Obi, who now arrogates to himself to be omniscient and philosopher’s stone, when it comes to our nation’s challenges, left no record of significant achievement, let alone transformation of any kind, in his eight-year tenure as Governor of Anambra State.
“Like his co-travellers in the PDP, Obi’s obsessive pessimism and endless but futile effort to incite public outrage against the administration is borne out of the realization that Tinubu is unwittingly cementing their political irrelevance by his visionary and full-throttle reform.
“Under the banner of the Renewed Hope Agenda, President Tinubu is dutifully turning our nation’s fortunes around. We urge Nigerians to remain confident of better days ahead.”
