The Labour Celebration (LP) presidential candidate within the 2023 common elections, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to spend roughly 72 days visiting every of Nigeria’s 36 states.
Naija Information reviews that Peter Obi said this whereas faulting Tinubu’s international journeys.
Talking throughout a media chat on Thursday, the previous Governor of Anambra State mentioned out of the roughly 580 days Tinubu had been in workplace as of December 29, 2024, he spent over 30%, or about 180 days, overseas.
Peter Obi appealed to Tinubu to dedicate 20% of 2025 to go to Nigeria’s 36 states, noting that such a go to would permit him to grasp the financial and safety conditions throughout the nation.
He mentioned, “Mr. President, out of the roughly 580 days (as at December 29, 2024) you may have been in workplace, it’s reported that you’ve spent over 30%, or round 180 days, on greater than 30 publicly recorded abroad journeys. My attraction is that you just dedicate no less than 20% of 2025, roughly 72 days, to go to every of Nigeria’s 36 states for 2 days every.
“As President, such visits would provide the alternative to higher perceive the dire financial and safety conditions throughout the nation. Moreover, it’s time so that you can go to our nationwide hospitals. Take into account, for instance, that your subsequent medical examination be performed at considered one of our Nationwide Hospitals or Regional Federal Medical Centres, such because the FMC in Sokoto or Birnin Kebbi or Calabar or Umuahia or Akure, amongst others.”
Recall that President Tinubu was sworn in on Could 29, 2023, and has visited not lower than 16 nations, together with some he visited greater than as soon as.
The President visited Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, London, the UK (4 occasions), Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (twice), Nairobi, Kenya, Porto Norvo, Benin Republic, The Hague, Netherlands, Pretoria, South Africa, Accra, Ghana, New Delhi, India, Abu Dhabi and Dubai within the United Arab Emirates, New York, United States of America, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (twice), Berlin, Germany, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dakar, Senegal, and Doha, Qatar.