2027: Peter Obi’s camp lists Tinubu govt’s failures

The media office of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has launched a fresh attack on the administration of President Bola Tinubu.

In a statement signed by Idris Zekeri Jnr, spokesman for the media office, on Sunday, the team listed major areas it described as failures of the Tinubu administration ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

The media office placed the rising cost of living at the centre of its criticism, arguing that the removal of the petrol subsidy and other economic reforms had placed a heavy burden on households.

The team linked the reforms to higher transportation costs and increases in the prices of food and other basic necessities, while criticising the depreciation of the naira.

The statement noted that the weaker currency had increased the cost of imported goods, medicines, machinery and industrial inputs.

According to the team, businesses that depended on imported materials had been forced to operate under increased costs, with the burden eventually passed on to consumers.

It listed the alleged failures of the Tinubu administration as follows:

• Rising cost of living
• Naira’s depreciation
• Inflation and falling purchasing power
• Security
• Transparency and public trust
• Economic policies
• Government promises and the experiences of ordinary Nigerians
• Inflation and falling purchasing power