Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the Federal Government’s recently celebrated revenue achievement translates into tangible benefits for ordinary Nigerians.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Obi congratulated the President for announcing that the nation’s 2025 revenue target had already been met by August, describing it as a potentially positive sign of a stabilising economy.
However, the former Anambra governor stressed that economic stability cannot be measured by figures announced at press conferences but must be felt in citizens’ daily lives.
“If indeed the economy stabilises as you declared, then Nigerians must feel it in their daily lives. Borrowings must stop now. Huge contractors’ bills, which are still owed, should be paid, and critical underfunded projects must now be funded,” Obi stated.
He listed the country’s underfunded educational and health facilities as glaring examples of areas where excess revenue should be directed immediately.
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“True economic stability is not in figures announced at press conferences, but in classrooms where children learn, in well-equipped labs and access to learning tools, in hospitals, where citizens can receive quality care,” he said.
Obi argued that for the remaining four months of the year, all excess revenue must be channelled into critical development areas — health, education, and poverty alleviation — with transparency and measurable outcomes.
“Anything less will mean that revenue growth has not translated into national growth. Nigerians deserve to see the impacts of this touted revenue growth,” he declared.
The former presidential candidate closed his remarks with his recurring campaign mantra: “A new Nigeria is POssible.”