Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has called for a total review of the 2024 budget.
He made this known in a statement on his official X handle
on Monday.
Obi advised that the nation’s resources should adequately be
appropriated to critical areas like security, fighting poverty and solving the
challenges of hunger and food insecurity, power supply, considering the current
economic situation of the country.
He also decried the recent increase in violent crimes and
killings occurring in every part of the country, stating that the increased
crime rate has made Nigeria one of the world’s riskiest countries to live in.
“In the past 1 year, about 7000 Nigerians have been
kidnapped, with about 700 kidnapped in the last 3 weeks, notwithstanding the
violent crimes and killings that occur in every part of the nation, which must
have included us in one of the world’s riskiest countries to live in,” he
wrote.
The former Anambra governor further expressed concern about
the high cost of food and the epileptic power supply in the country.
“We have become one of the hungriest nations in the world
and one of the most difficult nations in the world to live in, with food prices
constantly going out of the reach of most Nigerians.
“Power supply is abysmally poor and Nigerians are now mostly
in total darkness,as over 60% are without power supply.
“Even those in perceived privileged areas now go for days
without power supply”, he wrote.
He however, urged the executive and legislative arms to
consider the many challenges facing the nation and re-allocate resources to
these very critical areas.
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