Former Labour party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has ‘’congratulated” President Tinubu who on Tuesday, September 2, announced that his government has met its target revenue for the year.
President Tinubu made the announcement while meeting with some APC members in the State House.
Reacting to the President’s comment, Obi in a statement released this evening, ‘congratulated’ the President for meeting the revenue target but said that if indeed this indeed is true, it should be reflecting on the lives of Nigerians and that Nigerians should stop borrowing funds from global bodies.
His post reads
‘’What does Achieving Revenue Target mean to Nigerians?
The President has announced that our nation’s revenue target for the year has now been achieved by August, which could mean a stabilising economy.
Congratulations Mr. President. But Mr. President, 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.
Our educational facilities and hospitals are still in terrible condition. 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, equipped with adequate facilities.
For the next four months, every value of our excess revenue should be deliberately channelled into the critical areas of development: health, education, and pulling people out of poverty. This must be done transparently, with verifiable 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.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO”
