Peter Obi Reveals How Tinubu Can Understand Nigeria’s Dire Economic And Security Situations

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to spend roughly 72 days visiting each of Nigeria’s 36 states.

Naijaonpoint reports that Peter Obi stated this while faulting Tinubu’s foreign trips.

Speaking during a media chat on Thursday, the former Governor of Anambra State said out of the approximately 580 days Tinubu had been in office as of December 29, 2024, he spent over 30%, or about 180 days, abroad.

Peter Obi appealed to Tinubu to dedicate 20% of 2025 to visit Nigeria’s 36 states, noting that such a visit would allow him to understand the economic and security situations across the country.

He said, “Mr. President, out of the approximately 580 days (as at December 29, 2024) you have been in office, it is reported that you have spent over 30%, or around 180 days, on more than 30 publicly recorded overseas trips. My appeal is that you dedicate at least 20% of 2025, roughly 72 days, to visit each of Nigeria’s 36 states for two days each.

“As President, such visits would give you the opportunity to better understand the dire economic and security situations across the country. Furthermore, it is time for you to visit our national hospitals. Consider, for example, that your next medical examination be conducted at one of our National Hospitals or Regional Federal Medical Centres, such as the FMC in Sokoto or Birnin Kebbi or Calabar or Umuahia or Akure, among others.” 

Recall that President Tinubu was sworn in on May 29, 2023, and has visited not less than 16 countries, including some he visited more than once.

The President visited Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, London, the United Kingdom (four times), 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 in the United Arab Emirates, New York, United States of America, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (twice), Berlin, Germany, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dakar, Senegal, and Doha, Qatar.