Economic Rights Activists tackle Peter Obi over comments on state of economy

The Forum of Economic Rights Activists (FERA) has tackled Labour Party, LP, 2023 statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, implicit his caller comments connected the authorities of the Nigerian economy.

FERA, successful a connection by its President,
Dr. Moses Okino, faulted Obi’s caller quality connected Arise Television’s Prime Time programme, wherever helium criticized the Federal Government’s economical policies.

Describing Obi’s disapproval of the government’s reforms arsenic “amateurish” and “dishonest”, FERA said the LP statesmanlike campaigner deliberately distorted facts to suit his ain narrative.

The radical disagreed with Obi connected his assertion that corruption has not been efficaciously tackled. According to FERA, the abolition of the petrol subsidy is simply a important milestone successful the combat against corruption.

Parts of the connection read, “The Forum of Economic Rights Activists (FERA) is not amazed astatine Peter Obi’s posturing.

“Our counsel to those who inactive judge the rants of the Labour Party’s campaigner is for them to measurement backmost and critically measure the situation.

“It becomes evident that Peter Obi is nary longer capable to marque himself arsenic a businessman, neither tin helium beryllium correctly described arsenic a person anymore since helium has done his champion to destruct the Labour Party – the precocious Doyin Okupe talented Nigerians the revelation that Peter Obi lone utilized the Labour Party arsenic a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

“It is connected this enactment that we caution Peter Obi to research different options for seeking relevance up of the 2027 General Elections and halt his effort astatine revisionism.”

It would beryllium recalled that Obi had accused the President Bola Tinubu medication of being ineffective successful implementing economical policies.

Obi besides criticised Tinubu’s determination to interval the naira successful the lack of productivity, portion besides expanding the country’s indebtedness illustration and the outgo of indebtedness servicing.

He asserted that if helium were the President, the state would person experienced drastic affirmative changes successful 2 years arsenic helium would person injected wealth into productivity that would pb to a much productive and sustainable economy.