Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the February 25, 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves a place in the Guinness World Records as the man who has brought the greatest degree of suffering to Nigerians.

He stated this in an interview with TheNiche online newspaper.

Bemoaning what Nigerians are going through under Tinubu’s watch, the former Governor of Anambra State said: “Ask the average Nigerian how he is faring today. The truth is that we have many more Nigerians thrown into poverty, millions of Nigerians don’t know where the next meal will come from. Nobody is sure what the price of a cup of rice, garri or a loaf of bread will be tomorrow. So, it is Nigerians that you should ask the question.

"It is not a question for me to answer. It is not something I alone will tell you. Ask Nigerians, the masses out there on the streets of Nigeria and you will get a feel of what they are going through. But I know that the situation is critical.”

Reminded of President Tinubu’s words at the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum in Berlin, Germany in November 2023, when he said he deserves to be listed in the Guinness World Records for the reforms he has made since assuming office on May 29, 2023, Obi replied: “He may actually be correct when he claims that his name deserves to be in the Guinness World Records. Don’t forget that people’s names don’t always make it into the Guinness World Records for only altruistic reasons. So, it depends on which angle he is coming from. If the idea is to put his name in the Guinness Book of Records for causing Nigerians the most hardship – untold hardship, of course he is spot on and I will totally agree with him because his reforms are not achieving what they are meant to achieve.”

The Labour Party standard bearer came down heavily on the Tinubu administration, accusing it of hypocrisy.

His words: “It is easy when you tell people to suffer today because in five years, ten years, they will get to the Promised Land and everybody who is preaching that is in the same vehicle. So, everyone is in the same situation. You cannot be preaching A and doing B. You cannot tell people, let us fast and they are seeing you feasting. If you preach fasting, everybody must be seen to be fasting. Some shouldn’t be feasting while telling others to fast. The issues that are fundamental today starting with the issue of security of lives and property, people must see the government doing something. It is not about empty rhetoric. Governance is hard work. They must see and appreciate that their leaders care for them, their welfare. Unfortunately, that seems not to be the case. All they see now is the elites celebrating when the masses are poverty-stricken and told to further tighten their belts.”

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