The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has claimed that some Nigerians who supported President Bola Tinubu in the last election have lost their businesses and are now struggling to survive.
Obi made the claim during an interview with Chude Jideonwo published on Wednesday while responding to questions about whether the support behind his 2023 presidential ambition had diminished.
According to him, his support base has instead grown as more Nigerians assess the performance of the current administration.
“Those who had business when he came into power have collapsed. They are now the people who are selling kuli-kuli,” Obi said.
The former Anambra State governor also criticised the Tinubu administration’s Renewed Hope agenda, insisting that hardship, poverty and insecurity had worsened since the President assumed office.
“You’re talking of the Renewed Hope. It had become hopelessness when President Tinubu came into power,” he said.
Obi maintained that Nigerians were now judging the government based on their personal experiences, adding, “Everything has gotten worse… You can see where we’ve gotten.”
Speaking on his relationship with former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Obi described him as a politician committed to the welfare of the poor.
“Kwankwaso is one politician that I can say anywhere who cares for the interest of the poor. He believes in pulling people out of poverty and training a child of nobody to become something,” Obi said.
