Peter Obi Reacts as US Embassy Shares Report on Nigerian Governors’ Extravagant Spending
- The United States Embassy in Nigeria has shared the report that states governors are spending billions on new government houses amidst economic hardship
- Peter Obi said the statement by the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria has drawn global attention to the country's declining governance
- According to the US embassy, such alleged lack of fiscal responsibility fuels inequality and erodes public trust
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FCT, Abuja - The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has reacted to the report that state governors are spending billions on new government houses while the people endure economic hardship
Obi said the report calls for a disruption of the current retrogressive system.
Source: Twitter
The former Anambra state governor called for the enthronement of leaders with competence, character, capacity, and compassion.
He stated this after the United States Embassy shared the post via its X handle @USinNigeria on Tuesday, 29, 2025.
The US Embassy tweet reads:
“While Nigerians are urged to endure economic hardship, like labor pains," some governors are splurging billions on new government houses, @TheAfricaReport reveals.
@BudgITng warns that "instead of funding schools, clinics, or agriculture, leaders prioritize buildings they barely use."
@cislacnigeria adds: "There is more money, little accountability, and no priority."
“Such alleged lack of fiscal responsibility fuels inequality and erodes public trust.”
Reacting to the report, Obi via his X handle @PeterObi, said the declining governance in Nigeria has drawn global attention.
He said Nigeria’s greatest burden is leadership failure, and it must be corrected for the country to move in the right direction
“I have consistently maintained that leadership failure lies at the heart of Nigeria’s problems. Until we confront it head-on, the country cannot move in the right direction. The cumulative effect of poor leadership remains our greatest obstacle to development. This calls for urgent disruption of the current retrogressive system and the enthronement of leaders with competence, character, capacity, and compassion.”
Obi said those who have hijacked the country have deploy media thugs to insult and distract the people from good governance.
To all well-meaning Nigerians: this must stop. We must dismantle the system of criminality. We have voted based on tribe and religion for too long - it is time to vote for competence. Let us move from waste, looting, and reckless borrowing to production. Let us build a Nigeria that works.
Peter Obi blasts Tinubu over external borrowing
Recall that Obi raised alarm over unproductive external borrowing by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in 2023 said the year-on-year increase is about N27.72 trillion and the quarter-on-quarter increase is about N4.72 trillion.
Obi said despite the loan there is little or nothing to show for it in critical areas such as education, healthcare, electricity generation.
Peter Obi speaks on rumoured PDP return
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Peter Obi disowned a statement purportedly issued by him denying joining the PDP, and reaffirming his allegiance to the ADC.
Obi said this via a statement signed by Ibrahim Umar, of the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra, is running in Nigeria's presidential race in the 2027 election.
Source: Legit.ng
