The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has criticised the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, over his declare that Nigeria might turn out to be considerably wealthier if public funds had been saved in banks to generate curiosity.
Keyamo, in a publish on his X account on Wednesday, described Obi’s remarks as unintelligent and linked them to what he claimed was a pointy decline within the former Anambra State governor’s approval rankings.
“This dumbness is past measure. I actually don’t know whether or not to snicker or to cry. No surprise his approval rankings have plummeted so badly.
“Nigeria did not just dodge a bullet; it ducked a massive howitzer!” Keyamo wrote.
Obi made the remarks throughout an interview with a radio station in Nasarawa State on Wednesday, arguing that Nigeria would have been a lot wealthier if public funds had been saved in banks to earn curiosity moderately than being mismanaged.
“I wish everybody in this country left money in the bank; they have interest. Nigeria would have been so rich that we don’t know what to do with money,” he mentioned.
The former Anambra governor additionally defined his administration’s strategy to publicising authorities initiatives, saying he believed the outcomes of its actions ought to converse for themselves as a result of they had been funded with public cash.
According to him, there was little have to organise ceremonies or showcase initiatives on tv when members of the general public might already see the work being achieved.
“We did what we were doing with public money, so the public already see us working, so why are we going to do the ceremony or showing it on TV? Maybe I was wrong, but that was what happened,” he mentioned.
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