Vice-President Kashim Shettima has described the Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, as a “master of bogus statistics”.
Speaking on Wednesday on the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council on the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, Shettima mentioned Obi was fond of dropping statistics.
He mentioned over 250 million individuals couldn’t be ruled by way of “borrowed statistics and economic prescriptions detached from its peculiarities.”
Shettima described Obi as “my very good friend”, however added that his behavior of evaluating Nigeria with different international locations, particularly Bangladesh, was not tenable.
Referring to Obi, Shettima mentioned, “He seems convinced that a size 36 shirt tailored for Bangladesh will somehow fit Nigeria’s size 52 frame.”
According to him the NDC Presidential Candidate’s fascination with international comparisons overlooks the peculiarities that distinguish one nation from one other.
He mentioned, “Governance is an artwork that calls for mastery of context, whether or not social, financial, political or institutional.
“What succeeds in Bangladesh can’t merely be transplanted to Nigeria with out accounting for the variations in our inhabitants, financial constructions, establishments and nationwide circumstances.
“A country of over 250 million people cannot be governed through borrowed statistics and economic prescriptions without its peculiarities.”
“This is called ‘delusion of grandeur’. Our context is with the politics of yesterday dressed as tomorrow’s deliverance.”
Shettima, nonetheless, mentioned political opponents must be handled with respect, describing them as fellow Nigerians reasonably than enemies.
“For the rest of the duration of this campaign, we’ll discuss ideas, we’ll discuss policies, but we’ll treat all our opponents with respect and dignity. They are not our enemies. They are our brothers. They are our countrymen. They are our leaders,” he mentioned.
He warned APC campaigners in opposition to being drawn into exchanges of insults, saying “We have the capacity to respond to all sorts of innuendos and outright lies that our political opponents are taking on. But we won’t fall into their traps. We’ll give them facts. We’ll give them statistics. We argue with reason, not with sentiments.”
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