Vice-presidential debate: FG spending N5 daily on healthcare per citizen – Peter Obi
The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Peter Obi, has criticised the current government’s dependence on oil subsidy.
Obi, who spoke in the ongoing vice presidential debate at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, said prices would come down if subsidy was done away with.
He said, “What we are subsiding today is inefficiency. If you get it right, the prices still come down. There is no way a country can have a budget of N340bn for health, which translates to N5 a day for (each of) its citizens, and then pay a trillion for subsidy.
There is no way you can have an education budget, which is the most critical component of the development at over N400bn and you’re paying subsidy of a trillion. It is a waste. You need to reverse it because you’re not dealing with the engine that will drive your economy tomorrow.”
According to Obi, everybody knows that a petroleum-driven economy is a baggage economy.
The PDP candidate added that at a time people were developing a new economy, the current administration was not paying attention.
He said, “Why are you actually subsiding? Nigeria has one of the lowest car ownerships in the world. It is 10 (cars) per 1,000 (citizens).
“So, we have only two million vehicles and you’re paying almost a trillion when you have 87 million people that are poor. You can’t do that. You need to reverse it and, I can tell you, if you do the right things, the price will come down.
“You are just paying for the delay in importation, the number of time cargos stay in the ports and so on. We can’t continue to pay for inefficiency in this country. I can tell that if you can remove it and do the right things, the price of petroleum will come down.”
https://punchng.com/vice-presidential-debate-fg-spending-n5-daily-on-healthcare-per-citizen-peter-obi/
Lalasticlala

Nobody in human history has succeeded in deceiving all the people all the time..people had been disillusioned and disaffected with the rulership of the PDP.during their time.Economy,social,and Educational problems were not solved and Corruption was rift..

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post=73857372:
If Nigeria were to be China, over 95% of PDP members would have been executed for looting the treasury...
A fact that is so verifiable,
but OBITUARY still says there are 2 millions vehicles in Nigeria and Mexico is part of BRICS, well,
he knows most of his supporters are ignorant and dull!
You see them everywhere around shouting about a cloned 75 years old.
Dull people!

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post=73857372:
If Nigeria were to be China, over 95% of PDP members would have been executed for looting the treasury...
A fact that is so verifiable,
but OBITUARY still says there are 2 millions vehicles in Nigeria and Mexico is part of BRICS, well,
he knows most of his supporters are ignorant and dull!
You see them everywhere around shouting about a cloned 75 years old.
Dull people!

The execution would have started from the military men and Buhari would have been a dead man by now.

post=73857372:
If Nigeria were to be China, over 95% of PDP members would have been executed for looting the treasury...
A fact that is so verifiable,
but OBITUARY still says there are 2 millions vehicles in Nigeria and Mexico is part of BRICS, well,
he knows most of his supporters are ignorant and dull!
You see them everywhere around shouting about a cloned 75 years old.
Dull people!

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All these quotes on top our head, sho?!
We are not the cause of whatever you are going through o, Mr Firstson.
Please, vote for your Atiku and Obituary in peace and let us vote for our Sai Baba and Osibanjo...
Dalu!

Osibanjo was stuttering when he was asked to speak yesterday.

Anambralstson:

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Why are you deceiving yourself with selected posts. China was trending on twitter yesterday because of Peter Obi. Click on the hashtag if you want to laugh. Me China failed to promote atiku

globemoney01:

Why are you deceiving yourself with selected posts. China was trending on twitter yesterday because of Peter Obi. Click on the hashtag if you want to laugh. Me China failed to promote atiku

Incoming VP does not knw you exist, keep forming hate,even Obi and Obiano are laffing and dinning together

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Incoming VP does not knw you exist, keep forming hate,even Obi and Obiano are laffing and dinning together

Incoming vp of your family?

globemoney01:
Incoming vp of your family?

Yea and of Nigeria

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Yea and of Nigeria

Good luck with that for your family but Nigerian vp? Keep dreaming

globemoney01:

Good luck with that for your family but Nigerian vp? Keep dreaming

The more you hate him,the more Nigerians Love him,he doesn't knw you exist

globemoney01:

Why are you deceiving yourself with selected posts. China was trending on twitter yesterday because of Peter Obi. Click on the hashtag if you want to laugh. Me China failed to promote atiku

Yeah, when we talk about non petroleum driven economy we talk about china

HIGHESTPOPORI:
The more you hate him,the more Nigerians Love him,he doesn't knw you exist

Why are you working yourself over my posts then? Shouldn’t you engage thr Nigerians that love him and leave me that don’t like him? Common sense

mycar:



Yeah, when we talk about non petroleum driven economy we talk about china

China is China, Nigeria is Nigeria, Nigeria can never be China and vice versa