Rufai Oseni: “You keep criticizing President Tinubu over the removal of fuel subsidy. What would you have done differently?”
Mr Peter Obi: “I didn't criticize Tinubu for removing the subsidy. I said I would have removed it, but in an organized manner. I wouldn't have announced it at my inauguration. I would have first sat down with operators in the industry because we know there is a lot of crim!nality around the subsidy.
I would remove it to determine the exact amount being spent on subsidy and also address the issue of exchange rate deregulation. But in doing these things, the most important thing is to fight corruption head-on. Since the subsidy was removed, what has been the impact on the average Nigerian? We have even borrowed more money than we used to when subsidy was still in place.”
— NDC presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
Rufai: “People always criticize you that your criticism of President Tinubu is quite shallow, and that you hardly provide solutions to what you would have done regarding the national situation, even on electricity where you claim you would target 10,000 megawatts if you become president.”
Mr Peter Obi: “What people do is because I do not have the sophistication of the media and everything, somebody once said, ‘If I don't give you electricity, don't vote for me.’ Did they question him then on how he would do that? So why must my own be in the marketplace? The reason I am different is that what I promised as governor, I delivered.”
— NDC presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.