Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his fresh planned 12-day trip to Japan and Brazil, describing it as insensitive to the country’s worsening situation.
In a statement on Thursday via X, Obi said the President’s frequent foreign travels show indifference to Nigeria’s economic hardship, insecurity, and other pressing challenges.
reports that Tinubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, with a stopover in Dubai before proceeding to Yokohama, Japan, to attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development from August 20 to 22. However, Obi questioned the rationale behind the trip, noting that Tinubu had recently visited Brazil and met with its president, and should instead prioritise visiting crisis-hit states in Nigeria. He recalled that during a recent foreign engagement, Tinubu spent a week in St.
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