“You cannot continue to preach to people to sacrifice without sacrificing. The sacrifice must start now from the leaders, visibly, measurably at all times, because the people are suffering.”
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, on Tuesday, criticised President Bola Tinubu for his “long convoy” in Lagos.
Mr Tinubu arrived in the state from London, where he went on a private visit after attending the signing of a New Global Financial Pact with other global leaders in Paris, France.to say the Eid prayer at the Obalende Eid Prayer Ground in the state. “I’ve been asked questions related to cutting down the cost of governance and the complaints by Nigerians concerning a trending motorcade video. I wasn’t opportune to see the video, but I will repeat what I said,” he wrote on his“The present Nigeria requires that all those who serve and lead must do so by example. Their behaviour, character and public conduct must be in consonance with what society requires today,” the LP candidate stated.
He also posted a video clip on the handle, which showed him making the comment at Awka during the burial service of Maxwell Anikwenwa, a late cleric of the Anglican Church in the state.
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