‘We are finished’ —  Peter Obi faults Remi Tinubu’s birthday donation request

Former statesmanlike campaigner of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has criticised First Lady Oluremi Tinubu’s petition that day well-wishers donate toward completing the National Library successful Abuja, describing it arsenic an indictment of Nigeria’s enactment priorities.

In a station connected his X relationship connected Sunday, Obi said portion the First Lady’s entreaty was “noble and selfless connected the surface,” it exposed the nonaccomplishment of authorities to fulfill its responsibilities.

“I articulation millions of Nigerians successful wishing Her Excellency, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, a blessed birthday. May God Almighty, who has been with her each these years, assistance her galore much healthy, fruitful, and blessed years,” Obi wrote. 

“However, I was struck by irony speechmaking her request: that alternatively of cakes oregon paper adverts, well-wishers should donate toward completing the National Library successful Abuja.”

Obi argued that a federation should not trust connected foundation to physique “the precise temple of knowledge” portion its leaders walk lavishly connected luxuries. 

“It is shocking that, successful our contiguous circumstances, portion billions are easy recovered for jets, yachts, unused mansions, endless trips abroad, and different frivolities, the federation indispensable trust connected day donations to implicit its ain National Library,” helium stated.

The erstwhile Anambra politician added that specified priorities item a tragic neglect of education. 

He said, “What benignant of leaders discarded trillions connected luxury and vanity, portion the National Library — our intelligence furnace — remains abandoned successful the capital? Serious nations dainty libraries arsenic sacred; but present we trim them to afterthoughts, begging bowls, oregon day tokens.”

Obi concluded that Nigeria’s advancement depends connected investing successful acquisition alternatively than vanity projects. 

“If Nigeria volition rise, it volition not beryllium connected the wings of jets oregon the splendour of mansions, but connected the spot of minds formed successful classrooms and nourished successful libraries. Until then, the lament remains true — we are finished,” helium declared.

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