If I’m president today, no government official would spend dollars – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, a Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed what he has in store for Nigerians if elected into power. He said that if elected as Nigeria’s president in 2023, his administration would not allow any government officials to spend dollars.
Peter Obi, who spoke on The Discourse, a public affairs show on Classic FM, Sunday, May 22, 2022, said his administration would ensure that any government officials caught spending dollars will be prosecuted.
He said it is wrong for government officials to be spending the official currency of another country while manufacturers who need the foreign currency do not have it.
“Manufacturers are looking for dollars for spares, for inputs, for critical goods, but they can’t find it and we the politicians are sharing dollars”, he said.
“Let me tell you, one of the measures of any country’s economic stability is the currency. It is an abomination that somebody serving in government is spending another country’s currency, and I say it any day, If I’m president today, no government official would spend dollars, you go to jail. we have a currency.”
On the said gang up to prevent him from getting the PDP presidential ticket, Peter Obi said he was not worried about any plan against him in the party. He added that he was also not desperate to lead the country. In his words,
“I am not worried about that. There has always been a gang up against me. The worst they can do is to throw me out of the party. For me, I am not desperate to be president of Nigeria.
“I want you to know that I am desperate to see Nigeria work. I feel the pain that a country that has all the potential to work is not working, so, for me, it’s not a gang up, people don’t like my brand of politics,” he said.
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Peter Obi, who had earlier announced his interest in the 2023 presidency on March 24, 2022, will contest the PDP ticket with Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, and others.
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