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London-based newspaper The Economist says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is the best choice for Nigeria.

The Economist described Obi as a sprightly 61-year old while Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was described as “an old-school politician who, at 70 years old, is unlikely to shake things up”.

It also said Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is no better than Tinubu, adding that the former vice-president has grandiose ideas for industrialisation and one million new police officers but no plan for how to pay for them.

In the article titled ‘Nigeria desperately needs a new kind of leadership’, The Economist said:

“Obi, a sprightly 61-year-old former state governor who is leading in the polls, offers an alternative.

“Most striking, he has urged people not to vote along ethnic or religious lines but to favour competence.

“Should they do so, it would mark a radical shift in Nigerian politics. He has also warned his ers they should expect no money in return for their votes.

“Obi talks of ing business, freer trade, and getting a grip on Nigeria’s mounting debts. He diagnoses the country’s failings more precisely than his rivals, though he is not much better at explaining how he would fix them. His promises to scrap the staggeringly wasteful petrol subsidy and rationalise the central bank’s many exchange rates are echoed by his opponents.

“Obi is not entirely a new broom. He was Abubakar’s vice-presidential running-mate in 2019 before switching parties. He has faced questions over undeclared offshore assets. (He says he earned the money in question before he took office as governor.) Even if he wins, his Labour Party is very unlikely to gain a majority in the national assembly, so governing will be hard.

“But he is the only candidate to offer Nigerians much hope of change. In a country that has been badly and repeatedly failed by its leaders, he is easily the best choice.”

The Economist said Nigeria has been cursed with bad rulers but Obi, a third-party presidential candidate, offers a measure of hope.

“Africa’s most populous country is in desperate need of it (hope). The economy, the continent’s biggest, bursts with youthful potential — half the country is 18 years old or younger,” the newspaper said.

“A flourishing Nigeria would boost the whole of Africa. Instead, it is dragging it down.

“Nigerians are poorer now than they were in 2015, when the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, took over.

“At least 60m (and rising) survive on less than the equivalent of $2.15 per day. Buhari’s protectionist policies have made things worse.

“In addition, the country is beset by violence.”

https://www.arise.tv/the-economist-endorses-peter-obi-says-hes-the-only-candidate-who-offers-nigerians-hope-of-change/

Peter Obi is a well packaged fraud. He offered nothing different in Anambra and was part of the PDP years of rot and corruption. He will come a distant third next week and his largely Igbo ers will go back to Biafra agitation.

Too bad, Obi drops out on the 23rd

Atiku is here

Let’s vote responsibly
May best candidate win

Obi is by far d best
The Economist has gone beyond poll projection to eventually tell d world that Obi is their preferred candidate
Nigerians what d world has seen cannot be unseen. We really need help especially for some of us without d wherewithal to Japan
Obi is described above as d real hope making it clear that APC Renewed Hope mantra is only but a misnomer.
God please answer our prayers

I see

Say no to vote-buying!

Vote for a better Nigeria!

seunmsg:
Peter Obi is a well packaged fraud. He offered nothing different in Anambra and was part of the PDP years of rot and corruption. He will come a distant third next week and his largely Igbo ers will go back to Biafra agitation.

it it. Peter Obi is giving you guys sleepless nights.

You are all wondering where Peter Obi got all this political power from. Let me tell you....He got this power from the people. This election is like no other. This election will prove to you all that power does not belong to the politicians, no, power belongs to the people. And the people has spoken!

I think by now everybody must have made up their minds on voting Peter Obi...

Ok

Say no to vote-buying!

Vote for a better Nigeria!

Those that stock cash to buy vote, God will disappoint them this time.

seunmsg:
Peter Obi is a well packaged fraud. He offered nothing different in Anambra and was part of the PDP years of rot and corruption. He will come a distant third next week and his largely Igbo ers will go back to Biafra agitation.

I understand how fulfilled u are to be first to comment to demarket Obi at least that will keep you happy only that with d cash crunch there is no guarantee u will be paid your urchins allowance of N30k.

Make the Economic newspaper come vote am in na, no be only economic, na Geography?

Like the Economist just said: " Obi is easily the best candidate of the lot".

That is eggzactly the position of Nigerians. This is why he is consistently the popular candidate for voters in Nigeria.

6 days left for us to elect him

Thinkam:
Too bad, Obi drops out on the 23rd

Atiku is here

Do you deliberately choose to be stupid.

More Yoruba Muslims are going to come and cry on this thread .

They are going to hurl insults at The Economist Newspaper and call it a tabloid.

They will tell you they are of no consequence and no one cares what The Economist thinks 🤣🤣🤣

Forgetting they have been praising this same The Economist Newspaper for years as they praised Tinubu and his politics ...

They praised this same.The Economist Newspaper for insutling GEJ and his weak policies.

But today they will abuse this same newspaper they praised for years 🤣🤣🤣

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