{"id":158992,"date":"2025-04-10T07:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T06:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-collapsing-people-in-agbada-now-beg-me-for-money-peter-obi"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:32:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:32:56","slug":"nigeria-collapsing-people-in-agbada-now-beg-me-for-money-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-collapsing-people-in-agbada-now-beg-me-for-money-peter-obi","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria collapsing, people in Agbada now beg me for money \u2013 Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has said that no amount of defence from those in power can overshadow the fact that Nigeria, according to him, is collapsing.<\/p>\n<p>The former Governor of Anambra State, who was addressing members of the Labour Party\u2019s National Executive Council, NEC, during an emergency meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, charged his party men not to allow fears hold them off from speaking the truth to power.<\/p>\n<p>Obi narrated incidents where people who previously had enough to feed and even share with others now resort to public begging as the only option for survival.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cDo not fear anybody. Those who feared yesterday had not done it better. We must speak when things are wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria is collapsing. Anybody can say anything. The numbers are clear. The indices are clear, very clear, more and more people are poorer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want, go to your village, the people who are begging now are people who use to feed. But are no longer having and now begging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in this hotel, every time I enter this hotel now, I see people who are telling me, \u2018Oga, I just came to Abuja and I can\u2019t go back\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that shows you how bad it is. This is the same hotel where I used to come and people will be asking me, \u2018will you drink? Come and eat, come and do this.\u2019Nobody\u2019s offering me anything again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat shows how bad it is. When you now see somebody on Agbada telling you \u2018I can\u2019t go back\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo let us know that things are difficult, things are bad. It is time for all of us to come together. I thank those of you who are doing very well and let us stand together and ensure that the right things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has said that no amount of defence from those in power can overshadow the fact that Nigeria, according to him, is collapsing. 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