{"id":171523,"date":"2025-07-28T12:09:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-misleading-nigerians-with-false-gdp-statistics"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:18:48","slug":"tinubu-misleading-nigerians-with-false-gdp-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-misleading-nigerians-with-false-gdp-statistics","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Misleading Nigerians with False GDP Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of failing to deliver on his campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>Obi said Tinubu is misrepresenting Nigeria\u2019s economic realities with manipulated statistics.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on his official X account on Monday, Obi recalled Tinubu\u2019s 2022 campaign speech in Delta State, where he criticized him (Obi) and dismissed the use of statistics, declaring instead that he would focus on putting food on Nigerians\u2019 tables.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow two years into his four-year tenure, Nigeria is classified as one of the hungriest nations in the world with millions of Nigerians not knowing where their next meal will come from,\u201d Obi stated.<\/p>\n<p>He accused Tinubu of now relying on misleading data to paint a false picture of the country\u2019s economic situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu is now overfeeding Nigerians with wrong statistics\u2014from wrong unemployment figures, wrong inflation figures, and now GDP rebasing\u2014all to put a positive spin on our deteriorating economic and household conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Obi emphasized that governance is not rocket science nor a gamble, but a responsibility that requires \u201csincerity of purpose, character, competence, capacity, and compassion\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. Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of failing to deliver on his campaign promises. Obi said Tinubu is misrepresenting Nigeria\u2019s economic realities with manipulated statistics. 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