World Statistics Day: Peter Obi slams APC govt for failing to reduce poverty

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, has described the APC-led authorities arsenic “incompetent and corrupt,” accusing it of failing to larn from countries that person made advancement successful reducing poverty.

In a station connected X marking World Statistics Day, the statesmanlike campaigner argued that Nigeria should usage information to measurement authorities show and larn from countries that person recorded advancement successful development.

“The occupation with our incompetent and corrupt APC-led authorities is the disorder of hubris with leadership,” Obi wrote.

He cited Bangladesh, saying the state lifted astir 34 cardinal radical retired of poorness betwixt 2010 and 2022, portion its utmost poorness complaint fell from 12.2 per cent to 5.6 per cent.

Obi attributed the advancement to policies focused connected agriculture, export-oriented manufacturing, microfinance, societal information nets, quality superior improvement and infrastructure.

He besides listed Vietnam, Rwanda, Morocco and India arsenic countries Nigeria could survey for lessons successful development.

Obi said Nigeria’s resources should construe into amended surviving conditions, arguing that reliable statistic should usher ...