Shettima Critiques Obi's Economic Proposals as Misguided

Vice President Kashim Shettima criticized former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi during the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council at the State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shettima described Obi as “the master of bogus statistics and incoherent economic prescriptions,” accusing him of relying solely on foreign economic models without considering Nigeria's unique challenges.

He questioned Obi's frequent comparisons between Nigeria and countries like Bangladesh, stating that governance requires an understanding of local context. Shettima remarked, “A country of over 250 million people cannot be governed through borrowed statistics and economic prescriptions detached from its peculiarities.” He also accused Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), of making a “bogus claim” about winning the 2023 presidential election without evidence, labeling it a “delusion of grandeur.”.