Daniel Bwala, Particular Adviser to the President on Coverage Communication, has criticised Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Get together presidential candidate, saying he’s not a real ‘labour’ chief.
Talking on The Readability Zone Podcast on Wednesday, Bwala argued that Obi’s status as a philanthropist was exaggerated.
“Peter Obi is a billionaire, multi-billionaire. There is no such thing as a file that Peter has floated a basis, or a college, something that has to do with public curiosity and funded to allow them to meet the wants of the plenty. Not a single one,” he mentioned.
Bwala additionally dismissed reviews that Obi had made enormous donations.
“He has by no means given past N50m, and even that one, I can inform you the circumstances behind it. He by no means gave N100m to anyone,” he claimed.
He additional mocked the boreholes reportedly donated by Obi within the North after the elections, describing them as “caveman days borehole — the place any individual will climb and be bouncing like this earlier than water will come out.”
Past philanthropy, Bwala questioned Obi’s alignment with the Labour Get together, saying he had no historical past of standing with staff.
“Peter Obi is a capitalist by nature. He believes in free market financial system. He’s a businessman. There’s nothing resembling socialism round Peter Obi. However Peter Obi ran on the platform of Labour Get together that’s principally a socialist occasion. Inform me whether or not you will have ever seen Peter Obi in any staff’ strike, protest or scholar unionism. Even throughout EndSARS, was he there?”
He in contrast Obi’s 2023 marketing campaign to Donald Trump’s populist technique, saying Obi solely took benefit of youth anger. “Within the final election, Obi simply noticed that the youth weren’t glad and he rode on that anger. They even mentioned, ‘we no dey give shishi,’ as a result of when you trip on their anger, they sponsor themselves to battle your trigger,” Bwala added.
He additionally accused Obi of utilizing church buildings in the course of the marketing campaign and abandoning them afterwards.
“He went to all of the church buildings, met all of the Pentecostal bishops. He was all over the place — Holy Ghost evening, Holy Ghost morning, prophetic prayers. However after the election, I didn’t see him once more. Like my church, we had Shiloh. I instructed considered one of my pastors that Peter Obi no dey go Shiloh once more,” he mentioned.
Obi joined the Labour Get together in 2022 after leaving the Peoples Democratic Get together and ran a marketing campaign that gained enormous help from youths and church teams underneath the “Obidient” motion. The Labour Get together presents itself as a pro-worker, social democratic platform.
