“Misplaced priority”: Peter Obi blasts Tinubu’s govt over N142 billion bus terminals

• The construction of the modern bus terminals across the country was approved during last week’s Federal Executive Council meeting

Former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has decried the allocation of N142bn for the construction of the terminals across the six geopolitical zones.

The construction of the modern bus terminals across the country was approved during last week’s Federal Executive Council meeting.

But Obi, in a statement on his X account, slammed President Bola Tinubu’s government for the approval.

He described it as a misplaced priority, stressing that such funds should have gone to critical sectors of the economy like health

He stated that the sanctioning of the project underscored the absence of visionary and competent leadership in Nigeria, noting that how a nation uses its scarce resources determines “success and failure of development”.

“In the 2024 budget, which is the operational budget today, the entire budget of all the teaching hospitals across all the federal universities in the country, as well as the federal psychiatric centres, is under ₦100 billion, yet the government has approved ₦142 billion for bus terminals.

“This is disturbing, considering that Health is one of the most critical areas of development, which is deteriorating and remains grossly underfunded.

“WHO recently reported that over 20 million Nigerians are living with mental health issues.

“This is not only a misplaced priority but a tragic irony of our country. This is not governance. A New Nigeria is Possible”, he added