Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has hit out against the administration of President Bola Tinubu over the empty Nigerian booth at the ongoing ninth Tokyo International Conference (TICAD9) in Japan.
Peter Obi, in a post on Wednesday via his account, said the booth is empty just like the promises made to Nigerians by President Bola Tinubu.
The former Anambra State Governor, who added his voice to the ongoing criticisms against the Nigerian government, said the emptiness of the booth is a reflection of the consistent emptiness the Tinubu government has fed Nigerians.
He said the defence by the presidency that the Nigerian delegation is in Tokyo for strategic engagements is nothing but an attempt to cover the country’s shame on the international stage, adding that Nigerians are tired of excuses from the government.
Obi concluded by urging the government to do better.
The Labour Party chieftain wrote: “The empty Nigerian booths in the ongoing Ninth Tokyo International Conference, TICAD9, in Japan do not just define the empty promises of this government for the past two years, they also reflect the consistent emptiness Nigerians have been fed at home by this government. Even the defence being put forward by the government, that they only wanted to have more “strategic engagements” is the same tired excuse we have heard over and over again.
“This government has mastered the art of throwing around wrong statistics and misleading statements, not to provide real solutions, but to camouflage the emptiness of its performance and the suffering it has inflicted on Nigerians.
“The empty booths at TICAD are not just about a diplomatic embarrassment, they are a clear symbol of the hollow promises and empty governance that our citizens have endured.
“Just as those booths stood empty in Japan, so too have the lives of millions of Nigerians been left empty, with empty hope, empty relief and empty of the progress they were promised.
“The truth is unavoidable, the empty booths abroad are a physical reminder of the empty promises at home.
“We must do better as a nation.”
