The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has disputed President Bola Tinubu’s criticism of his record on erosion control in Anambra State. Recall that BAT criticised Obi’s tenure as Anambra governor during an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, over the weekend, alleging that the former governor ran away from erosion while highlighting environmental projects undertaken in Lagos.
Insisting that he helped develop the programme currently being used to tackle the environmental challenge, Obi dismissed the allegation as untrue.
Peter added that he worked with a former Minister of Environment to develop the erosion-control programme which was subsequently adopted following his intervention with the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
His words, “On what the president said while campaigning in Akwa Ibom, it’s not true. I, working with the former minister of environment, developed what they’re using today to fight erosion.
I went to President Yar’Adua, made a suggestion to him. He called the minister and said he should go and develop it.
Unless children go to school without fear, unless parents go to farms without fear, we don’t have a country.
You cannot stay in a developing country and a developing world if you have poor health accessibility and poor education accessibility. Education and health are the foundation for development. I will invest in them.
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