Tinubu’s Choice Of Persons For Ambassadorial Positions Are Shocking – Peter Obi

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said that compassion should always guide public office and the conduct of public officers. He recently revealed that the current trend of frivolity will do more harm to Nigeria than good.

Responding to a series of decisions and events around the presidency last week, Obi touched on President Bola Tinubu’s choice of persons for ambassadorial positions as well as the dinner hosted by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for senators.

According to him, he was very heartbroken when young Nigerians reached out to him for comments on the sad events across the nation, because some of the names being paraded to represent Nigeria as ambassadors globally are shocking.

He stated that it is also a shame that lavish dinners are being hosted while Nigerian kids keep getting abducted from schools.

“My dear younger brothers and sisters, there is a pain one carries silently when watching a nation you love bleed daily.

There is a pain that words cannot fully describe—when you see the suffering of ordinary Nigerians and compare it to the reckless insensitivity displayed by those entrusted with leadership.

It is the kind of pain that makes you remember the humiliating remark from the American president who referred to Nigeria as a ‘now disgraced country.’

Today, when you look around, you begin to understand why the world speaks of us that way. Yes, some of the names being paraded to represent us as ambassadors globally are shocking.

But with a leadership that has allowed mediocrity, corruption, and impunity to rise to the top, who else did you expect them to choose?

When our people are being killed, our leaders are busy hosting dinners. When children are being snatched from their schools, the political class is celebrating and dancing,” he wrote on X.

Stressing that Nigerians are not experiencing good leadership and governance, Obi noted that citizens should not keep normalizing the worrying levels of moral decay across the country.

He concluded by saying that his dream of a safe, productive and respected nation is still very possible.

“When families cannot afford their next meal, those in power are welcoming defectors and exchanging gifts as though Nigeria is not burning. This is not governance, this is not leadership. And this is certainly not the Nigeria we deserve.

We cannot continue normalising this level of moral decay and national indifference. A nation rises when its leaders feel the pain of its citizens—not when they insulate themselves from it.

A nation progresses when compassion, competence, and accountability guide public office, not when frivolity becomes the order of the day.

But I want you, the young people, to know this: do not lose hope. Do not become numb. Do not let this darkness demoralise your hearts.

The New Nigeria we dream of—a just, secure, productive, and respected nation—is still possible. But it will not happen by accident.

It will happen because people like you refuse to accept failure as our destiny. We will continue to speak and insist that Nigeria can and must be better. A New Nigeria is POssible,” he added.