Peter Obi Slams FG’s ₦142b Bus Terminal Budget
THECONSCIENCE NG reports that the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has labelled the Federal Government’s budget of ₦142 billion for the construction of bus terminals as another evidence of misplaced priority.
In a statement on Friday, Obi said the difference between the success and failure of the development in any nation is how it prioritises its scarce resources.
“The recent announcement that a sum of ₦142 billion has been approved by the Federal Government for the construction of one bus terminal in each of our six geopolitical zones further affirms the lack of competence, lack of focus and poor leadership,” he wrote on his official X account.
Obi also criticised the 2024 budget, which, according to him, is the operational budget today, saying the entire budget of all the teaching hospitals across all the federal universities in Nigeria, as well as the federal psychiatric centres, is under ₦100 billion, yet the government has approved ₦142 billion for bus terminals.
The Labour Party chieftain said this is disturbing, considering that health is one of the most critical areas of development, which is deteriorating and remains grossly underfunded.
He lamented that the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently reported that over 20 million Nigerians are living with mental health issues.
Obi added that the FG’s budget of ₦142b for bus terminals “is not only a misplaced priority but a tragic irony of our country. This is not governance.”
