Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has lambasted President Bola Tinubu for saying that his government inherited liabilities from his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.

Obi said: “I just read yesterday a widely publicized story from the present APC-led Federal Government saying that they inherited a bankrupt nation from their predecessor APC administration.”

“However, the report failed to disclose what they inherited, which had qualified us for bankruptcy status.”

“One major characteristic of responsible governance is transparency and strict accountability.”

“This demands that the government disclose exactly the degree of deficit they inherited. What is inherited should be disclosed to let the public know where we are and where we are headed”.

“Instead, they took our debt profile from N12.6 Trillion in 2015 to N87 trillion in 2023 when they left office without improving on any indices of development: Education, Health, Poverty eradication, and Security.”

“The nation’s condition on every development index got worse, leading to the present sad state. Nigerians know things are bad, and they experience it daily.”

“What they now want to hear regularly are measurable and verifiable steps to improve the situation.”