LG autonomy: Break your silence, commend Tinubu – Presidency tackles Peter Obi

The presidency has criticized the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for his silence regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to grant financial autonomy to local governments.

Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, urged Obi to follow Atiku Abubakar’s example by commenting on the significant ruling and acknowledging the president’s efforts to improve Nigeria.

Onanuga posted on his X page that a good opposition should be willing to commend its opponents.

He wrote: “Why is Peter Obi silent?

“More than 36 hours after the Supreme Court gave a landmark ruling, granting financial autonomy to Nigeria’s 774 local councils, Mr. Peter Obi, the defeated Labour Party candidate, has yet to utter a word on the epochal judgment.

“His silence confirms the belief that he is always quick to tweet unverified news about the Tinubu administration or our country.

“A good opposition statesman must be candid enough to applaud his political opponent when he has done some great deed. The Tinubu administration has succeeded in giving life back to our emasculated councils, using the instrumentality of the law.

“Even Atiku Abubakar has grudgingly admitted this. But Peter has been silent. He should break his silence and acknowledge that President Tinubu is making a great Nigeria possible.”