In a recent exchange of statements, the Presidency and the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, found themselves embroiled in a contentious debate over the budgetary allocation of N15.5 billion for the completion of the Vice President’s residence. The allocated funds, a focal point in the 2024 budget proposal, sparked disagreement as Obi expressed shock and disheartenment at the provision.

The Presidency swiftly responded to Obi’s remarks, accusing him of attempting to manipulate public sentiment against the Bola Tinubu administration. Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, issued a statement on Tuesday refuting Obi’s claims.

Nkwocha clarified that the project in question did not originate from Tinubu’s administration but was instead initiated by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The statement emphasized the need to set the record straight for historical accuracy amid the reactions and invocations sparked by Obi’s comments.

According to the statement, “The proposed plan for the construction of the Vice President’s official residence, for which a budgetary allocation was made in the 2024 budget by the FCT Administration, was awarded by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. It was not originated by the present administration. This, Mr. Obi knows but chose to play dumb, all in a bid to inflame a targeted group of Nigerians and, as usual, score cheap political goals, accolades and praises.”

The statement further detailed the history of the project, revealing that it was reinitiated in 2010 and funded by the Jonathan administration but subsequently abandoned. Nyesom Wike, the current FCT Minister, took the initiative to revive the project upon discovering its sorry state—overgrown with weeds and inhabited by reptiles after about 13 years of neglect.

Addressing the controversy surrounding the budget, the statement invited discerning Nigerians to scrutinize the situation and determine the real waste. It questioned whether Obi’s objections to the government’s attention to the project were more wasteful than leaving an incomplete and decaying structure that had absorbed significant public funds over the years.

As the clash between the Presidency and Peter Obi unfolds, the magazine explores the intricacies of the disagreement, shedding light on the historical context of the Vice President’s residence project and the differing perspectives on its budgetary allocation in the 2024 fiscal plan.

https://thisweekng.com/presidency-clashes-with-peter-obi-over-vps-residence-budget/

Shetima's media aide no get joy, na fire for fire unlike Tinubu

What a lame excuse and blame game put together.

So because a previous government awarded a contract in Tha sum means it should not be reviewed by a new government in power?
What happened to the monies released before to the contractor executing the job before abandoning it? Who are the contractors and cant they be probed and made to refund the monies payed so far on the contract?
What is so special about the building that will gulp billions of naira?

The budgeted money is far too high for the building.

If i were obi i will just live nigerians to suffer very well in the hands of this useless APC Goverment bcs the more he tries to defend & protect them the more they insalt and neglet him. He should just go & eat his wealth after all he's reach and can never go poor again.

FG shouldn't be taken obi serious again, even his Obidients are aware obi is a senseless animal in human skin

yarimo:
FG shouldn't be taken obi serious again, even his Obidients are aware obi is a senseless animal in human skin

Obi must be president of Nigeria.

Ance4Liverpool:
If i were obi i will just live nigerians to suffer very well in the hands of this useless APC Goverment bcs the more he tries to defend & protect them the more they insalt and neglet him. He should just go & eat his wealth after all he's reach and can never go poor again.

u sef see say Obi na Serial useless manipulator, and a compulsive liar,no wonder he lost