Top 7 Peter Obi Quotes [2019 Vice Presidential Debate]

Looking for Peter Obi, PDP’s VP candidate quotes? Below are top 7 Peter Obi quotes at the 2019 vice presidential debate.

“In 2015 we generated $41bn in Foreign Direct Investment, but now, we attracted only $12bn last year. Even our stock market has lost over N2Trillion in one year. You can’t shut down your shop and be chasing criminals.”

“Today, the total loans by the banks is 19 trillion and only 0.5% goes to your SMEs when in other countries it’s about 20%.”

“The number one problem of this country today is its economy. The vice president is in charge of rebuilding the economy to where it can create jobs.”

“What we are subsiding today is inefficiency. If you get it right, the prices still come down. There is no way a country can have a budget of N340bn for health, which translates to N5 a day for (each of) its citizens, and then pay a trillion for subsidy.”

“In terrorism we have moved from seven to No 3; Our inequality (rate) has worsened. Our unemployment rate has moved from 24 to 40 today. We are not supporting SMEs very well.”.

“Nigeria has been a country where we have the highest number of poor people. Our country today has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world.”

“Fighting corruption is not an economic policy, it is not that you can’t fight corruption, but you can fight it more aggressively while addressing economic issues.”