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LABOUR party – LP, governorship candidate for Lagos State in the 2023 general elections, Gbadebo Rhodes-Viviour has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s foreign trips.
Rhodes-Viviour said on Tuesday, that the president’s trips offered little or no value to Nigerians amid the challenges facing the country.
He criticised president Tinubu for prioritizing visiting the United Kingdom despite the biting costs of fuel and other economic challenges Nigerians are battling with.
“The President has spent a significant amount of time traveling outside the country while the people are experiencing extreme hardship. That is unprecedented. Regarding the topic you just discussed and the pain Nigerians are dealing with—specifically higher petrol and diesel prices—I don’t think this visit is a priority for Nigerians right now,” Rhodes-Viviour said.
Now a member of the African Democratic Congress – ADC, the former LP governorship candidate said:
“His visiting and perhaps adding some legitimacy and credibility to his position as President is good for him, his optics, and his party. However, I don’t see how it is entirely good for the Nigerian people. This is a President who spends quite a lot of time outside the country, so I don’t truly see the value for the average Nigerian. For him, surely, it is beneficial.”