Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to ask for the reversal of a court judgment forbidding Rivers State from accessing its allocations from the Federation Account.
Recall that a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the stoppage of the release of federal monthly allocations from the consolidated funds to the Rivers State Government.
The state government has since appealed the judgment, even as the organised Labour has threatened to withdraw the services of its members from all duties if the Federal High Court judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria from paying allocation to Rivers State affects the well-being of its members.
In response to the lingering issue, Obi, via his verified X handle @PeterObi, on Friday, tweeted:
In my political trajectory, I have consistently refrained from name-calling or engaging in personal disputes, choosing instead to focus on issues that directly impact the masses, particularly the suffering poor of Nigeria.
Despite the national attention the Rivers state crisis has gained, I have largely stayed away from matters specific to a state, but a recent court judgment halting allocations to the state—and the resulting consequences—demands attention.
This curious decision now calls upon every well-meaning individual Nigerian to appeal for its immediate reversal.
Consider the pensioner struggling to survive on a meager income alongside the health workers, school teachers, civil servants, and everyday citizens whose lives are already marked by severe hardship.
How much more can they endure?
This latest development risks pushing them even further into distress—even into untimely deaths—by compounding the challenges they face each day.
As leaders—whether in the Executive, Legislative, or Judicial our decisions, and actions should be guided by a commitment to the well being of the less privileged and vulnerable among us.
As we work toward a better future for all, we must genuinely care about the poor and prioritize the well-being of every Nigerian.
What we do today should lay the foundation for a new Nigeria that is possible.
