… SAYS COST OF GOVERNANCE TOO HIGH
Former Governor of Anambra State the 2019 Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi, has said that too much of public funds is being wasted in governance in the country.
Obi stressed that the high cost of governance constitutes a clog to the desired development of the country.
He said that the country cannot develop unless the wastage of public funds and the high cost of governance is effectively tackled.
Obi made the comment while addressing Participants of Course 4 of the Strategic Management and Policy Course articipants of Course, at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja on Wednesday.
Obi told the gathering comprising retired Generals, officers of the Army, the various security agencies and paramilitary organizations that growth and progress will not be a reality if the current state of waste is maintained.
He urged Nigerian leaders to focus on the creation of public wealth, rather the accumulation private wealth whwn in office.
“Public wealth enriches everybody, but private wealth impoverishes the people and the nation” he said.
Obi, identified leadership at the core of Nigeria’s challenges stressing that until our leaders commit to good governance and responsible management of public resources, the right policies will not be put in place to serve the public good.
Obi also said that it is criminal to owe pensioners and go about wasting money on useless social projects.
He stressed that “owing people at the most difficult times when the opportunities are less is the worse thing to do to them.”
Earlier in the programme the Director General of the NARC Maj Gen Garba Wahab (rtd.) welcomed Obi to the Centre to address Participants on leadership and strategic management issues.