Explosion: Peter Obi Pays Sympathy Visit To Ibadan.. Atiku Not Getting In Touch ‘Worrisome’, ‘Upsetting’ -Gov Makinde

 Former LP Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has paid a sympathy visit to Ibadan , the Oyo state capital,  to condole with the people of the state over the recent explosion incident that was recorded in the ancient city.

Obi, a one-time governor of Anambra state , who visited Governor Seyi Makinde at the Governor’s office, Ibadan,, said his visit was to offer his condolences to Makinde and the people of the state over the incident in question.

‘Through the governor, we want to extend our condolences to the bereaved families and to all those who lost their valuable property in the incident and to assure them of our prayers that God will grant those who lost their lives eternal rest. And we want to thank the government for its prompt response and that is what governance has to be’ he said.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the former LP presidential candidate  has also called for a reduction of the cost of governance at the federal level in order to ease things for Nigerians as they continue to face economic hardships.

 ‘All of us are now involved, and all of us should work hard and make the necessary sacrifices to see that we turn around the situation. That is why it is necessary when things happen here, and the government responds in a manner government should respond and everybody comes to participate and commend them for doing the right thing.

It’s a matter of sacrifice, today, elections are over, governance is the key thing and what is required for me is to cut down on the cost of governance, especially at the Federal level, it is unacceptable the way it is going, we need to prioritize critical areas such as education, health and pulling people out of poverty’ he said.

 Governor Seyi Makinde said he found it upsetting and disappointing that only former Vice President Atiku Abubakar  has failed to get in touch and offer his condolences out of the three major candidates who contested the 2023 presidential election.

Recall that  the explosion incident that happened  in Adeji, Old Bodija , Ibadan  had left five people dead while 77 sustained varying degrees of injuries and 58 houses were destroyed..

‘Let me use this opportunity to thank the former Governor of Anambra and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for this visit.

I thank him because politics didn’t seep into this. You have come here to commiserate with us over the explosion. Investigation is going on. It was simply illegal miners storing explosives in an environment where they shouldn’t be.

It is a place where it’s meant for people to live in. It’s not a mining site. So, all the lapses that allowed such to happen have been looked into.

I am particularly grateful because the musketeers that went for the presidential election have reached out to me. The president has called me, you have reached out to me, but my own party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has not called or even sent a text message.

And I am saying it openly, so that our leaders will know that there is time for politics, you have a time for governance and you have a time for humanity. So, we want to say thank you so much, sir. We appreciate this visit’ he said- Team@orientactualmags.com
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