Kwankwaso Has a PhD, but Nigeria Needs a Wealth Creator Like Me – Obi

By Henry Oduah

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi said that Nigeria requires a wealth creator and manager, a role he claims to fulfil.

During an interview with MD/CEO of News Central Kayode Akintemi on the programme “60 Minutes with Kay,” Obi stated that no presidential aspirant, including President Bola Tinubu, could match his experience in creating wealth.

Obi made these remarks in response to Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State, who in 2023 at Chatham House in London declared that his PhD made him more qualified to be president than Obi’s potential running mate. At that time, Kwankwaso was the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate.

Both men are now members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). Kwankwaso is expected to become Obi’s running mate in 2027 after the party zoned the presidential ticket to the southern region, where Obi is from.

“Qualification is a perspective and it depends on where you’re coming from. He (Kwankwaso) said he was more qualified because he has a PhD which is not bad. I don’t have a PhD,” Obi said.

“He has some experience, he’s exposed. He was a minister. There’s no doubt about that. I don’t think his claim was wrong but for what Nigeria needs today, Nigeria needs a wealth creator, a wealth manager.”

“I have built reputable businesses from scratch locally and internationally. Nobody today in this context, including the president, can claim to have passed through my experience.”

Obi responded to being called a “common trader” by noting that trading and making money from it is one of the most difficult tasks, otherwise everyone would be a trader.

“What Nigeria needs today is somebody that creates wealth, not somebody who shares wealth, somebody who can manage resources more efficiently and save for the future,” he said.

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