Presidency tackles Obi over alleged misleading statistics

***says its to work up his mob plotting to destabilise Nigeria

The Presidency has again taken on former presidential candidate, Peter Obi for coming up with what it has described as misleading and half-truth statistics on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Obi had on Monday in an X post said when Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, it maintained an average GDP growth of about 6.72% for 16 years from 1999-2014.
He said the impressive growth trajectory, unfortunately, was not sustained by the then-new government and the nation’s GDP growth collapsed to 2.79% in 2015 and then sank into a recession in 2016 with a negative growth of -1.58% and 0.82% in 2017.
Reacting, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga called out Obi over what he called misleading statistics.
He wondered why Obi would be reviewing the economy at this time, saying the motive is clear.
Onanuga said emphatically that Obi wanted to work up his mob plotting to destabilise the country from next week.
Onanuga wrote in reply to Obi’s comment on his X page: “Labour Party failed presidential candidate, Peter Obi has come up with his misleading, half-truth statistics again.
“The big question is why this economic review at this time?. The motive is clear: he wants to work up his mob plotting to destabilize the country from next week