Oshiomhole picks holes in Peter Obi’s $150m Anambra savings claim

Edo North senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has taken a swipe at the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his claim that he saved $150 million when he was Anambra State governor.
Oshiomhole launched the criticism while fielding questions in an interview on Symfoni TV.
He questioned how the funds were obtained when the Federal Government paid states’ allocations in naira.
According to the federal lawmaker, he was a member of the National Economic Council, NEC, with Obi when Nigerian governors requested to receive their federal allocations in dollars.
The former Edo state governor, who said the Federal Government rejected the proposal, stressed that Nig...