‘Mockery of governance’ — Obi tackles Adamawa LG chairmen for sponsoring wives to Turkey

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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has criticised Adamawa LGA chairmen for sponsoring their wives to Turkey for a leadership training programme.

Wives of 21 LGA chairmen, accompanied by senior officials from the ministry of local government, reportedly travelled to Istanbul last week for the programme.

Suleiman Toungo, chairman of Toungo LGA and head of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, said the training was designed to equip their spouses with leadership skills.

He added that, since the chairmen had undergone training themselves, their wives also needed similar exposure to help them “offer useful advice on governance”.

Reacting in a post on X on Saturday, Obi described the trip as a wasteful use of scarce public resources.

He said the estimated N600 million spent on the foreign trip could have been channelled into improving basic education, funding classrooms, or supporting women-led businesses in the state. Thecable