Peter Obi visits Egypt to ‘understudy country’s education, power, finance sectors’

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has flown out of Nigeria to “understudy Egypt’s education sector”. 

Obi announced the trip through his official Twitter handle on Tuesday.

He said the three-day visit to the north-eastern African country is to understudy its power, education, planning and finance sectors. 

“I just departed for Egypt on a 3-day visit as part of my detailed study of comparable countries to Nigeria,” he wrote.

“In Egypt, I am expected to understudy, among others, the Egyptian Power Sector, Education, Planning and Finance Sectors.”

I just departed for Egypt on a 3-day visit as part of my detailed study of comparable countries to Nigeria. In Egypt, I am expected to understudy, among others, the Egyptian Power Sector, Education, Planning and Finance Sectors. -PO pic.twitter.com/GzH8Gl7977

— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) June 14, 2022

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The development comes amid the campaign for the February 2023 presidential elections.

Obi, who was elected as the flagbearer of the Labour Party in May, has consistently said his focus will be on moving Nigeria from “consumption to production”.

Meanwhile, varied reactions have trailed Obi’s decision to visit Egypt.

Below are a few reactions from Nigerians on Twitter,

Every little opportunity you have to make an inroad, make an impact, connect with people, YOU GRAB IT!
Let me repeat!@PeterObi should have been in Ekiti not Egypt!

— Aisha Yesufu (@AishaYesufu) June 14, 2022

Peter Obi demonstrates capacity & focus, time after time. His trip to Egypt did not surprise people like us. It shouldn’t be confused or misconstrued. He prepared himself for leadership unlike the charlatans. Obi is the ONLY ONE whose heart is in the right place. A class act.👏

— NEFERTITI (@firstladyship) June 14, 2022

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Heard @PeterObi traveled to Egypt to learn how to fix Education/Power problems, this is exactly the problem with unprepared candidates. It is 9 months to election & a two-term gov. & former VP candidate want to go learn something from Egypt in 3 days? Wow! #WeCantContinueLikeThis

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— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) June 14, 2022

Peter Obi is just too strategic God 😩😩

While some people went to Germany for medical checkup and others are busy with local politics, my President is going to Egypt to study how they doubled their power generation in 10years and how they built 10k factories in 7yrs 🤣

— J a c k 🇳🇬 (@Jack_ng01) June 14, 2022

Peter Obi should be going to Ekiti not Egypt. Election is happening on Saturday in Ekiti, Obi says he’s going to Egypt to understudy their system. Labour Party have a Guber candidate in Ekiti. This was how Moghalu was all over social media but someone called Dumebi defeated him.

— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) June 14, 2022

“Why is Peter Obi going to Egypt?”

If you were better than someone and the person significantly gets better than you, while you keep regressing, won’t you humble yourself to learn from that person?

That is simply why Peter Obi is in Egypt. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/fMdHLRpcze

— Everest (@novieverest) June 14, 2022