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Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima has responded to comments made by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, over the proposed N15.5 billion budgeted by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to construct a new official residence for the VP.

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had recently revealed that the government planned to use the funds for a “befitting residence” for the nation’s Vice President, to which Obi criticised in a series of tweets on his X handle on Monday, calling it “shocking and disheartening.”
 
Reacting to the criticism, Shettima on Tuesday, Dec 5, in a release issued by his media aide,  Stanley Nkwocha, accused Obi of dancing “n@ked in the public square, trying to curry the attention of those who care to listen to his falsehood and warped opinions about waste.”  “For good 24 hours, Obi danced n@ked in the public square, trying to curry the attention of those who care to listen to his falsehood and warped opinions about waste.”

“On Sunday, he accused the current administration of sponsoring over 1,400 delegates to Dubai for COP28. The next day, being Monday, the subject of his new found passion – armchair criticism – after his colossal loss at the presidential poll was the proposed N15.5billion budgeted by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to renovate the house of the Vice President, which he claimed would pay the annual salary of 3,000 University Professors.”

Shettima said the proposed plan for the construction of the Vice President’s official residence, for which budgetary allocation was made in the 2024 budget by the FCT Administration, was awarded by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“It was not originated by the present administration. This, Mr Obi, knows but chose to play dumb all in a bid to inflamate a targeted group of Nigerians and, as usual, score cheap political goals, accolades and praises.