Budget 2024: Again, Obi uncovers insensitive allocations
•Says N15bn for NASS hospital five times more than National Hospital, others THE presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has again exposed what he described as undeserving allocations in the 2024 budget, describing the items as disturbing . Obi had in his previous interventions called for a total review of the budget on the grounds that there were several misplacements of priorities tailored to further impoverish Nigerians. The LP standard bearer wondered how the National Assembly Hospital was getting N15 billion for one year, which is five times more than that of the National Hospital and six other premier teaching hospitals in the country. Obi, who made his observations public in a series of tweets on his X handle on yesterday, said, “I will remain persistent in my expressions of deep concern about the 2024 budget because of its critical importance to the lives of the citizens, especially the poor in our midst. ''I will c...