Peter Obi Questions Govt’s Priorities Amid Remi Tinubu’s Birthday Donation Appeal
In a statement shared on his X handle, Obi congratulated Mrs. Tinubu on her birthday and commended her for urging well-wishers to donate toward the completion of the long-abandoned National Library in Abuja, rather than spend on celebratory cakes or newspaper adverts.

However, the former Anambra State governor noted that the appeal, though well-intentioned, was a stark indictment of the state of governance in Nigeria.
“What kind of country must beg for charity to build the very temple of knowledge?” Obi asked. “What kind of leaders waste trillions on luxury and vanity, while the National Library, our intellectual furnace, remains abandoned in the capital?”