Arise Television Morning Show anchor, Rufai Oseni, has faulted the interview appearance of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, saying the former Anambra State governor failed to provide clear policy details on how he intends to address Nigeria’s challenges.
Oseni made the remarks on Monday, following Obi’s interview on Channels Television on Sunday.
According to him, presidential candidates should move beyond making broad promises and instead explain the specific ideas and methodologies behind their proposed policies.
“And that’s what I did not see yesterday. I didn’t see the how. We can’t run a country on vibes,” Oseni said.
He argued that with the election drawing closer, Nigerians should have already seen detailed manifestos and policy frameworks from candidates.
“By now, if elections are in January, we are now in August, we have not seen manifesto. Six months to go.
“Secondly, we are not seeing proper articulation of how you will do it.
“In fact, I think all candidates should stop telling us I will do this. They should start telling us how. We should see an idea. It’s the idea that we want to debate, the workability of the idea, and that I didn’t see. I didn’t see a lot of that,” he said.
Oseni also criticised the frequent campaign promise of tackling insecurity without explaining the strategy behind it.
“We will fix insecurity. How? And please, people should stop telling us ‘I don’t want to share my operational details’.
“Nobody say you should
