Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has sparked mixed reactions among Nigerians with his recent suggestion to convert church vigils into night shifts.
While some commend his proposal as a means to enhance productivity, others condemn it as an infringement on religious traditions.
Joshua Mike-Bamiloye, son of the popular founder of the Mount Zion Faith Drama Ministry, Mike Bamiloye, is one of the Nigerians who has slammed Peter Obi’s proposal.
In a clip from Obi’s interview on the Honest Bunch podcast released on Saturday, he stated that Nigeria suffers from poverty and unproductivity, attributing this to an overemphasis on politics and religion.
“I’m not happy in Nigeria; we can’t continue to breed poverty; that’s not leadership. We live in a largely unproductive society, which is why the only things that seem attractive here are politics…