Arise Television morning show anchor, Rufai Oseni, has criticised the media appearance of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, arguing that the former Anambra State governor did not present sufficient policy details on how he would tackle Nigeria’s pressing challenges.
Speaking during The Morning Show on Monday, Oseni said Obi’s appearance lacked the level of detail expected from a presidential hopeful seeking to lead the country, insisting that broad promises without practical implementation plans are insufficient.
According to him, Nigerians deserve more than general assurances from political leaders, stressing that candidates must clearly explain the methodology behind their proposed solutions, particularly on critical issues such as insecurity and governance.
“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 also questioned the absence of a comprehensive manifesto or policy document, noting that the electorate should already be engaging candidates on the substance and practicality of their ideas ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
“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.
“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 share your operational details, because as a candidate, you can’t have operational details. Operational details are specific to operations, hence the name operational details.
“Nobody say you should share that. What we are saying is overarching details, methodology, how you are going to do it. That’s just it.”
The broadcaster further said he expected candidates to provide technical and methodological explanations on critical sectors, particularly electricity.
“I mean, these are things as regards technicality and methodology. These are the things I want to hear from our candidates.
“Power sector, what would you do as regards them about creating thousands of megawatts? Major problem in the power sector today is transmission.
“We have 13,000 installed capacity, but why are we not seeing more than 5000 megawatts capacity for transmission?
“Are you going to put investment there? Are you going to raise the equity for the investment? I mean, those are paramount questions. So please, we want to see more of those details,” he said.
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