'I wrote consumption-to-production concept for Peter Obi’
Peter Agada, a former campaign official, claims he and his team authored the 'consumption-to-production' economic policy used by Peter Obi in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. Agada asserts his long-standing role in Nigerian policy development as the basis for his contribution.
Why it matters
This claim highlights internal political disputes regarding the intellectual origins of campaign manifestos in Nigerian politics.
Layer 1 The presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Peter Agada, has claimed that he and his team authored the “consumption-to-production” concept adopted by Peter Obi during his 2023 presidential campaign.
Agada, who served as the Director of Finance for the Obidient campaign in the 2023 election, made the claim while discussing his experience in policy development and politics.
According to him, he had been involved in writing public policies in Nigeria for decades and had contributed to policy documents for several politicians seeking elective offices.
“There are things I’m struggling not to say here. A lot of these guys who are running for offices took documents off my table. Their manifestos, their programs. I’m not junior to anybody. I started writing policies in Nigeria before some people even entered politics,” Agada said.
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