‘We Can’t Run a Country on Vibes’ — Rufai Oseni blasts Peter Obi’s interview, says he should tell Nigerians how he’ll solve problems

Arise Television morning show anchor, Rufai Oseni, has criticised the interview appearance of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, saying the former Anambra State governor failed to provide sufficient details on how he intends to address Nigeria’s pressing challenges if elected.

Oseni made the remarks on Monday while reacting to Obi’s interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme.

According to the broadcaster, presidential candidates should move beyond making broad campaign promises and instead present clear policy ideas and practical methodologies that Nigerians can evaluate.

“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 2027 general election approaching, Nigerians should already be seeing comprehensive manifestos and detailed policy frameworks from those seeking the nation’s highest office.

“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 stated.

Oseni also took issue with the recurring campaign promise by politicians to tackle insecurity without explaining the strategies they intend to adopt.

“We will fix insecurity. How? And please, people should stop telling us, ‘I don’t want to share my operational details.’

“Nobody said 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 said you should share that. What we are saying is overarching details, methodology, how you are going to do it. That’s just it,” he said.

The television anchor further stressed the need for candidates to provide technical explanations on key sectors of the economy, particularly electricity, rather than relying on general statements.

“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 creating thousands of megawatts? The major problem in the power sector today is transmission.

“We have 13,000 installed capacity, but why are we not seeing more than 5,000 megawatts transmission capacity?

“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,” Oseni added.

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