“Nigeria is a criminalized place; to be honest is to be a criminal,” says Peter Obi

In a radio interview in Nasarawa State, Peter Obi said Nigeria would be much wealthier if successive governments had protected public funds and allowed them to earn interest in banks. The former Anambra State governor said his administration kept public funds in three banks and criticized a culture in which honest people are targeted. He also said his government did not make a priority of staging publicity events for projects paid for with public money, and defended its basic-education record, citing observations by Oxford professor Paul Collier.