2019: Osinbajo under attack from Atiku’s camp over his ‘learning shaku shaku’ comment
Mr. Peter Obi, the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted the Vice President, Yemi Osonbajo for saying he was learning how to dance the popular ‘shaku shaku’ dance.
The Vice President had said he was learning the ‘shaku shaku’ dance steps for campaigns ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Reacting, Obi said Nigeria was facing serious challenges, adding that it was not time to dance shaku shaku
Speaking with journalists in Abuja on his arrival arrival from Dubai, the former governor of Anambra State said for Atiku’s team it was about, “spending our time with the best minds on how to start creating jobs and putting food on people’s table.
“I have not had the opportunity of reading his comments as I haven’t seen the dailies. I know Vice President Osibanjo is a gentleman and may not have made such a comment.
“However, why I am not against people dancing or learning how to dance ‘shaku shaku,’ as I believe it is one of those things that is keeping our people going on in this very difficult times, I believe that the crossroads that we have found ourselves in as a nation requires sober reflection.
“For me in particular, this period calls for sober reflection not dancing or learning how to dance as there are many challenges facing our nation at the moment, not the least being recently having our country named the world headquarters of extreme poverty with over eighty seven million people.
“Worse still millions more are losing their jobs, with four million by the third quarter of this year alone.
“Millions of Nigerians go to bed hungry not knowing where the meal for the next day will come from, hundreds of thousands risk death by crossing the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea to wherever they can make a living.
“These and other challenges are indicative of the dire straits facing us as a nation today. And these are what we on the Atiku team are spending our time with the best minds on how to start creating jobs and putting food on people’s table.”
