Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the renaming of Charly Boy Bus Stop and other landmarks in Lagos, describing the development as irrelevant considering the country’s worsening economic conditions.
Recall that the Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) recently decided to rename several public places, including the popular Charly Boy Bus Stop, now called Olamide Baddo Bus Stop in honour of music star Olamide Gbenga Adedeji.
The move led to outrage among citizens, many of whom called for a reversal.
Obi, during a recent interaction with veteran entertainer Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, said he considered such actions unimportant in the face of poverty and hardship facing millions of Nigerians.
“To me, it is totally irrelevant when you have millions of people who don’t know where their next meal will come from,” he said.
The former governor of Anambra State recalled that during his time in office, he refused to name any public facility after himself or allow anyone else to do so, despite multiple suggestions.
“I built a facility in a hospital, and the owner said it should be named after me or my mother. I declined. I never commissioned any project or named anything after myself because they were done with public money. That’s why some people say I didn’t do much publicity as governor.”
Obi added that if elected president in the future, his approach would remain the same—focused on functionality, not personal recognition.
“Even when I become President, my name is not going to be in any of the facilities. All I want is for the facility to function,” he declared.
