Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has explained why he did not build a new school when he was governor of Anambra State.
Reno Omokri, an ex-aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, last week challenged Obi and his supporters to show a single school the former governor started and completed in his eight years as governor.
Mr Omokri promised to reward handsomely anyone that could show a school built by Obi.
However, responding to this during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Obi said his critics failed to avail themselves of his manifesto.
Obi said that when he became governor of Anambra State, education was in shambles, schools were closed and the state was number 26 in the country but by the time he left, Anambra was number one in the country.
“I improved the quality, physical and mental well-being of the people. Schools had the basic things they needed and the people shone like stars and that was my manifesto. Building new schools when the old ones are moribund is just like building coastal lines when internal roads are impassable,” he said.
