Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has said he is 'deeply concerned' about the plight of pensioners in Nigeria.

Legit.ng reports that in a statement he signed and shared on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday, September 17, Obi lamented that diligent people who served Nigeria are not properly treated.

The presidential hopeful tweeted: "I read with deep concern that our pensioners, men and women who gave the most productive years of their lives in service to our country, have been pushed to contemplate a nationwide protest over unpaid arrears."

Earlier in September, President Bola Tinubu declared that Nigeria had met its revenue target for 2025 ahead of schedule and would no longer rely on borrowing to fund its budget.

Addressing stakeholders of The Buhari Organisation who visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, President Tinubu said his administration’s non-oil revenue drive had yielded enough to meet this year’s projections by August, reducing Nigeria’s dependence on external loans.

Aiming a dig at the president, Obi said: "Mr. President announced that Nigeria had reached its revenue target. If that is true, then the moral question is simple: why are our senior citizens, who worked, served, and sacrificed, still owed their rightful pensions and gratuities? Revenue growth should first reflect in the lives of the people, especially those in difficult times."

Furthermore, Obi argued that the "excess revenue" Nigeria celebrates under Tinubu must not remain on paper.

I read with deep concern that our pensioners, men and women who gave the most productive years of their lives in service to our country, have been pushed to contemplate a nationwide protest over unpaid arrears.

Just last month, Mr. President announced that Nigeria had reached…

— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) September 17, 2025