Peter Obi is attacking the Murtala Muhammed International Airport upgrade because Peter lacks vision. Please fact-check me: Detty December attracts $72 million to Lagos’s economy annually. That money helps Lagos generate the highest VAT revenue in Nigeria, which enables the Federal Government to pay Anambra three times the revenue that Anambra contributes to the VAT pool.

By spending $400 million to increase MMIA’s capacity from its present 6.5 million passengers a year to 20 million a year, Nigeria will attract more tourists to Lagos and environs, which will increase the state’s VAT generation. Since Lagos generates almost 50% of Nigeria’s VAT revenue and is a net contributor, whatever benefits Lagos State benefits all Nigerian states.

With Detty December alone, the airport upgrade will pay for itself in just five years.

But how can you expect a man who did not build schools, but built breweries, to understand the domino effect of this project?

Can you blame a second-class Philosophy student for not understanding economics? That is why I said he is an economic illiterate who wants President Tinubu to be serving food at parties, like him!

Reno Omokri

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