{"id":7313,"date":"2026-11-03T08:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/utomi-faults-apc-over-alleged-extravagance-amid-hardship\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T08:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:16:11","slug":"utomi-faults-apc-over-alleged-extravagance-amid-hardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/utomi-faults-apc-over-alleged-extravagance-amid-hardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Utomi faults APC over alleged extravagance amid hardship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Utomi-faults-APC-over-alleged-extravagance-amid-hardship.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Only opposition to FG are on social media; political parties silent - Pat Utomi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Utomi-faults-APC-over-alleged-extravagance-amid-hardship.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pat-Utomi-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pat-Utomi-768x510.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration over what he described as extravagant lifestyles among public officials amid economic hardship in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utomi said it was contradictory for government officials to describe Nigeria as poor while allegedly displaying luxury vehicles, including Maybachs, G-Wagons and Rolls-Royces, and travelling in private jets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made the remarks in a post on his X account on Tuesday, arguing that the lifestyles of public office holders should reflect the economic realities confronting ordinary Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou cannot stand before the world and declare that Nigeria is poor, then turn around and parade your ministers in million-dollar Maybachs, G-Wagons and Rolls-Royces, while public officials fly around in private jets. Your optics contradict your narrative, your lifestyle contradicts your statistics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former presidential candidate said if Nigeria was indeed poor, government spending and the management of public resources should reflect the country\u2019s economic circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that members of the executive and legislature should demonstrate fiscal restraint, particularly when citizens were being asked to endure economic difficulties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, public office should not be treated as a licence for extravagance, adding that government officials had a responsibility to show restraint in the use of public resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe APC needs to understand that public office is not a licence for extravagance. If citizens must endure economic hardship, those entrusted with their taxes must also demonstrate restraint,\u201d Utomi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that displaying luxury lifestyles while asking Nigerians to endure economic hardship could deepen public resentment and reinforce perceptions that government officials were insensitive to the plight of ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/utomi-faults-apc-over-alleged-extravagance-amid-hardship\/\">Utomi faults APC over alleged extravagance amid hardship<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration over what he described as extravagant lifestyles among public officials amid economic hardship in the country. 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