2019: Atiku’s Running Mate, Peter Obi Reacts To Osinbajo’s Statement On Learning ‘Shaku- Shaku Dance Steps

We Are Thinking Of Creating Jobs, Not Shaku-Shaku Dance Steps, Peter Obi Replies Osinbajo

Peter Obi, running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the situation Nigeria is in as a period that calls for sober reflection and not for dancing “Shaku Shaku.”

He said this in response to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who had humorously said his team is learning the dance step for the 2019 general election campaign.

“Shaku Shaku” is a popular dance step common among entertainers and young Nigerians.

Speaking with journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe airport in Abuja upon his arrival from Dubai on Monday, Obi said the Atiku team is spending its time thinking of how to create jobs and not learning how to dance “Shaku Shaku.”

“I have not had the opportunity of reading his comments as I haven’t seen the dailies. I know Vice-President Osibanjo is a gentleman and may not have made such a comment,” Obi said.

“However, while I am not against people dancing or learning how to dance ‘Shaku Shaku’, as I believe it is one of those things that is keeping our people going on in this very difficult times, I believe that the crossroads that we have found ourselves in as a nation requires sober reflection.

“For me in particular, this period calls for sober reflection not dancing or learning how to dance as there are many challenges facing our nation at the moment. Not the least being recently having our country named the world headquarters of extreme poverty with over eighty seven million people. Worse still millions more are losing their jobs, with four million by the third quarter of this year alone.

“Millions of Nigerians go to bed hungry not knowing where the meal for the next day will come from, hundreds of thousands risk death by crossing the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea to wherever they can make a living.

“These and other challenges are indicative of the dire straits facing us as a nation today. And these are what we on the Atiku team are spending our time with the best minds on how to start creating jobs and putting food on people’s table. We must get Nigeria to start working again for the good of everyone. He said.