Oil-rich Nigeria can tackle its cost-of-living crisis in part by fighting government waste, presidential candidate Peter Obi told AFP, as politicians jostle to lead Africa's most populous country.

“I will fight corruption; I will deal with issues of waste, law and order, and rigging won't take place under my watch; political parties...

That would also open up space -- and money -- for the government to then focus on "health, education and lifting people out of poverty...