Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has asked Nigerian electorates not to consider ethnicity and religion as they go out to vote in February’s general elections.
Obi gave this charge on Saturday, January 7, 2023, in Osogbo at the Labour Party presidential campaign rally in company of his running mate, Datti Baba Ahmed.
While urging the electorates in the State to vote out political parties who claimed to have structures, he added that political parties and their structures have crippled Nigeria.
In his words, “All these challenges are caused by those who say they have party structures. But these structures have crippled Nigeria. I want me and you to destroy these structures by voting them out next month.”
He revealed that he has plans to secure Nigeria and transform the country from a consumer to producer nation.
“We will change Nigeria from a consuming country to a producing country. These people kept on bragging that they have structures. Yet, they are not doing anything. They are not producing anything in this State, youths are unemployed, we will change these challenges.
“We are going to secure and unite Nigeria. We want a Nigerian to be proud of being a Nigerian. We will deliver a secured Nigeria. We don’t want Nigerians to be in the IDP camp, we don’t want you to be a slave in your own country,” he said.
Obi added that youth unemployment, poverty and hunger were major challenges that needed to be confronted.
“Nigerians are hungry, youths have no job. It is not safe to travel anywhere in Nigeria today,” he lamented.
He disclosed that when he becomes president, he will govern Nigeria with the fear of God and make job creation and youth employment a major priority of his administration.
Obi on Friday, January 6, 2023, was in Ekiti State also for the Labour Party presidential campaign.
In Ekiti State, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba Ahmed promised the electorates hope for a new Nigeria and a national rebirth.
Meanwhile, former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo also threw his weight behind the candidacy of Peter Obi for president.
Obasanjo had in a New Year letter addressed to Nigerian youths and made available by his aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, described Obi as his mentee and said the former Anambra State governor had an edge over other presidential candidates in the 2023 elections.
Also, the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom added his voice behind the presidential ambition of Peter Obi.
‘In Interest Of Nigeria’: Youth Group Tells Atiku, Tinubu To Step Down For Peter Obi
Pressure is mounting on the Presidential Candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Bola Tinubu, to step down for the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 presidential election on age and integrity grounds.
The coordinator for Take Back Naija and Coalition for Peter Obi, in Anambra State, Chidi Nzekwe, described Atiku and Tinubu as spent forces, “who have little or nothing to offer Nigerians, especially the teeming jobless youths and out-of-school children, saying Obi is the best man for the job.”
Nzekwe, who spoke during an Obidients march/rally, organised by the Anayo Nnamah-led Awka South (Obizi) Constituency 2, on Friday, Friday, December 30, 2022, said the event was aimed at stepping up awareness for eligible voters to collect their PVCs and ensure they vote and protect their votes.
He also knocked billionaire businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, for dismissing chances of Obi, in preference to Atiku, adding that he is not the right person to give Ndigbo political direction. He recalled his past doomsday prophecies and campaigns for transition of power in 2023 from Buhari to an Igbo man, which never came to pass.
According to him, 90 per cent of registered voters in the state would vote for Obi, hinting that the coalition is working for all candidates featured in the election.
Earlier, Nnamah, called on Atiku and Tinubu to quit the stage now that the ovation is loudest, and be respected as elder statesmen.
Nnamah pointed out that the event was put together as part of political education for the electorate on the need to vote candidates of LP, as well as keep the momentum on, as the elections approach.
Contributing, a chartered accountant-turned-politician, Prince Chigozie Iloh, canvasses Obi to win the election, advising both Atiku and Tinubu to throw in the towel, saying Nigerians are looking for the best presidential material with capacity and emotional intelligence.
Source: Daily Post
