Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has emphasised that he is not vying to be president of the country on the basis that it i
s the turn of Ndigbo but because he possesses the capacity and passion to bring about the desired change the country needs now, adding that amongst the four front runners for the position he is the best candidate.
Obi said the major cause of the critical challenges facing the country currently which according to him include, insecurity, poverty, disunity among people of various tribes, unemployment is “leadership failure” and said that for the situation to change the country should be transformed from being a consumption economy to a production economy.
The former Anambra State governor made the assertion yesterday when he addressed traditional rulers of Anambra State at the Conference Hall of the Government House, Awka, as part of his campaign tour of the state. Obi who earlier held a town hall meeting attended by members of the academia, students, traders, captains of industry, motor transport workers, etc, at the Stanel event centre along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway told traditional rulers that Niger and Borno states have vast fertile agricultural lands that if properly harnessed could feed the entire country and have excess for export pointing out that the Sambisa Forest “which today is being dreaded is over 60,000 kilometres”, adding that if...
He described oil subsidy as official corruption being perpetrated by top public officials arguing that Nigerians have never benefitted from the proceeds and promised to do away with it if he becomes president.
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