Peter Obi, former governor of
Anambra state and running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the
People Democratic Party (PDP) says people hardly tell you the truth in
government.
Speaking at the just-concluded
Nigerian Economic Summit (NES24) in Abuja on Tuesday, the former governor said
it took an 11-year-old schoolgirl to tell him he was not keeping his promises.
“For me, what I will say to all
of us here is that government is not working today. It didn’t work in the past,
don’t think it was working when I was there, it didn’t work in the past, it is
not working today,” Obi said.
“I have served, I can tell you,
the government is far apart from the people. What we need to do is to see that
there is no other country except this one, and engage them (government).
“I was governor for eight years,
I hardly see people tell me ‘you’re doing the wrong thing’, everybody tells me
‘you are super, since you came the world has changed’, and that is the problem.
“Nobody tells you anything. I use
this example wherever I go, it took an 11-year-old child in school to
courageously tell me I don’t keep my promise.
“I went to their school to say
something, and I came back, and she asked a question, ‘governor why, you didn’t
keep your promise?’ Nobody tells me.”
Obi added that the current
government has not been keeping its promises, therefore, citizens should engage
them to keep them accountable.
PASTORS CELEBRATE CORRUPTION TOO
“On the issue of corruption, I am
not saying people shouldn’t shout anti-corruption, but let’s start dealing with
it, let us work on it, stop it from escalating.
“People are actually celebrating
corruption every day. I see it as I walk around every day. Like they say, let
us start with ourselves by saying ‘oh, we can’t be part of it.’
“I have somebody who has just
invited me to an occasion that is coming up in two week’s time and it is
supposed to be an occasion to celebrate jubilee and everything, but I know it
is a product of corruption and people will be there to celebrate with him.
“Pastors will be there, praying
that God should give him more and they know it is corrupt money. For me, it is not working, let us deal with
it.”
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