The Vice-Presidential Candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, on Wednesday said the
party would revamp the economy of the country and set it on the path of growth
if returned to power.
Obi made the statement in Ikeja
while addressing traders during his visit to the popular Computer Village.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje, and
his running mate, Mrs Haleemat Busari, along with other party faithful were
with Obi on the visit.
Obi claimed the challenges in the
country’s economy were caused by the incompetence of the ruling All
Progressives Congress(APC).
He said the APC-led Federal
Government lacked the capacity to create and grow businesses, hence the various
issues bedevilling the economy.
Obi said that the PDP would turn
the economy around if elected, as the party had the experience and the people
to do so.
The PDP vice-presidential
candidate said that he and Agbaje had run successful businesses and would bring
their experience to bear in promoting businesses in the state and the country.
“How can a man who does not have
a shop aspire to be the chairman of the traders in the market?
“I have always been a trader. You
know that Jimi Agbaje too is a trader. So we understand your needs.
“You know that the vice president
helps to run the economy. With me, you have someone who understands business
and understands your needs,” Obi said.
The PDP vice presidential
candidate described ICT as the future of the world, saying Nigeria’s exchange
rate would regain health when the country becomes an exporter of computer
technology.
Also speaking, Agbaje alleged
that the state government, through bottlenecks, recently discouraged Google
from providing free wi-fi in all primary schools in the state.
He said Google had to look in the
ways of Ghana and Uganda when it could not implement its plan easily in the
state.
The candidate said if the plan
had been implemented in the state, the Computer Village, being an ICT hub,
would have benefitted.
Agbaje said the APC state
government had failed to provide incentives to harness the potential of ICT for
development.
He promised that if elected, his
government would give the right support to ICT to propel development.
The PDP candidate also promised to
address what he called the problem of multiple tax regime in the state, to
promote growth of businesses.
NAN reports that Obi and Agbaje
later visited the Ladipo Spare Parts Market in Mushin as well as markets in
Festac Town.
Speaking at Ladipo market, Agbaje
said he would improve facilities at the market to ease business transactions.
He said he would not shut the
market as being threatened by the APC-led administration in the state.
Agbaje said he would attend to
all the needs of the traders and listen to their demands always.
He said the refusal of President
Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the amended Electoral Act bill was not good
for democracy.
Speaking, the General Chairman of
the Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market, Mr Jude Nwankwo, urged the PDP and Agbaje
to attend to their needs if elected, pledging the traders’ support for them.
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