The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi
said Nigeria is in dire need of a president who has the necessary mental,
physical energy and capacity to take it out of the quagmire.
He noted that the people have moved beyond voting on
sentiments based on religion, state of origin or entitlement mentality.
Addressing a crowd in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, the
presidential candidate said that old politicians have continued to divide
Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines for their selfish interest saying that
hunger and hardship do not recognize ethnicity and religion.
Obi who expressed hope that Nigeria will be great again
irrespective of what it is currently facing said his first priority when
elected will be to unite the country and restore peace.
He said he will ensure that the educational system and the
currency are strengthened as well as ensure an increase in the manufacturing
and production capacity of the country.
His words: “[The] 2023 elections will be the turn of the
people to elect who will be their leaders and not for any candidate’s turn; it
is not going to be by tribe, religion because poverty and hardship do not
recognize such things. Rather people should consider competence, capability and
capacity. It is going to be based on whoever has the required mental and
physical energy and capacity.”
Obi also promised to ensure the full operations of the
ongoing Ibom Deep Seaport and turn Akwa Ibom into an export processing centre
if elected the next president of Nigeria.
Speaking earlier, the national chairman of the party, Julius
Abure lauded the people for coming out en masse to support the party’s
presidential candidate promising that Obi will never betray their trust if
elected.
Attributing the insecurity, and poverty in the country to
bad leadership, Abure urged the people not to vote for those who lack the
capacity to address the problems in Nigeria and who do not have their interests
at heart.
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