Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party
(LP), says he and Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, have the best experience
to handle the challenges of insecurity plaguing the country.
Obi spoke during a meeting with some north-east stakeholders
in Abuja, on Monday.
He noted that the level of youth unemployment in the north
is part of the factors fuelling insecurity in the region.
The LP presidential candidate said when the youths become
engaged in legal activities like agriculture and commerce, insecurity will be a
thing of the past and Nigeria will move from consumption to production.
“Youth unemployment
is nearing 50 percent, so you have millions of youth in their productive age
doing nothing, not knowing where the next meal will come from. In that
situation, you are going to have crises. Crisis of insecurity, banditry,
kidnapping,” Obi said.
“What Datti and I are promising you is number one; that we
have the best combination, the best experience to start tackling the issue of
security and I will say this, hold us responsible. Let nobody tell you we
cannot solve insecurity in Nigeria. It can be stopped and done very quickly.
“We want to unite Nigeria. We want to see Nigerians being
proud of their country again. We want to remove Nigeria from where it is today;
from consumption to production and when you do that, you start pulling people
out of poverty.”
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