Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general
elections, Peter Obi, has lamented that Nigeria has more poor people than
China, Indonesia and Vietnam put together.
The former Anambra governor blamed poor leadership for the
rising poverty levels in the country.
Obi stated this while delivering a lecture titled ‘Politics
and Change in Nigeria’, at Johns Hopkins University in the United States on
Thursday.
He delivered the lecture at the invitation of Professor Peter Lewis, author of ‘Growing Apart: Comparing Indonesia and Nigeria’.
Sharing highlights of the lecture via his verified X handle
on Friday, Obi stressed that the fate of a nation is closely tied to the
quality of its leadership.
“In discussing this very critical issue, which directly
impacts the direction of a nation, I pointed out that the failure of a nation
depends largely on its Political Leadership.
“Competent, capable and compassionate political leadership,
with integrity, will help nations to achieve sustainable growth and
development,” Obi said.
Obi, in comparing Nigeria’s path over the past 35 years with
that of three other developing nations such as China, Indonesia, and Vietnam,
noted that, while these countries have moved into higher categories of human
development, Nigeria has regressed.
Peter Obi’s statement comes as the World Bank said that
despite Nigeria’s resources-rich status, more of the county’s citizens are
expected to sink into poverty by 2027.
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