ABEOKUTA–Ahead of the general elections in 2023, a former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has urged Nigerian to vote for candidates with track records and verifiable achievements, adding that he is in the contest to build a better country.
Obi disclosed this when he met with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Leaders and members at the party secretariat in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
Recall that Obi had in March 23rd formerly declared his interest to run the 2023 Presidential race
He also submitted that it is time for someone from the South-East zone gets the opportunity to administer the affairs of the country.
The Presidential hopeful lamented the high rate of insecurity in the country, adding that it was due to leadership failure.
”There is agitation everywhere. We have banditry, terrorism. Our country never looked into the future and the consequences are what we are seeing today Is a failure of not investing in the future. We must act now so that Nigeria will not collapse.
“Our country has 33 percent of unemployment when you add underemployment, it’s about 65 percent and 60 percent of these are youths. Our youths in their productive age are doing nothing. Today our country is owing retirees pensions and gratuities. We must change this situation. Our universities are closed, about 16 million students out of school, unemployment amongst our Youths is the highest in the world.
“Think about the society your children will live, anybody who comes here and say to you that he wants to be a President, ask about his records, ask questions about his achievements in the past. Investigate him on how he managed the public funds”
“Go and investigate my past. I was governor of Anambra for eight years. My record is there. We need to fix our local and state governments. We need to work for the people and also make sacrifices,” he said
The party chairman of Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Hon Sukurullahi Ogundele described Peter Obi as a man of integrity, saying that he is capable to rule Nigeria.
He added that all the presidential aspirants under peoples democratic party are better than that of All Progressives Congress, APC.
Meanwhile, a governorship aspirant, Hon. Ladi Adebutu described Peter Obi as competent and intelligent, saying that he is capable to transform the country.
“No doubt about what he has said, he highly gifted and very resourceful, if given the chance he will perform better than president Muhammadu Buhari”, he concludes
