The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has urged fellow contestants to shun divisive statements and focus on issues affecting the country, by showing Nigerians how competent they are to lead.
“First is that we must think about Nigeria because we are all Nigerians and we must ensure that it is an issues-based campaign, not based on ethnicity, religion, my turn, or any form of bias, but based on character, competence, commitment and capacity to build a better Nigeria.”
In a related development, Obi has described the much-talked-about political structure as the bane that has held Nigeria’s development down, saying it must be removed in next year’s polls. Obi, who said the structure of sharing money is responsible for Nigeria’s woes, pledged to turn Nigeria from being a consuming to producing country if elected in 2023.
The former Anambra State governor stated this in Ibadan, Oyo State, after a closed-door meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde in his office at Agodi Secretariat.
He said despite Nigeria’s poor performance in the last 62 years, the country has survived as a nation, and there was still a need to celebrate, adding that, the next election should be how to start building a new Nigeria everybody would be proud of.
