“I Am Desperate To Make Nigeria Work” – Peter Obi Asserts
The Labour Party (LP)Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that he is desperate to make Nigeria work.
This is as he simultaneously noted
at the annual LEADERSHIP Conference and Awards organised by the LEADERSHIP Newspaper, held in Abuja, on Tuesday that he is, however, not desperate to be Nigeria’s President.
Obi, while reacting to the award he received as the LEADERSHIP Politician of the Year 2023, again expressed that it was shameful for Nigeria to receive donated grains from Ukraine, a war-torn country when Niger State alone can feed the whole of Africa.
He said, “Let me thank the LEADERSHIP Newspaper for this event and the award. We’ve all heard from the keynote speaker.
“For me, this award, I am grateful to the Almighty God. If I have the opportunity, I will give my all to the country.
“I am not desperate to be president, I am desperate to make Nigeria work,” Obi stated while adding that young Nigerians should be productively engaged to eliminate poverty and crime.
“We have no reasons to be poor. Poverty should never be part of our lives, especially in the North,” Obi said, adding that with over 7,442,00 square meters of land, Nigeria can feed Africa.
“Ukraine has no reason to give us grain. Niger State can feed Nigeria, Africa with over 73, 000 square meters of land.
“The two biggest states in the North-East, Borno with over 70,000 square metres of land and Taraba, are four times the size of Belgium that is exporting food. There is so much we can do in the country if we have the right leadership.
“The more you remove people out of poverty, the more you have less criminals,” Obi pointed out.
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