ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), says he would change the Northern region of Nigeria through agriculture if elected president of Nigeria in 2023.
Obi made made this promise at a virtual meeting with Labour Party support groups on Friday, saying that the ten poorest states in Nigeria are from the North.
The former Anambra State Governor also promised that he would focus on the North due to the region’s enormous potential that needs to be tapped and harnessed.
He said that the region has the most unemployed youths, out of school children, and the worst school kidnapping record globally.
“I am going to change the region. We need to cultivate arable land there; respected Nigerians from the North have ruled this country but the ten poorest states are from the region.”
“Our economic problems arising from poor leadership do not discriminate on the basis of religion or tribe,” he stated.
The presidential candidate warned the country’s leadership to discontinue with the same methods that are not working.
He further urged citizens not to vote for him or any 2023 contestant on ethnic or religious considerations.
“There is nowhere in Nigeria where a person buys cheaper bread because he is a Muslim or a Christian,” he said.
The Labour Party candidate noting that he is most qualified in the presidential race, said his antecedents and qualifications are open for scrutiny.
He said: “I am the only governor in Nigerian history who finished eight years, left money, built infrastructure, owed no contractor, salary or pension.”
According to him, with what he has in mind, “the North will forever remain grateful.
“(The) 2023 election must not be on entitlements based on religion or tribe but on competence, character and what you did before.”