ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Labour Party (LP), presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has assured Benue residents of public safety and food security if elected president in 2023.
Obi, the former Anambra State Governor gave the assurance at his presidential campaign held at the IBB Square in Makurdi, the Benue state capital.
The Labour Party candidate also promised that his government will improve the state productive capacity with a deliberate policy to boost food production.
Obi lamented that the Federal Government paid lip service to halting incessant killings in Benue.
On a civil service based economy, Obi’s running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed said the Obi administration will show the people new ways to attract investment.
Speaking at the rally, the Labour party’s governorship candidate in the state, He-man Hembe asked Obi to look into the attacks by suspected herdsmen that has left nearly two million people displaced with many lives lost.
On his part also, the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, said it is time to change all the bad purchases Nigerians have been making, a statement that resonates with the crowd.