ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he will give priority to youths if elected as the President.
The former Governor of Anambra State also explained that he is running for the office to represent the youths.
The presidential hopeful said this on Thursday at the LP presidential campaign rally in Abuja.
“You are the one running this election. The youths of Nigeria, you are the ones contesting this election through us.
“We are only representing you and we want things to change,” he told the gathering at the Old Parade Ground.
While lamenting the level of unemployment in the country, Obi promised to create an enabling environment for youths to thrive.
He added: “Nigerian youths don’t know where the next meal is coming from. We have a high level of youth unemployment but we will employ our youths. We will make them productive.
“The vast land in the north is [part of] where our youths will be engaged and they will be productive. Nigeria will feed itself and our youths. Nigeria will be a great nation again.”
Obi also vowed to tame insecurity ravaging several parts of Nigeria.
“What Datti and I are offering you is simple, we are offering you the security of lives and properties. We would fight insecurity,” he added.
The LP flagbearer was accompanied by his running mate Yusuf Baba-Ahmed and other chieftains of the LP including renowned economist Pat Utomi and others.