By Agabus Pwanagba The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant and a former Governor of Anambra State Peter Obi, has ca...
By Agabus Pwanagba
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant and
a former Governor of Anambra State Peter Obi, has called on delegates of the
party and indeed Nigerians, not to sacrifice the future of their children for
immediate gains.
He equally said that the 2023 general election is about the
security of the country and the future of her children.
Obi disclosed this in Jos the Plateau State Capital, when he
addressed Plateau delegates ahead of the party primaries.
The former Anambra State Governor said that Nigeria must get
it right in 2023 if she wants to regain her position among comity of nations.
According to him, “You won’t be delegates forever, your
children will suffer if you do not choose the right leader.
“If they bring money, collect it but when you go to vote,
first place the picture of your children at heart, not my picture neither your
picture because that is the future of your children.
“They will have a better and secured future if the right
person is elected the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he
said.
According to him, it is sad that Nigeria’s debt profile has
risen to N49 trillion without anything to show for it.
He stated that Nigeria cannot continue to borrow when other
African countries are exporting their products to the world.
“Every country borrows, but when you borrow for consumption,
it is wrong. It is sad that Nigerians borrow to share.
“They only think of sharing formulas, let’s think of
production formulas”‘, he admonished.
He gave examples of Kenya, Ethiopia and Morocco that were
exporting different agricultural products in large quantities.
Obi said, “To owe gratuity and pension is criminal. I didn’t
owe gratuity or pension and I paid salaries three months ahead when I was
leaving office.
“We should move from a nation of consumption to a nation of
production.
This is necessary because you can’t have revenue when
everyone is living in poverty. You need to improve the people’s standard of
living for the revenue to grow.
“Again, if you solve the problem of hunger, you have solved
the problem of criminality and to a large extent, insecurity,” he stressed.
He further lamented that, 60 percent of the over 200 million
Nigerians were youths who would be very productive if encouraged.
Obi also decried that small businesses that galvanise world
economies were folding up in Nigeria because of insecurity.
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