Peter Obi Says Young Nigerians ‘ll Not Need To Leave For Greener Pastures Abroad If Elected President
Labour Party Presidential candidate, Chief Peter Obi has said if elected president next year, the idea of having young Nigerians sent abroad because of rising cases of lack of opportunities in the country will become a thing of the past.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned Obi said this during the official defection ceremony of Mr. Valentine Ozigbo to the Labour Party in Lagos on Tuesday.
Ozigbo was the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the guber election held in Anambra state in 2021.
Obi said the Labour Party plans to take over the country and hand it back to the people, saying Brazil was in a similar situation until recently but that today Brazilians can feed themselves and export agricultural produce.
He restated his call for the nation to move from consumption to production.
‘The wealth of a nation is not determined by the landmass but the level of production in the country. Nigeria is not a producing nation, let’s go out and produce. Prayer is not enough, we must go out to work.
We don’t want Nigerians keeping their children in Canada. Canadians don’t send their children here. Today, Nigerian parents are exporting their children abroad and are living alone here in empty homes. We must reverse it. We must bring back our children. To change the nation we must make it stable and safe for all. People still think it will be business as usual, no. We must reverse it’ he said.
He assured Ozigbo and his supporters of equal opportunities in the Labour Party.
‘The Obi movement is driven by intelligent people with integrity and competence. Ozigbo has those criteria. He meets our criteria to belong to our party.
The inflationary rate today is 19.5 percent. There is a need to rescue this nation. Ozigbo has joined in the struggle to rescue the nation’ Julius Abure, who is the chairman of Labour Party, also submitted.
He also promised Ozigbo and his supporters a level playing field and equal opportunities .
‘You have equal status with all members and entitled to all privileges” he said.
Giving his speech, Ozigbo expressed delight in joining the party while noting that what happened on Tuesday was done to formalize what had started earlier- Team@orientactualmags.com
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