The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has stated that the staggering level of corruption in the country has kept the Universities closed and plunged the healthcare system into comatose.
Speaking on Thursday at the Labour Party Coalition for Peter Obi’s Summit which held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, he declared that the country’s democracy must survive.
Speaking further, the former Anambra State governor revealed that while moving the country from consumption to production, the instruments of ‘job creation and regenerative investments will drastically reduce the high incidence of insecurity and poverty.’
‘From where I stand, I dare to proclaim that Nigeria’s Democracy Must Survive!
The new alliance that we seek is between Nigerian Youths, the Labour Party, which represent Nigerian workers, and Like Minds. Collectively, it is an alliance of the #OBIdients!
Going forward, we must look for ways to move Nigeria beyond oil. We must end this criminality called ‘oil subsidy’. Nigeria today is vastly polarised and wrecked by divisions that run deep along religious, ethnic and regional lines.
There is a staggering level of corruption. Our universities have remained closed for over five months. While our healthcare system remains comatose, power generation and distribution are also at an all-time low.
After we win the 2023 elections, we intend to use the instruments of job creation and regenerative investments to drastically reduce the high incidence of insecurity and poverty, while moving the economy from the consumptive to the productive mode.
Undoubtedly, the greatest challenge we face beyond bad leadership, is lack of elite consensus. But, let us not forget Dante Alighieri‘s admonition, that “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
History must serve as a tool in our decision making. The implosion of Nigeria has long been forecasted. Year 2023 could be a tipping point in the annals of our history. But that must not happen, even as the options before the electorate seem stark.
Finally, Our structure is everyone seated in this hall today! Yes, we have structure, and we are ready to move mountains to save Nigeria.’
