Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate; Image: Vanguard.
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has again said that, if elected President of Nigeria he will address all the issues of agitations, which according to him are fueled largely by poverty in the country.
Obi said, although he condemns agitators, he also recognizes that 63% of Nigerians are in massive poverty.
The former Anambra state governor was responding to a question on how he plans to address the agitation for a separate nation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during the question and answer session at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, (the Chatham House), on Monday.
Obi said, “I condemn all agitators. But in condemning them, you have to look at why all these agitators are all over the place including IPOB, the Yoruba Nation.”
Speaking further on his welfare plans for Nigerians, Obi assured that the policies and solutions being offered by the Labour party are sure to drive a quality life for average Nigerians.
Obi noted that the wind of change currently blowing across Africa is being driven by demography and explains why established parties are being displaced by small parties in various elections on the continent.
“It’s this change that my vision of policy change and institutional development is rooted in.
“A push for a broadened scope of social development, mobility, and freedom for Nigerians particularly for the youths and the women,” he said.
Obi said he and his running mate, Senator Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, are committed to the new politics of working ethically as servant-leaders with the support of ‘clean and skillful hands’.
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