Ahead of the 2023 general elections, over 35,000 residents of Nasarawa State Saturday declared total support for the presidential candidature of the Labour party, Peter Obi saying that he is who Nigerians need at the moment.
The State Chairman of the party, Alexander Emmanuel while speaking to reporters on Saturday said the people of the state were tired of the misrule of the All Progressives Congress-led government both at the national and state levels which was why they decided to support the Labour party in 2023.
Emmanuel outlined how the 35,000 supporters of the party were made up of participants in the 27 officially recognised groups spread out among the state’s 13 Local Government Areas.
The party chairman stated that the support group and the party were planning to stage a one million-person march on August 6, 2022, to encourage other state citizens to support the Labour party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as well as other candidates in the general election in 2023.
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He said, ‘As we speak today, Nigeria is in a serious delimma. We are faced with the problem of existential threats. The Nigerian nation has plunged into the multifarious problems of insecurity, unemployment, electricity blackout, comatoes economy, civic stress and widespread poverty.
‘These problems are not natural; They are man-made. The past and present managers of our common heritage brought the country to her knees, and brought us to the pitiable state we find ourselves today.
‘In 2023, Nigeria needs a leader that will turn things around for the better, and I make bold to say that among the presidential candidates of all the political parties, it is only Peter Obi that has what it takes to move the nation forward.
‘But Obi cannot do it alone. He needs our collective support to be able to emerge as President in 2023, so I am urging all residents of Nasarawa state to join us in this struggle for a better Nigeria.’
One of the coordinators of the support groups who spoke on behalf of the others, Wilson Kingsley said they had perfected plans to embark on a door-to-door sensitisation campaign across the 13 LGAs of the state, as soon as campaigns officially begin.
While appealing to other residents of the state to support Peter Obi’s ambition, he expressed confidence that the Labour party presidential candidate and other candidates of the party will emerge victorious in the 2023 elections.