The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has asserted that the country’s challenges can be solved with the right approach under the right leadership.
He pointed out that it is true that the country’s situation was very much critical at the moment, it was not yet hopeless because things can still turn around.
The former Anambra State governor made this known in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Sunday which were sighted by Africa Today News, New York.
He added that getting things done the right way will get the country out of its current mess.
He wrote, ‘I will say that while Nigeria’s situation is critical; it is not yet hopeless. That might be a cliché, but that is the reality. As I have always said, in the mission to rescue Nigeria, there is no tribe, religion, or class. Indeed, there can be no conscientious objector.’
The presidential candidate added, ‘We are challenged by high youth unemployment, which stands at 33.3%; 54% for the youth; and 20 million out-of-school-children. We must give this country back to the Nigerian youths. Half of our 200 million people are below the age of 30.
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He went on to add that; ‘The median age of this country stands at 17.9, showing that Nigeria has incredible potential to develop if she harnesses the demographic dividends intelligently.
‘Harnessing our national youth strength must start with curbing the high youth unemployment and creating funding access to enable our youths become entrepreneurs and drivers of our Small and Medium Scale enterprises(SMEs).
‘We must fund education more robustly, by tweaking the UBEC and TETFund.’
Furthermore, Obi reiterated his stance on moving the country from the path of consumption to production to salve the economy.
He wrote, ‘Economics is driven by the laws of efficiency. We must return to the path of production that results in production and wealth creation, and eventually results in massive employment and poverty alleviation.’
Mr. Obi is presently gaining momentum, especially on social media in the build-up to the elections.