The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has promised to rebuild Nigeria to the joy of everyone if given the opportunity in the 2023 election.
This is as he also reaffirmed the commitment of the party to reverse the present ugly trend where Nigerian youths and children are sent abroad because of rising cases of lack of opportunities in the land.
Obi, made this pledge while speaking at the official reception of welcoming a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra State, Mr Valentine Ozigbo into the fold of the Labour Party, in Lagos, on Tuesday.
Obi declared that the mission of the Labour Party is to take the country and hand her back to the people with greater prosperity, saying that Brazil was in a similar position as Nigeria until recently.
‘But today Brazilians can feed themselves and export agricultural produce to other countries of the world’ he noted.
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He reiterated his call for the nation to move from consumption to production, submitting that ‘That remains the goal of the party and the way to get out of the present mess’.
According to him ‘The wealth of a nation is not determined by the landmass or material resources but the level of production capacity of the people 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’.
He assured Ozigbo and his supporters of equal opportunities in the Labour Party.
Also speaking while receiving the new members, Julius Abure, chairman of the Labour Party, said the party is not open to everybody but those with integrity, dignity and competence and who have something to offe
‘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.
Speaking on behalf of himself and his supporters, Ozigbo expressed delight in joining the party. He said the move was just to formalise what had started earlier.
He said in the Labour Party, he had found peace and love.
‘There’s no way I will not be with Obi. I am 100 percent -‘Obidient’,’ he said.
He said Obi represents one of the heroes of the nation’s democracy while strtessing that Obi will usher in a new dawn for the Nigerians.