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2023: ‘We’re Not Going To Give Excuses’, Obi Vows As He Storms Delta For Town Halls
Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party, (LP) Presidential Candidate, on Monday, vowed that when elected into office as the next president of Nigeria, his administration would not give excuses to failure or inability to handle issues of national concerns that ought to be fixed for the wellbeing of the country.
BIGPEN NIGERIA (www.bigpenngr.com) reports that Obi stated this when he led his campaign team on a town hall meeting at Effurun, Uvwie local government area of Delta State.
Speaking at the meeting which was packaged and hosted by Deacon Chris Iyovwaye, a popular industrialist, Obi said that he would run a responsible government that failure by officials wouldn’t be an option.
He assured the people that a new Nigeria is possible, saying,”We are not going to give excuses. I am not going to remind you of where you’re coming from or to blame people where they failed.”
He told party supporters and stakeholders who thronged the venue, not to vote for tribe or religion in the 2023 general election but to vote for him en mass during the election.
According to him, “No tribe buys bread cheaper. No religion buys bread cheaper.”, urging his supporters to vote for commitment and capacity.
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr. (Barr ) Julius Abure, lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency for failure of the Nigerian economy, saying “everything is not working”.
He stressed that,”insecurity is ravaging the Country, adding the country is deteriorating”.
In her remarks, a member of Obi-Datti PCC, Aisha Yesufu, urged the people to obtain their personal voter cards,PVCs to enable them vote for the labour party and its presidential candidate,Mr. Peter Obi.
The human right activist however warned that the people will hold him account should he messed up after being elected into office as president.
“Mr. President to be, you say we for South-South, we nor dey fear anybody. You see as I dey here so, I dey house and if I never tell you before, make I tell you now. If you enter there, you do anyhow, you go see anyhow.”
Earlier, in a welcome address, the Chief Host of the town hall meeting, Deacon Chris Iyovwaye welcomed the LP Presidential Candidate and his entourage to the State.
Deacon Iyovwaye said, “We are a people that are looking up to a great change for Nigeria. We are waiting for this great change and we are convinced that it’s resident in the life of our principal,Mr. Peter Obi.”
According to Deacon Iyovwaye,.”We are seeing the things that he has been saying and campaigning for from place to place. We are also seeing the kind of things that he has displayed across Nigeria. The fact of the matter, Everytime you hear from consumption to production, you know that you’re already talking about him. We are looking at the man that want to take us from potential to reality. We are looking at a man that wants to do things differently. We are looking at a man that has what it takes to change Nigeria.”
While noting that Nigeria is blessed with a lot of mineral resources and other things, Deacon Iyovwaye said what Nigeria is not blessed with is leadership.
He however expressed the belief that the leadership Mr. Obi will provide will change the Country for good.
BIGPEN NIGERIA reports that Obi, is expected to also meet traditional rulers from Urhobo and Isoko ethnic nations at Okpare-Olomu and Isoko Development Union (IDU) Secretariat, Oleh respectively to herald the planned mega rally of the party in the state.
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