The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has said that its not an act of desperation on his part to become Nigeria’s president even though he wished for the country to work effectively.
Obi had revealed this while receiving an award as the the LEADERSHIP Politician of the Year 2023 at the annual LEADERSHIP Conference and Awards holding in Abuja, on Tuesday.
He said that it was a very shameful thing to learn that a war torn country as Ukraine were donating grains to Nigeria when the entire Africa can be fed from the agricultural produce of Niger state alone.
“Let me thank the LEADERSHIP Newspaper for this event and the award. We’ve all heard from the keynote speaker.
“For me, this award, I am grateful to the almighty God. If I have the opportunity, I will give my all to the country.
“I am not desperate to be president, I am desperate to make Nigeria work,” Obi stated, while adding that young Nigerians should be productively engaged in order to eliminate poverty and crime.
“We have no reasons to be poor. Poverty should never be part of our lives especially in the North,” Obi said, adding that with over 7,442,00 square meters of land, Nigeria can feed Africa.
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