On the ravaged war situation in Borno State, Obi said that it would be taken care of with massive infrastructural development for the ravaged areas.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Saturday led his team to Maiduguri, Borno state capital, promising to address insecurity that has ravaged the state for over a decade.
The two-term governor of Anambra State told a gathering mostly of women and youths that if elected he and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, will find a lasting solution to the insecurity in the state and the country.
He noted that previous leadership failed to tackle the insecurity in the state because they were not addressing it from the root.
The LP presidential standard bearer said that any solution to security that is not tackling youth unemployment and the injustice in the system will not succeed.
Obi said that his administration will restore the business glory of Maiduguri and take people back to their houses and farms where they should be.
“Sambisa forest that the terrorists have used as a base from where they torment this state will be turned into a farmland to produce,” Obi said.
“Through our Consumption to Production policy, we will engage the youths, pull people out of poverty and return the state to its original position as the commercial hub of the region.”
He also told the people that the future of the youths is infinitely intertwined with that of the country and the forthcoming election is about Nigerian youths and their desires to take back their country.
Obi further explained that the 2023 general elections would change the dynamics of Nigerians’ political lives as it will be based on competence, character, antecedents of prospective leaders and their capabilities both in physical and mental state.
“This election is not going to be as in the past when they come with tribal and ethnic sentiments to deceive us, it’s not even anybody’s turn but that of you Nigerian youths to take back your country,” he said.
The LP Presidential candidate said that he and Baba-Ahmed have rich private sector backgrounds which they will bring to bear if voted in as they will see education as an investment, not a social responsibility.
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On the ravaged war situation in Borno State, Obi said that it would be taken care of with massive infrastructural development for the ravaged areas.
Obi and his team also paid a courtesy visit to the palace of Shehu of Borno Shehu Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi.
Baba-Ahmed, who also spoke at various outings in Maiduguri, assured the people that he and Obi will turn the arable land in the north into wealth.
National chairman of the party, Julius Abure, also assured the people of Borno State that only a Labour Party administration can unlock the potential of the north and tackle insecurity.
