Obi appreciated the jubilant and enthusiastic Kebbi crowd for their patience in waiting for his arrival till late evening.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, vowed that his administration would tackle massive poverty and criminalities prevalent in the North West region if elected.
Mr Obi, on Thursday, rounded off his national campaigns to the North Western states in Kebbi State.
He told a mammoth crowd of supporters in Birin Kebbi, the state capital, that he and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, will build a new Nigeria free from massive poverty and criminalities.
The LP candidate said that they intend to do this by investing massively in agriculture to ensure food security and export as well as engage youths in their productive age.
“By engaging the youths meaningfully we would be tackling unemployment and reducing criminalities in the area as idle hands they say is the devil’s workshop,” he said.
Obi also promised to invest heavily in education and health as it is the only way that the people can be dutifully deployed for the production and growth of their environment.
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“This country is a great country with land mass and courageous people. We can feed ourselves if we truly harness our potential for the better.
“I will also invest heavily in education and ensure that unemployment becomes history in this country as our youth will be gainfully engaged in empowerment programmes,” he said.
Obi also promised an upward review of workers’ salaries and pensions if given the mandate in the February 25 election because he cannot achieve the goal of massive production if the people are poorly remunerated.
The presidential candidate did not fail to remind the people that this year’s election is existential to the country and must not be based on the old idea of ethnic and religious sentiments but on competence, characters they can trust with capacity and capabilities which is what he and Baba-Ahmed are bringing to build a new Nigeria.
Baba-Ahmed and the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, and other leaders of the party also addressed the rally.
Obi appreciated the jubilant and enthusiastic Kebbi crowd for their patience in waiting for his arrival till late evening.