Obi reminded Nigerians that what is left for the country to move forward, is for them to rise against the societal ills eating up the country.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Peter Obi has called on Nigerians to take charge of their country already blessed by God but facing so many challenges sprouting from leadership failure over the years.
Obi, former Anambra governor, made the call at Nkpor while addressing the National Directors of Religious Education. He insisted that Nigeria would have been far developed beyond the under development currently experienced in different parts of the country, but for bad governance.
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The former governor reminded Nigerians that what is left for the country to move forward, is for Nigerians to rise against the societal ills eating up the country. He drew an analogy from the biblical passage of Mark 4: 38, where the disciples were battling with the storm, as Jesus slept peacefully in the boat. He said that the storms raging through the nation would subside if Nigerians can rise and wholly commit to the development of the nation.
Obi identified wide spread corruption, rising poverty, high unemployment rate, high cost of governance as all man-made problems that need to be solved by man. “It will take visionary and competent leaders, at all levels of government, to save the nation from further collapse. We need prayers, but we all need to work hard towards developing the nation,” Obi commented.
He continued: “It is on record that Anambra State, under my administration, was the only state that did not borrow a dime, for eight years, yet we left behind savings of N75 billion. Educationally, we took Anambra State from 26th position, in WAEC and NECO, to the first position. In the health sector, we established many schools of health and nursing sciences and upgraded many hospitals. All these were achieved by our human commitment and sacrifices.”
Obi encouraged Nigerians not to give up on the country, but pay more attention to the leadership recruitment process so that only competent leaders will be elected into power.