Obi said the resolve to lead the take-back Nigeria movement is far strengthened than in the days leading to the campaigns.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says he and his team have been re-energised to lead Nigeria to her rightful place in the comity of nations following their country-wide campaigns.
Reviewing his state-by-state campaign rallies that kicked off in Nasarawa State on Saturday, October 29 2022, and rounded off in Lagos on Saturday, February 11, 2023, Obi told journalists that the experience was awesome and inspiring.
“From one state to the other, we saw a people fatigued by failed governance but looking very eager and willing to see a new Nigeria,” the presidential candidate declared.
Obi said that rather than feeling fatigued and exhausted, the rallies have re-energised them and has become a propelling catalyst for Datti Baba-Ahmed and him because Nigerians of all tribes, religions, regions, classes, and sex are unanimous in their desire for a real change and a new Nigeria.
His words: “The love shown to me and Datti in all the places we went has energised us into wanting to render all to rescue this country. We saw poverty which shouldn’t be for a naturally endowed nation like ours, we saw people denied compassion by their leaders.
“We saw energy and vitality being wasted, youths in their productive age wrongly deploying their talents because of lack of direction and engagement.
“In the East, West, North, and South we saw conspicuously unanimity of abandonment arising from failure of governance.
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“I saw poverty in the North, but I also saw untapped talent, under-utilised and wrongly deployed energy, and also saw vast arable land, the country’s future gold and oil.
“I am thrilled by what I saw across the country in the people’s zeal for something different; people who are suffering but are hopeful about tomorrow. People are disappointed by the failed leadership over the years but remain optimistic and expectant about tomorrow.
“Our top priority remains securing and uniting the country because without security there is nothing anybody can achieve and without harmony among the people, there cannot be meaningful progress.
“I am grateful for the show of love from all the states and I appreciate and assure the people that Datti and I will not disappoint them. We will deliver exactly what we have promised.”
Obi said that more than ever before the resolve to lead the take-back Nigeria movement is far strengthened than in the days leading to the campaigns.
He charged the people to activate the, “take back Nigeria project” by ensuring that they come in their numbers to cast their votes for character, competence, capacity, and capabilities and to reject any sentiment of tribe, religion, or turn because it is indeed the turn of Nigerian youths to take back their country and rebuild it.