April 12, (THEWILL) – Former governor of Anambra State and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, has admonished Nigerians that come 2023, they must elect a competent leader.
Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday, during a visit to former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, Obi said that the country is going through a very difficult time, saying that must not be allowed to continue otherwise the whole country will pay for it.
He said that only a candidate with capacity, competency and commitment can take the country out of the current mess,
“We all have responsibility to ensure that we don’t make mistake in 2023 by voting for incompetent president.
“This country is going through a very difficult time and we must not allow this to continue, otherwise all of us will pay for the consequences. We must ensure that the candidate with capacity, competency and commitment to change the trajectory of Nigeria is elected in the primary as the candidate of the party”, he said.
Obi said that his past record in Anambra State speaks for him on how he will manage the affairs of the country properly.
“People can compare my past with other aspirants, interrogate people’s past and ask questions about where some aspirants were in the past and how they arrived at their present. Some people have told different stories in the past that they didn’t fulfil. Now is the time to invest in a credible candidate like me”, he said.
He also promised to address both the natural and defensive security, saying “firstly, you have to ensure people have a means of livelihood. When people’s means of surviving is not guaranteed, they are tools for anything. The more you lift people out of poverty, the more you reduce criminality, banditry among others.
Also speaking, Chief Olabode George, said that PDP as a party has the obligation to ensure that the Presidential ticket is zone to the south, saying anything other than that will be chaotic.
“From 1999, it is the tradition and culture of our great party to announce where the presidency will be zoned to, but to keep quiet now, will send a wrong signal to the electorate. Remember when APC came, they said they don’t believe in zoning, but they have done their zoning now. If we fail to do so, it will become a national campaign issue”, George said.
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