The North untapped jewel - Obi tells voters in Gombe

By Christiana Ekpa

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Wednesday touched down with his campaign team in the North East state of Gombe, otherwise known as the Jewel of the Savannah with a promise to secure and make the North the Jewel of the country.

Obi told a rally of mammoth crowd, as well as town hall meetings of Women and youths in the state that he and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmad have identified the vast arable land in the North as an untapped Jewel that make Nigeria a production country away from the current status of consumption.

The LP Presidential flag bearer told the people that a rebirth of the country is not achievable without turning the vast land in the country into our own gold and oil.

He said that, “the vast arable land of the North is a new vista that must be opened up to serve Nigeria and Africa.

He stated that the agricultural potential in the North is infinite and it’s through it that we can pull people out of poverty, export goods and earn revenue and increase our foreign exchange earnings.

Obi said that he and his Vice, Datti have the vigor, the vitality to do whatever we are promising, noting that they have clear records of achievements in public and private places.

He told the people they will invest heavily in education and Health because the two are needed to develop and tap the potentials of human capital for growth and development.

Obi told the cheering women that their children must go back to school as he and Datti will do everything to secure the country and the people will live well again.

“Nigerians want security, we cannot do anything unless we have a secure Nigeria. Nigerian children must not be out of school”.

The Vice Presidential candidate Datti Baba Ahmad and the National Chairman of Labour Party, Bar Julius Abure as well as other party faithfuls underscored the speech of the candidate that LP party team will create a new Nigeria.

Trading experience required in Nigeria’s bilateral relations with countries -Peter Obi

By Christiana Ekpa

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi Wednesday told Nigerian youths about his love for trading and how he became a banker by accident.

Obi told the cheering youths that even when he was schooling at the University of Nigeria (UNN), he was trading and was able to build the branch of Savannah Bank in Nsukka as a businessman/student.

He said “everything about governance is trading, the negotiation and all the bilateral talks with and between countries, agencies, contractors or workers are trading and governance requires a good trader who can negotiate well.

“Where we are in this country now requires a leader to negotiate us out of our problems, when I say I will negotiate with agitators, it’s from my background that you must accommodate everybody into your shop whether he is buying or not and decipher who is a customer and a passerby.

“Even in my passport, it is shown that I am a trader, but some said I should be a banker because I was the chairman of a bank, but I became a banker by accident. My love is in trading because in it you are equipped to face any challenges including governance.”