Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on Monday said
the South East region of the country should be allowed to produce the next
President of Nigeria.
Obi said for the sake of equity, justice and respect for the
South-East zone, an Igbo indigene must be allowed to rule the nation.
Obi, who is a presidential aspirant of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), stated this during a meeting with delegates and leaders
of the party in Ogun State on Monday.
Speaking at the party secretariat in Okemosan, Abeokuta, Obi
urged party leaders not to allow money and sentiments influence their votes
during the primaries.
The former governor said he remained committed to building a
better Nigeria that every citizen would be proud of.
Obi, who was in company with Dr. Doyin Okupe, said the
nation was in crisis, claiming he remained the best candidate to take Nigeria
out of the doldrums.
His words, “Let me assure you that my commitment is to build
a better Nigeria, my desperation is to see Nigeria better than it is today. We
cannot continue the way Nigeria is today.
“What we want to say is that a nation must be built on
fairness, must be built on equity, must be built on respect for each other and
we in the South East are saying we too should be allowed to serve and I assure
you that that opportunity will change Nigeria.
“No country with 33 per cent unemployment and 65 per cent
underemployment will survive. 60 per cent of the unemployed and underemployed
are among the youths, the most productive population of the country and at
their young age are doing nothing.
“Today, our nation is owing people pension, they don’t pay
people’s gratuity. Our schools are closed, our universities have been closed
now and nobody is saying anything. There are 15 million out-of-school children,
and the drug prevalence among our youths today is the highest in the world. We
must change the situation.”
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