Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the
2023 election, says leadership by example is central to confronting Nigeria’s
security challenges.
Obi spoke while answering questions from a cross-section of
Nigerians during an interactive X Space on Sunday.
The former Anambra governor said security has deteriorated
and requires leaders who demonstrate discipline, responsibility and
accountability.
Responding to questions on how he would tackle security
challenges, Obi narrated a personal experience to illustrate his approach to
leadership.
Obi said he once travelled on British Airways while serving
as a governor and encountered an aircraft toilet that was badly messed up.
According to him, a woman who worked with the Lagos state
government under Babatunde Fashola opened the toilet, saw its condition and
walked away.
Obi, who was a governor at the time, said he went into the
toilet and cleaned it himself without informing anyone.
“There was somebody who works for the Lagos State Government
— for Fashola’s government. She works with a law firm,” Obi said.
“We were coming back on British Airways years back; I was a
serving governor. The entire toilet was messed up. She opened that toilet to
use it; it was messed up and she walked away.
“I went in there, and she came back. The entire place was
cleaned. She didn’t even tell me, but she told a minister and somebody else
where she works in the office.
”She said, ‘I can’t believe this’. The people called me; I
said I cleaned it because maybe I would be the next person that would go back
there to use it.
“When you see things that are wrong, clean them. I don’t
have house help in my house; everybody knows that. Let us stop all this fake
life.”
Obi added that he is better prepared to tackle Nigeria’s economic and security challenges if given the chance.
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