Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has urged Nigerians to bear with the CBN amid the ongoing Naira note scarcity.
The presidential candidate made this known in a statement via Twitter as the unrest for the new Naira note in Nigeria increases.
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According to Peter Obi, currency redesign always comes with stiff adjustments globally and the benefits in the long term are worth it.
He further advised the CBN and the Federal Government of Nigeria to make conscious efforts to ease the struggles of her citizens.
The currency redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is an exercise that comes with some inconvenience and pain but it has significant longterm economic and social benefits. Even though there are improvements that can be made,
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential candidate, has stated that he will use his negotiation skills as a trader to steer the country out of its current problems.
Peter Obi
The LP candidate said that everything about “governance is trading,” noting that “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.”
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He also disclosed that Nigeria currently requires a leader who can negotiate it out of the myriad of problems it faces.
He stressed, “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.”
Obi who was speaking to youths recalled that he was able to build the branch of Savannah Bank in Nsukka while he was a student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
“Even in my passport it’s 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”, he said.
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, was attacked in Katsina state following his successful campaign.
Peter Obi
Diran Onifade, Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, said the attack Peter Obi and members of his team were attacked by hoodlums while on their way to the airport after the campaign.
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The Labour Presidential campaign condemned the attack and further revealed that they suspect it was arranged by desperate politicians who have been deluding themselves with the false claim that they had the northwest in their pockets but are now shocked by the show of force of the “Obidient movement” in the region.
he statement read;
“Our candidate had met with women in a townhall and then held a hugely successful Rally at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium. However, on his way to the airport, hoodlums attacked the car our candidate was riding in with heavy stones from his drivers’ side causing substantial damage to the vehicle.
“To the glory of God, Mr Obi and other occupants of the car were unhurt. Subsequently another set of thugs also threw stones outside the stadium which damaged several vehicles including that of our official stage crew.”
In a clear shade at the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians not to entrust the leadership of a sick country like Nigeria to a sick man.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu of APC and Peter Obi of LP
Peter Obi stated this on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as part of his nationwide campaign ahead of the February 25 presidential election.
“This country is sick and should not be handed over to a sick person. I am not saying that anyone is sick. We have been here for over two hours, we don’t want people who can’t stand for 30 minutes,” Obi said in an interactive session with the varsity’s Business School.
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He identified character and trust as two cardinal attributes to look out for in the recruitment of leaders to pilot the affairs of the nation for the next four years.
“In the United States during elections, they go for debates. Somebody once asked Barack Obama questions that were personal and he answered. But here in Nigeria, somebody wants to contest elections, we don’t know his real age, we don’t know his name, we don’t know the schools he attended. Nobody knows his real identity and he is pushing to lead everybody.
“My name is Peter Obi. I can say I went to Christ The King College, went to University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Both the VC today, the DVC today, were my schoolmates. We came to university the same year and left the same year. The people I went to school with, I can see them here today, my seniors and my juniors. How come we now have people who do not have classmates? This is very important”
The former Anambra State governor, however, admitted that everybody can’t be educated equally or formally, but everybody’s records must be straight.
Afe Babalola once told me he never had the opportunity of going to a formal school. There is nothing wrong with that. There are so many people who have done well in life and never went to formal school.
On corruption, he said, “If you say you will fight corruption, let’s go to the road you have passed and see what is remaining there after you left,” stressing that “this year’s election must be based on competence as it requires physical and mental energy. It is not a retirement job.”
At the Arise TV town hall meeting on Sunday night, Peter Gregory Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate for the Labour Party, criticized Dino Melaye, a former senator from Kogi West and spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa campaign.
Dino Melaye repeatedly called Obi’s fans “noisemakers,” interrupted him with snarky comments, and made sarcastic gestures, up to the altercation.
Dino Melaye was publicly confronted by Peter Obi, who could no longer stand the PDP presidential campaign spokesperson’s behavior. Dino Melaye was also called out for including supporters of other parties in his group at the Arise TV town hall meeting.
The Labour Party presidential candidate said;
“I won’t take this. That colonel is an ANPP person and you’re saying it’s Obi People. Dino, please stop that! I have taken enough from you here. Why are you always calling me?”
Peter Obi cautioning the Stupid Gimmicks from Dino Melaye 👏
