The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi and its Abia state gubernatorial flagbearer, Dr Alex Otti have promised to pull Nigeria and Abia state out from the precipice if given the mandate in the forthcoming general elections.
The duo spoke at a rally to formally kick-start the party’s campaign in Abia state held in Aba on Thursday, November 10th, 2022..
Obi who was accompanied by his running mate Senator Yusuf Datti Ahmed and some chieftains of the party, said the priority of his administration will be to turn Nigeria into a productive country as against the current narrative.
He thanked the people of Aba for their support and faith in Labour Party. While lamenting the demise of most of the industries that dotted major parts of the commercial nerve center of Abia state,the former Governor of The presidential hopeful of the Labour Party LP, Mr Peter Obi,and its Abia state gubernatorial flagbearer Dr Alex Oti have promised to pull Nigeria and Abia state out from the precipice, if given the mandate in the forth coming general elections
The duo spoke at a rally to formally kick start the party’s campaign in Abia state held in Aba on Thursday November,10 2022.
He thanked the people of ABA for their support and faith in Lab our Party. While lamenting the demise of most of the industries that dotted major parts of the commercial nerve center of Abia state, the former governor of Anambra State promised to put all the necessary machineries in place to restore the lost glory of not only Aba, but that of the country at large.
He noted that his mission is to engineer a complete turn around of the current narrative in the country, urging Nigerians to trust Labour Party to deliver on its promises to them.
Earlier, Oti had lamented the sorry state of affairs in Abia state under the watch of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He noted that several months of unpaid salaries, pensions, decay of education sector, climaxing with the loss of accreditation of almost all the tertiary educational institutions in the state, huge infrastructural deficit,and general mismanagement of the resources of the people are what the PDP could offer to the people in the last seven years.
Oti described the rally as the commencement of the struggle to rescue Abia state from serial leadership failure, which has been its lot.
He added that apart from speedily attending to the identified problems, he will revisit the issue of sacked workers in the state, including those from other states, noting that there is no basis to call a fellow Nigerian residing, working and contributing to the growth and development of a state as a non indigene .
Oti said he will channel the so called Security Vote and other resources used in servicing some unproductive sectors, into the creation of the enabling environment for employment generation.
He, therefore, urged Abians to go all out to vote for Labour Party, promising that unlike before, their votes will count. He promised to put all the necessary machineries in place to restore the lost glory of not only Aba, but that of the country at large.
He noted that his mission is to engineer a complete turn around of the current narrative in the country, urging Nigerians to trust Labour Party to deliver on its promises to them.
Oti described the rally as the commencement of the struggle to rescue Abia state from serial leadership failure which has been its lot.He added that apart from speedily attending to the identified problems,he will revisit the issue of sacked workers in the state ,including those from other states ,noting that there is no basis to call a fellow Nigerian residing ,working,and,contributing to the growth and development of a state as a non indigene.
He there fore urged Abians to go all out to vote for Labour party ,promising,that unlike before,their votes will count.