News2023 Presidential Election Will be Based On Competence, Capability — Obi

2023 Presidential Election Will be Based On Competence, Capability — Obi

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November 21, (THEWILL) – The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party ( LP), Peter Obi, has said the 2023 presidential election is not about tribe or religion but mainly about who has the capacity and capability to govern well.

Obi, who was speaking at the Nigeria Guild of Editors Forum in Lagos, on Monday, said the coming election is not about it is my turn, but the turn of Nigerians to decide who to govern them and govern them well.

“Next year’s election will be based on competence, capability, and huge mental and physical energy. It is not about religion. Muslims are not buying bread cheaper than the Christians.

“I am contesting the election as a Nigerian but not as an Igbo man. Let Nigerians scrutinise all of us who are candidates. Nigeria is looking for somebody who will not steal money, a competent person. Scrutinise all of us and say you can trust this one”.

Speaking further, Obi said Nigeria should move from a consumption nation to a production country. He said the foundation of Nigeria’s failure is that it is not a productive country.

He said: “In Nigeria what we do is only about sharing resources. We need to change that sharing formula to productive formula.”

On what he would do if elected, Obi said the first thing to be done as a country is to establish a foundation for the country to feed itself.

He said what is required to improve the fortune of the country is good leadership, saying that he is ready to provide that good leadership.

“All it is required is good leadership, a leadership that can drive the process and I can do that”, he said.

He promised that he is going to improve the power supply.

Commenting on the heavy foreign debt, Obi said borrowing is not bad but unfortunately, the money Nigeria borrowed is not invested but thrown away.

He said when he assumed power, he will only borrow money for investment and not for consumption.

Earlier, while delivering his welcome address, the President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mustapha Isah, urged all the presidential candidates to ensure that their campaigns are issue-based and less mudslinging.

He said the Guild of Editors Forum is a platform for the candidates to tell Nigerians what they have in stock for them.

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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.

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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.

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