2023: Forget Ethnic Differences, Vote A Patriotic Nigerian, Obi Urges Electorates

Peter Obi has urged electorates to vote for a patriotic leader.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to the Nigerian electorate to put aside ethnic and religious differences in the forthcoming generation elections.

In a statement issued in Abuja by the party’s campaign spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko, Obi was quoted as urging the electorate to vote for a patriotic Nigerian with the competence, capacity, and character who would address the socio-economic challenges facing the country.

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The frontline presidential candidate spoke against the backdrop of the furor generated by the statement made in Kaduna by the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

In a viral video, Abubakar said, “the north does not need to vote for an Igbo or Yoruba candidate but a northerner.”

Recall that the candidate of the All Progressives Candidate (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had earlier declared that it was the turn of the Yorubas to produce the president.

But Obi described himself as a pan-Nigerian candidate who by God’s grace has captured the imagination of youths nationwide and turned their focus on a better Nigerian project.

He emphasised the need for Nigerians of all hues, creeds, and tribes to look beyond ethnicity and tongues and vote for a presidential candidate who would move Nigeria from consumption to production.

The former Anambra State Governor noted that every Nigerian was bearing the brunt of the challenges of hunger, gross unemployment, and Poverty irrespective of religious affiliation, ethnic cleavages, and geographical location.

“There is insecurity everywhere in our dear country, Nigerians in the East, West, South, and North are being terrorised by insurgents and bandits and we have witnessed killings and kidnapping nationwide.

“Obi is a solution provider and will if voted into power transform Nigeria to a progressive, united and prosperous nation.”

He equally submitted that, “Inflation has reached boiling point. We have 40 percent unemployment. Even those who are working are under-employed. Across the country, our youths are jobless and this joblessness fuels insecurity. It is a vicious circle.

“So, we have to choose the right person with the requisite competence, experience, and capacity to tackle these problems irrespective of where the person comes from, his religious affiliation or ethnic background.”

Obi assured that if Nigerians vote for him and his running mate, Yusuf Datti, they would galvanise all the human and material resources of the country to tackle the security and economic challenges facing the country.

He also assured that LP would run a people-centred government, and not one that would favour a few elites at the detriment of the generality of Nigerians.

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Obi challenged Nigerians to go and investigate the educational background and track records of him and his running mate, saying they had nothing to hide.

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