Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has revealed he is not desperate in becoming the Nigeria President as others think of him. The Anambra born politician stated this while reacting to an award presented to him as the Leadership Politician of the Year 2023 at the newspaper’s Annual Conference and Awards event held in Abuja today Tuesday 5th march, 2024.
According to Obi, it remain a shameful act for a country like Nigeria to accept charity from Ukraine, who has been devastated by war as a country to donate grains to Nigeria that is officially at peace, saying as only one state like Niger State is enough to feed the whole of Africa.
In his statement, “Let me thank the LEADERSHIP Newspaper for this event and the award. We’ve all heard from the keynote speaker.
“For me, this award, I am grateful to the almighty God. If I have the opportunity, I will give my all to the country.
“I am not desperate to be president, I am desperate to make Nigeria work,” Obi stated, while adding that young Nigerians should be productively engaged in order to eliminate poverty and crime.
“We have no reasons to be poor. Poverty should never be part of our lives especially in the North,” Obi said.
Obi noted that with over 7, 442,00 square meters of arable land in Nigeria, the country can conveniently feed the whole Africa if the right leadership is in place.
The former Anambra governor said “Ukraine has no reason to give us grain. Niger State can feed Nigeria, Africa with over 73, 000 square meters of land.
He explained that “The two biggest states in the North-East, Borno with over 70,000 square metres of land and Taraba, are four times the size of Belgium that is exporting food.
“There is so much we can do in the country if we have the right leadership. The more you remove people out of poverty, the more you have less criminals,” Obi added.
