Chinwe Odita, Political Editor
Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress NDC, Mr. Peter Obi, says there will be no fake promises in building a new Nigeria, stressing the need to unite the country and confront insecurity decisively.
Obi spoke on Sunday, September 28, during a Town Hall meeting with residents of Sokoto, shortly after paying a courtesy visit to His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto.
He described the engagement as an opportunity to listen, answer questions and speak honestly about the Nigeria, Nigerians want to build together.
“The questions were clear: unity, security, education, subsidy, healthcare, corruption, poverty, agriculture, power, infrastructure, ethnicity, and the future of our country,” Obi said.
According to him, the task ahead requires confronting both physical and human insecurity.
“Our message was equally clear: there will be no fake promises. We must unite the country and confront insecurity decisively, while also addressing human insecurity.
We must fight poverty, unemployment, hunger, and hopelessness if we are to reduce criminality and create a safer society,” he said.
Obi also decried money politics and its impact on governance.
“We discussed money politics and its devastating consequences.
When poverty becomes the instrument through which politicians buy votes, citizens are trapped in a cycle where the same system that impoverishes them is repeatedly rewarded. We must break this cycle of bad leadership driven by transactional politics,” he stated.
He said the work ahead is enormous but achievable with collective resolve.
“The work ahead is enormous.
But with courage, competence, compassion, character, and the collective determination of Nigerians, we can begin to change the story. A New Nigeria is POssible,” Obi added.
For a better society
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