Sir Peter Obi
The attitude of Sir Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on not being frivolous with public finances is being mistaken as stinginess. Obi made this assertion, saying that as a stingy man, the country would be safer in his hands and that he would be able to invest in the economy, education, health, and other areas to improve the nation.
The LP presidential candidate stated this in Akure, Ondo State capital on Saturday while seeking the support of the people ahead of the February 25 polls.
He claimed that unlike other people whose genuine names, schools they attended, and parentage could not be traced, he and his running mate, Senator Ahmed Datti, were persons with trackable backgrounds.
Said Obi: They said that I’m stingy, we want stingy people now, so that we can keep the money. We want to make sure we use your money to transform the country.
“This election is about character and people we can trust. Everybody knows the schools my running mate and I attended. You all know our age, our schools and everything about us”.
With the LP in charge, he claimed, the nation would be safer since “the entire Nigeria is insecure, people are living in agony and starvation”.
Added he: “Nigeria needs to be stabilised and unified. Nigeria needs to transition from consumption to production”.
