Edo LP Polls: APC, Tinubu Have Impoverished Nigerians, Obi Laments

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has expressed worries over the sufferings and hardship the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has subjected Nigerians to particularly the current Bola Tinubu-led administration.

He lamented that the common man is most hit as the prices of foods stuff is skyrocketing on a daily basis.

Obi made this remarks today, August 21, in Benin City in a Mega Rally organised by the Labour Party to canvass support from the people for the party’s candidates in the forthcoming Local Government election slated for September 2 in Edo State.

Obi who ascribed the high level of poverty in Nigeria to the absence of development at that third tier of government, assured all the candidates of the party’s support to ensure their victory at the polls.

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According to him, “The local government is the nearest to the people in the grassroots. Local government is suppose to be the root for ensuring development.

“It is the system that is closer to the people and the critical areas of local governments for development are health, education and other Infrastructural amenities.

“As you know today in Nigeria there is mass poverty. And the mass poverty is in the local government areas. So for the system to work for a country that generate wealth, the local government must be adequately catered for.”

Obi also added: “The central government come through the sub national (state) to the local government. so every form of government is domicile in the local government.

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“This is why we should not ignore the local governments. As governor of Anambra state, I was prevented by all forms of legal litigations to conduct local government elections for over six years.

“As we were coming into the rally venue, I told our national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure that we must find a way to support the candidates that are contesting for the local government in Edo state.

“So we are not just here to talk, we are here to give support our candidates who are contesting the election. Even when we are here I told the chairman that we will do whatever we can do to support the candidates because there is problem of hunger and people cannot even entre vehicles to their work and they cannot eat.

“Government must address the problem of the masses. Things have changed in the country and government must provide for the people. Today, across Nigeria people are hungry and dieing. People are not sure if their children will go to school. So things have changed and we are saying that those in governments must also change and do the right thing.

“People have suffered enough in this country and that suffering must end. We must start now by bringing people out of poverty.

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“If we don’t I am worried that one day, even those of us in government will wake up and see dead bodies.”

Obi urged all the candidates contesting on the platform of the party to display sincerity, saying, “so those of you who are contesting should go and tell the people what you will do when you are elected. Whatever you say if you win, ensure you do it for the people.”

Also speaking, the National chairman of the labour party, Mr. Julius Abure thanked the people for their massive supports for the party, especially the supports they got during the presidential elections.

Abure while appreciating Edo people for supporting the party during the presidential and state assembly elections, noting that it was their support that made the party score 79 percent with all the federal and state nights.

The immediate past president of NBA and a governorship aspirant of the party, Olumide Akpata, urged LP supporter not to entertain any fears but to go out on election day to cast their votes.

Earlier, In his welcome addres, the state party chairman, Kelly Ogbaloi called on all labour party supporters to join hands in building the party in the state especially at the local government level.