CITIZENS COMPASS —Labour Party Presidential Candidate during the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, expressed disappointment that Ukraine, a war-zone country, could donate grains to Nigeria.
He said this was despite the fact that Niger State alone can feed the whole of Africa.
The former Anambra State Governor maintained that he was not desperate to be the president of Nigeria.
Obi spoke while reacting to his award as the Leadership Politician of the Year 2023 at the newspaper’s Annual Conference and Awards event in Abuja.
He said: “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.”
The former two-term Anambra State Governor added that young Nigerians should be productively engaged in order to eliminate poverty and crime.
He said: “We have no reason to be poor.
“Poverty should never be part of our lives, especially in the North.
“Ukraine has no reason to give us grain.
“Niger State can feed Nigeria, Africa with over 73,000 square meters of land.
“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 less criminals you have.”
