{"id":101757,"date":"2022-12-04T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101757"},"modified":"2022-12-04T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T15:16:08","slug":"peter-obi-unveils-manifesto-pact-with-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/peter-obi-unveils-manifesto-pact-with-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi unveils manifesto, \u201cPact with Nigeria\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1751291458474585077\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed have, in conjunction with the party, released a 72-page manifesto entitled \u201cPact with Nigeria\u201d in which they outlined 7 priority areas if elected in 2023.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe document was made public by the LP leadership late on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>In the document, the LP candidate promised to, among other things, offer honest and competent leadership in order to deliver in 7 key priority areas including : Security, economy, restructuring, infrastructure, war against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The LP candidate said, \u201cAs your President, I Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi, my Vice President, Yusuf Datti Baba- Ahmed and our team pledge to:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Secure and unite our dear nation, and manage our diversity such that no one is left behind in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Move Nigeria from consumption to production.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfEmbark on comprehensive legal and institutional reforms and practicable restructuring measures, to fight corruption; to ensure the enthronement of the rule of law, and decisively tackle all forms of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfPrioritize Human Capital Development through robust investments in STEM education, health, and infrastructural development, with emphasis on wealth creation, distribution and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Engineer the transition of Nigeria from fossil fuel dependency to climate and eco-friendly energy use.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfPursue holistic poverty eradication with emphasis on agricultural revolution through effective utilization of our vast arable lands, particularly in Northern Nigeria, and erase Nigeria\u2019s categorization as the poverty capital of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Improve access to finance, particularly to MSMEs, youths and women, to significantly reduce unemployment and insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Ensure that in policy and practice, governance will be made more inclusive, cost-effective, transformative, and less transactional. No more sharing of the national wealth by a few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also promised to \u201cEnsure that our diversity will be leveraged to give women and youths, the aged and persons with disabilities, an unfettered voice in governance, and a renewed sense of patriotism and faith in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsure that Nigeria is progressively better governed through legislative, executive, and judicial reforms, so that the constitutional separation of powers among the three arms of government is entrenched and the three tiers of government allowed to function independently and jointly for a more inclusive and sustainable Nigeria.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>While insisting that a new Nigeria was still possible, he said, \u201cOur vision is a secure, united and prosperous Nigeria that works for everyone and that realizes the hope of black people of the world as a city on the hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will run a government of national unity, bringing together for the task at hand, all competent, honest, and diligent Nigerians, irrespective of their political affiliations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Nigeria we build will be truly \u2018one nation bound in freedom, peace and unity\u201d where \u201cpeace and justice shall reign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Obi, for long, the dream of a secure, united and prosperous Nigeria has been betrayed by those who lack the character and competence to achieve the dream.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that at present, a new generation of Nigerian leadership had emerged, tested and tried, honest and dedicated, united in a common mission to reverse the current ugly trend of endemic poverty, insecurity, and create a better future for every Nigerian.<\/p>\n<p>The future under this new generation of leaders will be defined by widespread prosperity based on high economic growth, equal access to health and educational facilities, and justice and fairness to all religious, ethnic, and social groups.<\/p>\n<p>Obi expressed confidence that \u201cthe new Nigeria that we will build is a society where political power will no longer be used to serve the interest of the ruling class and subject the people to chronic poverty and deprivation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further said, \u201cWe will build a new social order where political leaders will be public servants working for the good of the people and not predators, flourishing in the midst of extreme poverty and misery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are building a society where citizens are motivated to work hard, to innovate, to invent, fully assured that they will enjoy the fruits of their enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to create wealth for Nigeria and for every household through diligence, frugality and enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new Nigeria is a country all Nigerians will be proud to call home because it is an economic giant that can feed its citizens, defend them from any aggression and secure them in their homes and businesses.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed have, in conjunction with the party, released a 72-page manifesto entitled \u201cPact&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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