{"id":99175,"date":"2022-09-12T18:33:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T17:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99175"},"modified":"2022-09-12T18:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T17:33:22","slug":"2023-presidency-not-anybodys-turn-obi-tells-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2023-presidency-not-anybodys-turn-obi-tells-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Presidency, Not Anybody&#8217;s Turn, Obi Tells Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said next year\u2019s Presidential election is not based on ethnicity or religion, hence it is nobody\u2019s turn.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking at the Labour Party Leadership Retreat in Abuja on Monday, Mr. Obi promised to sign a performance agreement with the Nigerian Labour Congress to make sure that ideas generated at the retreat are followed to the latter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Apparently referring to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Obi insisted that since there was no place where Christians or Muslims buy things cheaper, or Yoruba or Hausa\u2019s have free light than others in the country, then the coming election is about character and competence and not any body\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour party standard bearer said, \u201cWe will do this retreat now, after election we will do another one, election next year will not be based on ethnicity, we have had it before, it would not be on religion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no place that Christians buy things cheaper, there is no place that Muslims buy things cheaper. It will not be by my turn, it is nobody\u2019s turn. It must not be by connection. Election next year must be based on character and trust, it must be based on competence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential candidate also stated that corruption is pervasive in Nigeria because leaders are involved, \u201cIf a leader is not stealing, and the family around him are not stealing we will reduce corruption by 70 percent. I was Governor for eight years, there is no where money is missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in this retreat to listen, let us put it in writing when we succeed, you must be around to say this is what we have agreed on. Even if we don\u2019t achieve 100 percent, we must have made sacrifices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his welcome address, Barrister Julius Abure, National Chairman Labour Party said Nigeria now has a golden opportunity to redefine how politics should be played, saying that the present challenges were due to failure of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur leaders do not have what it takes to drive development. This is what has been lacking, no one is safe, insecurity has taken over something needs to be done and urgently and I am happy Nigerians are ready for the real change not like the APC change in 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he was happy that Nigerians are joining the Labour Party on a daily basis and urged NLC, Trade Union Congress and all Labour affiliates to join hands, adding this is an opportunity that should not be allowed to waste.<\/p>\n<p>Comrade Ayuba Wabba, President Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), on his part said Nigerians cannot continue to be a consumer nation, \u201cwe need to go back to production, which will tackle unemployment. Corruption is an organized crime against the Nigerian public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said protest and strike alone cannot fix Nigeria and called on workers to be ready to work to bring about good leadership in the country instead of strike and protest.<\/p>\n<p>Wabba said leadership is about energy and intellectual capacity and explained that those saying Labour Party do not have structure will be surprised, adding that Labour is ready to activate its structures in the 774 local government areas of the country.<\/p>\n<\/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 Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said next year\u2019s Presidential election is not based on ethnicity or religion, hence it is nobody\u2019s turn. 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