{"id":99316,"date":"2022-09-16T21:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99316"},"modified":"2022-09-16T21:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:01:26","slug":"nigerias-problems-cant-be-solved-overnight-says-peter-obi-on-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-problems-cant-be-solved-overnight-says-peter-obi-on-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s problems can\u2019t be solved overnight, says Peter Obi on CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1744152990752261425\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said that the problems facing Nigeria are not ones that can be solved overnight.<\/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\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He, however opined that the challenge facing the country are solvable while stressing on the need for a leader who is competent and have the commitment to solve it.<\/p>\n<p>Obi made the disclosure during his appearance on American media corporation Cables News Network(CNN).<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn the course of the interview, the anchor of Zain Exchange, Zain Asher, who described him as the most popular candidate among the young people asked, \u201dNigerians are used to being disappointed by their leaders, can all the problems of Nigeria which are corruption, oil theft, insecurity, physical.. be solved by one person?<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the question, Obi said, \u201cIf we have a leader that is competent, have the capacity, and commitment to deal with it, no one will solve it overnight. But there will be a clear, visible, measurable attempts to dealing with it. And they are things that are solveable. There are things they can be dealt decisively.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nWhen he quizzed on what his plan is to get Nigeria out of his current economic woes, Obi said that security is the first thing that needs to be put in place in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that with security in place in the country, farmers will be able to go back to the farm.<\/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>Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said that the problems facing Nigeria are not ones that can be solved overnight. 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