Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, is back in the mood of his quotable assertions about Nigeria.
Obi has, in this dispensation, been proving to be a candidate with ideas and data, which has endeared him to many people, although some of the data have earned him trouble when not accurate.
He was in his element again in Abuja on Thursday when he tried to redefine the concept of Nigeria’s nationhood, in the context of how the people have failed the land.
According to him, Nigeria is valid as a country, but the people are not based on the way they have been treating it.
At a summit by the party’s stakeholders, he said:
“We have a country called Nigeria, but we don’t have Nigerians.
“What we want to do is to create Nigerians and the only way to create Nigerians is to make people to have hope in Nigeria.
“Nigeria is a great country. God created this country and gave it everything to make it great. The only thing that is lacking is a simple thing called leadership.
“That is what Datti and I intend to provide.’’ he said.
He explained how he plans to harness regional potentials.
Mr Peter Obi, said on Thursday in Abuja that the party would transform Nigeria’s economy from that of consumption to production.
Obi made the declaration at the Labour Party and the Coalition for Peter Obi Leadership Summit.
The summit had “Youths, Governance and a New Nigeria’’ as its theme.
He said that he would diversify the economy by harnessing potentials and natural resources from all regions of the country.
He added that he would build a country of integrity where patriotism would be the pride of citizens.
