Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has lamented the poor state of the North.
He said respected Nigerians have ruled the region, but it remained the poorest.
Besides, Obi lamented, the North had the highest number of children out of school and highest number of unemployed youths.
He then has vowed to change the Northern region through agriculture if elected president of Nigeria in 2023.
Obi made made this promise at a virtual meeting with Labour Party support groups on Friday.
He said, “I am going to change the region. We need to cultivate arable land there; respected Nigerians from the North have ruled this country but the ten poorest states are from the region.”
ALSO READ: Attack on Apostle Suleman: Peter Obi speaks
Obi promised he would focus on the North due to the region’s enormous potential that needs to be tapped and harnessed.
“Our economic problems arising from poor leadership do not discriminate on the basis of religion or tribe,” he stated.
Obi said the country’s leadership should not continue to repeat the same methods that are not working.
“There is nowhere in Nigeria where a person buys cheaper bread because he is a Muslim or a Christian,.
“I am the only governor in Nigerian history who finished eight years, left money, built infrastructure, owed no contractor, salary or pension.
He said, with what he has in mind, “the North will forever remain grateful.
“(The) 2023 election must not be on entitlements based on religion or tribe but on competence, character and what you did before,” he said.
