The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to vote for the candidate that has ability and capacity to deliver good governance rather than religious and ethnic sentiments.
Obi made the call during his visit to Ibadan, Oyo State capital, where he met with Governor Seyi Makinde.
The Labour Party presidential candidate expressed that his visit to Ibadan is part of his consultation with well-meaning Nigerians ahead of the next year’s general elections.
He said that ability and capacity, rather than ethnicity or religion should determine who wins the next election; hence his movement across the party lines to ask for support in his effort to rebuild Nigeria if given the opportunity.
Obi who said he is fully prepared for the task ahead stressed the need for issue based campaigns among political parties where candidates would come up with their commitment to the people.
He appealed to Nigerians to have faith in him and pledged, if given the chance, to demonstrate quantifiable improvement in governance.
Speaking on Nigeria at 62, Obi said the country ought to celebrate its survival as a nation even though it has challenges confronting it.
“In 62 years, we can barely say that we performed fairly but we survived as a nation. But in terms of being proud of saying that we’ve achieved a lot, we can’t celebrate that, but we can celebrate because we’ve seen the nation together.
“Next year’s election would be based on character, trust, confidence, capacity and commitment to do the right thing. I have made a commitment and say hold me responsible, I want to move to secure Nigeria, unite Nigeria, build cohesion and be a Nigerian.”
“I don’t want anybody to vote for me because I am an Igbo man. No! Don’t vote for me because I am a Christian or it’s my turn or I have connections. It’s the turn of Nigerians”
“I want them to vote for me because I have the competence and the capacity to turn around Nigeria. My commitment especially to the younger ones is that I will start pulling them out of poverty. I want to move the country from consumption to production so it can start from a country people would be proud of,” Peter Obi said.
