The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has slammed the Federal Government, saying that it shows no compassion to the plight of flood victims across Nigeria.
The former governor of Anambra State stated this on Tuesday during his visit to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.
According to him, “we want a Nigeria that will show patriotism by caring for the people in everything. Look at the flooding that has happened all over Nigeria. As far as I am concerned, the government of Nigeria has not responded adequately, they’ve not shown compassion,”
“Leadership comes with compassion, it comes with listening, it comes with understanding. Even those people in (Internally Displaced Persons) IDP (camps) how many people has the Federal Government come to visit. That is what you do, that is what shows you are committed.”
Obi also said the deal he has with some aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including Ortom is to achieve a better Nigeria.
“The only deal I have with them is that they are passionate about Nigeria,” Obi said.
Ortom, in his address, described the former governor of Anambra State as one of the finest presidential candidates for the 2023 general election.
The governor said Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP) has the capacity to liberate Nigeria from economic and security challenges.
“If Nigeria needs to make a choice, you are one of the finest candidates that we have in this country. In terms of education, in terms of character, in terms of performance, in terms of reaching out, in terms of being a pan-Nigerian, in terms of industrialisation, passion to ensure that our country is liberated from where we are; out of insecurity to security, and out of economic woes to economic vibrancy and out of lack to adequate social life, you have the capacity to make things work,” Ortom stated.
