Tag: Peter Obi

2023: “No insults; unite with others for better Nigeria”, Peter Obi urges supporters

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters to stop insulting persons of contrary opinions, insisting that they must focus on issues and unite with everyone for a better Nigeria. Obi in a statement issued over an incident at the Labour Party campaign rally in Benue State said, “Nigeria has very huge problems and is currently at risk of implosion from economic hardship and insecurity. “The focus, therefore, should be on how to deal with deleterious consequences of a tanking economy, pervasive insecurity, and…

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2023: “Peter Obi can’t win election; ‘Obidients’ euphoria already dying” – Dino Melaye

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Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Dino Melaye, has reiterated that presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, cannot win election, saying the euphoria of his ‘Obidient’ supporters is already dying. Melaye made this assertion while addressing newsmen in Abuja at the weekend. He said: “By January, they will go down more, because people will realize that it is going to be a wasted vote; people will realise that he (Peter Obi) cannot become president, they will realize that voting for Peter is voting for…

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2023: “I’ll change Northern Nigeria through agriculture” – Peter Obi

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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, says he plans to change the Northern region through agriculture if elected president of Nigeria in 2023. Obi, who made this promise at a virtual meeting with Labour Party support groups on Friday, said adequate investment in the sector can help to address food inflation and insecurity in the country. 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…

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2023: “Disregard Labour Party manifesto – Peter Obi

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The presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP), Peter Obi, has disregarded the manifesto from his party that is currently in circulation. In an issued statement on his verified Twitter handle, the former governor of Anambra State disclosed that his manifesto has not been formally released. Prior to the LP flagbearer’s statement, it was widely reported that Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, have released a seven-point manifesto on what they would do to tackle the problems in the country if elected in the forthcoming presidential election in…

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2023: Peter Obi flags-off presidential campaign promises to tackle unemployment, insecurity 

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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has promised that he would tackle unemployment and insecurity if voted into power. Obi stated this at the flag-off of his presidential campaign, in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, yesterday. He said he would tackle insecurity to pave way for economic growth and development. The presidential candidate also pledged to create jobs for youths to lift them off poverty and deprivation. “I assure you that if we come into power, we will address farmers and herders…

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2023: “Everything about OBIdient movement is a scam” – Atiku’s Spokesperson, Bwala

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The spokesman for the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Daniel Bwala, has described the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his ‘OBIdient Movement’ as “a scam”. He stated this while reacting to the suspension of Obi’s 2023 presidential campaign over the on-going flood disaster ravaging the nation. Recall that Obi announced the suspension of his 2023 presidential campaign when he visited the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom in Abuja on Wednesday. Obi also called on his counterparts in other parties, especially Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party…

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2023 Election: Northern Coalition to publish Atiku, Tinubu, Obi’s promises  

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The Arewa Joint Committee that interacted with some presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election said on Tuesday that the exercise was not meant to endorse any particular candidate for the forthcoming election. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Jam’iyyar Matan Arewa, the Centre for Historical Development and Research (Arewa House), and the Arewa Research Development Project make up the Arewa Joint Committee. On the invitation list of the Arewa leaders for the interactive meeting were the presidential candidates of the…

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2023: “I’ll rescue Nigeria from its ‘failed State’ status – Obi

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…Meets with Gumi in Kaduna The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has said he would rescue Nigeria from failed its ‘failed State’ if elected president in 2023. The former Anambra helmsman, at an interactive session on his candidacy in Kaduna yesterday, told the Arewa House gathering that Nigeria was not bereft of ideas, but institutional weakness and the lack of political will to effect the genuine change that would better the lives of Nigerians. He argued that when a country…

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Kaduna Visit: “I would have arrested Peter Obi if I’m not civilised” – el-Rufa’i

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, caused a reaction when he said he would have retaliated against what Peter Obi, as former Governor of Anambra State, did to him when he visited the State to monitor an election. El-Rufa’i, while addressing Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna State and alleged that Peter Obi, the current presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), put him under house arrest for 48 hours in Anambra State during the election. According to him, Obi, who was seeking a second-term in office on the platform of the…

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2023: Labour Party kicks, as Obi unveils 1,234 PCC members

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The Labour Party (LP) has dismissed the 1, 234 names released to spearhead the Peter Obi and Yusuf Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 general election. A former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, was named the Director-General of the campaign council, while a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Mohammed Zarewa, was named as the council’s chairman. Also named are Clement Ojukwu and Yunusa Tanko as the Secretary and Chief Spokesperson of the council respectively. The campaign council also has…

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