The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he will cut the cost of governance and ensure zero tolerance for corruption.
Speaking during a townhall meeting in Toronto, Canada, the former Anambra state governor said that bad leadership has damaged Nigeria and that the most populous black nation must be rescued.
Chronicle NG reports that Obi also stressed the importance of Nigerians in Diaspora, noting that, they represent a broad part of the African country human development capital.
“Bad leadership has seriously damaged Nigeria and we must rescue our country and end bad governance,” Obi said during the well attended townhall meeting.
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He noted that, “Nigerian Diaspora represent a broad segment of Nigeria’s human development capital. With that population, the Diaspora family has the capacity to catapult any nation to greatness.
“The Nigeria Diaspora has the capacity, and therefore must have a commensurate voice. By the 2027 elections, Nigeria Diaspora must have a voice via absentee ballots.
Peter Obi then outlined his plans for Nigeria if elected in 2023. “Our vision and mission is to give full expression to our democracy by moving our country from consumption to production.
“In transforming the economy, we intend to make it more productive, thus creating employment and prosperity for millions of youths, reducing poverty in the land, addressing issues of criminality and insecurity.
“We will aggressively pursue human capital development in the education and health sectors with available resources, while striving to adopt best global practices.
“We will have zero tolerance for corruption, and will cut the cost of governance. Total commitment to transparency and accountability in government business is the only credible way to achieve limited to zero corruption.
Obi added that, “We will pursue intangible assets of good governance, rule of law, security of lives and properties, through an aggressive increase in personnel and equipment, and inclusive training of operatives in our security agencies.
“We will emphasize patriotism, national interest and national morale, quality of governance, political will and character as complimentary to others. We will ensure that we have these assets in place and stress asset optimization.
According to Peter Obi, his government will end the power outages in Nigeria. “We intend to lay special emphasis on critical infrastructures, especially power, to ensure a clear measurable increase of today’s generation, transmission and distribution by 200% within the shortest possible time, through public private partnership.
“We will aggressively pursue increased contribution of ICT to overall economic growth and national development.
“Africa will remain the centrepiece of our foreign policy. We will improve Nigeria’s diplomatic sphere of influence via peacekeeping, trade, and investment initiatives,” he said.
