Peter Obi has raised contemporary considerations over Nigeria’s {economic} woes, urging the opposition to unite towards dangerous governance.
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate spoke in the course of the social gathering’s Nationwide Government Council assembly held on the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on Wednesday, April 9.
He lamented the rising value of residing, rising poverty, and widespread hardship throughout the nation, stating, “We should communicate when issues are incorrect, Nigeria is collapsing, the numbers are clear, the indices are clear, an increasing number of persons are poorer.
“Individuals who used to feed properly at the moment are begging, even on this resort. Any time I enter this resort, I see individuals telling me, ‘Oga, I got here to Abuja, I can’t return’.”
Obi continued, “The place I used to go that folks ask me, ‘Oga will you eat? Will you drink?’ No person is asking me something once more. That exhibits you the way dangerous it’s. So, tell us that issues are troublesome, issues are dangerous. Allow us to stand collectively and be certain that the best issues, ranging from our social gathering, are executed.”
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The NEC assembly, chaired by former Finance Minister Nenadi Usman, got here on the heels of a Supreme Court docket ruling that invalidated the Court docket of Appeal’s recognition of Julius Abure because the Labour Party’s nationwide chairman.
Current on the assembly had been Obi’s 2023 working mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Abia State Governor Alex Otti, and several other senators and Home of Representatives members.
Following the session, social gathering leaders, led by Obi and Otti, marched to the headquarters of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) in Abuja, demanding official recognition of Nenadi Usman because the LP nationwide chair.
They had been obtained by INEC Nationwide Commissioner Sam Olumekun.
The Supreme Court docket, in a unanimous judgment final week, dominated that the Court docket of Appeal had no jurisdiction to declare Abure the nationwide chairman, because the matter involved inside social gathering management—a difficulty the courts can’t resolve.
It additionally dominated that Abure’s tenure had lapsed and upheld the enchantment filed by Senator Ester Usman and one other, whereas dismissing a cross-appeal by Abure’s faction for missing advantage.
