Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Saturday kick-starts his nationwide campaign in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
While addressing the mammoth crowd,Obi promised to solve Nigeria’s flood challenge and ensure the country attains sufficiency in food production if elected in 2023.
The former Anambra State governor said his government will move Nigeria from consumption to production and job creation.
He promised to fix Nigeria’s power conundrum, amongst others, and wondered why the Super Eagles couldn’t qualify for Qatar 2022 World Cup starting next month.
After he observed a one-minute silence in honour of all flood victims across the country, Obi said, “I assure you if we come into power, we will solve this flooding problem.”
“We are not going to do it overnight but we will start solving it. It will not take 30 years. The Federal Government said it will take 30 years, it will not take 30 years for us to solve it.
“Let me assure you, the government Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed will change Nigeria for good,” he said.
He promised to support farmers and youths in the country, added that Nigeria can feed itself if the right measures are taken.
“If we come into government, I assure you, farmers will go back to farms because we are going to deal with insecurity, we will support youths; the more youths are pulled out of poverty, the more we reduce criminality.
“We will support youths because today Nigerian youths don’t have a home. When we come into government, the youths will have homes because we will solve their problems.”
“Today in Nigeria, people spend all their money to feed themselves. So many people can’t even feed themselves.
“We will make sure that we start the journey of Nigeria being sufficient in food production. If Israel can feed itself, Nigeria can feed itself. If India can feed itself, Nigeria can feed itself,” he said.
