Barely 48 hours after he bade farewell to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former governor of Anambra state and 2023 presidential aspirant, Mr Peter Obi (known as Okwute), has joined the Labour Party (LP) on the platform of which he intends to pursue his presidential ambition.
Obi personally announced, in his official Twitter handle on Friday, May 27, 2022, that he has joined the new party. The former Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 general elections, was initially rumoured on Wednesday to have joined the Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso-led new political party, the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).
Obi wrote on his Twitter handle, “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in the mission of taking back and reuniting Nigeria. This project is yours and for the future of your children. I am just a facilitator.”
Giving clarification on why he resigned from the PDP, Obi stated that it was “because of issues that are at variance with my persona and principles”. He further explained that he had consulted widely with the diverse stakeholders, individuals and political parties to ensure that “we do not complicate the route to our desired destination”.
Obi stated however that “For me, the process of achieving our goal is as fundamental as what one will do thereafter.” On why he joined the Labour Party, Obi explained that, “I have chosen a route that I consider to be in line with our aspirations and my mantra of taking the country from consumption to production; and that is the Labour Party which is synonymous with the people, workers, development, production, securing and uniting Nigerians as one family.”
The politician enjoined the citizens to support him in his mission to take back the country. He equally assured that he will “never let you (Nigerians) down,”.
By joining the Labour Party, the former governor hopes to ride on the crest of the support of the Nigerian workers to clinch the party’s nomination and ultimately win the 2023 presidential poll. Labour Party is the political party in the country that factors the interest of the nation’s workers both in theory, philosophy and vision.
But unfortunately, the platform has never had a leader that could give practical expression to its ideas and ideals. Peter Obi is expected to provide the needed leadership on the Labour Party platform.
He is in good stead to galvanise the workforce through the power of vision, ideas and manifesto that verge on economic restructuring and rejuvenation that will ensure national development and human capital growth.
The workforce is a critical sphere that Obi strategically wants to onboard on his presidential bid by pitching his tent with the Labour Party, according to sundry analyses even though he adumbrated some of the reasons in his Twitter post.
