The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, on Thursday took his campaign to Bauchi State, assuring that the recently discovered oil in the state will be explored and used to develop the people and the area not for sharing by greedy individuals.
Obi also told the jubilant and obviously organic crowd that the hide and skin industry in the state will be developed and turned into a production hub for export.
He said that taking back Nigeria from the buccaneers currently ravaging the country entails that we change the country from “Consumption to Production” status, adding that to achieve that, the country must be well secured.
“We cannot achieve anything if the country is not secured and it would be the top priority of Datti and I to secure the land and return the people to the farms,” he said.
The LP candidate explained that he and Datti’s commitment to pull the people out of poverty, especially in the North, will not be possible if the land is not secured.
This, he said, explains why security will be their number one priority if elected into office come February 25, 2023.
According to the former Governor of Anambra state, “Datti and I have the key to unlock the wealth of the North which is embedded in the vast arable land in the region.”
The VP candidate, Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed; the National Chairman of the Party Bar Julius Abure and other leaders of the party underscored the candidate’s position about the Labour Party’s desire to pull people out of poverty, pull education out of the woods, improve health infrastructures and create job for the vibrant youths.
Earlier before the rally, on arrival in Bauchi, Obi and his team comprising the running mate, Baba-Ahmed and Barr. Abure paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Bauchi, Dr. Rilwanu Suleman Adamu, in his palace.
The royal father, who received them with his chiefs and other prominent sons of the ancient city, wished them well in their desires.
Obi had told him that he and Datti-Ahmed are in the race because they feel they have the key to help the Nigeria youths take back their country and rebuild it.
