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I am desperate to see Nigeria work – Peter Obi

May 3, 2022 by AFRIPOL Leave a Comment

Duoye Diri, Peter Obi
Gov. Duoye Diri and  Presidential candidate Peter Obi

Peter Obi the   presidential candidate  on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, took his continued consultation tour  to the  Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, as he move towards   his quest  to win his party’s nomination. Obi emphasized that he was not desperate to be president but eager to see Nigeria work.

Obi said, “I am aspiring to lead this country. For me, it is not a desperate aspiration but I am desperate to see Nigeria work.

“This is a great country and I have a simple thing to do. I want to move it from consumption to a productive country. It is not working because it is not a productive country. We cannot see our children, millions of young people that are smart and intelligent stay at home doing nothing and we keep quiet.

“I was in Niger State with 76,363sq km of land, but the people cannot feed themselves and Nigeria. They are also exporting nothing. Whereas the Netherlands is 33,100sq km of land, they are exporting agricultural materials of $120bn while we earn only $18bn from oil.

“All we do here is sharing formula. I want to stop it. We must have a production formula. Let the people produce the oil and keep it. There are so many things people can do.”

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