Dr Peter Obi
2023 Presidency: ‘People need president that can fix Nigeria,’ says Obi, faults PDP’s planned consensus arrangement
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Presidential Aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Dr Peter Obi, has faulted the consensus arrangement being canvassed in some quarters, saying what Nigerians need is someone who can fix Nigeria and make it productive.
Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State and vice presidential candidate of the PDP in 2019, made his position known in Abakaliki on Tuesday when he came to consult PDP delegates and other officials of the Party, at Salt Lake Hotel, Abakaliki.
According to him, there are enormity of problems currently facing Nigeria, and the citizens are not looking for a consensus candidate, but someone who can solve the many problems.
Obi said, “Going by the enormity of Nigeria’s problems, the people are not looking for a consensus candidate; they are looking forward to somebody who will start solving their problems.
“The firm duty of a leader is to be a problem solver. Nigerians are looking forward to somebody that can make Nigeria productive and start getting Nigerians to be pulled out of poverty. That’s what Nigerians are looking for, not consensus candidate. So, I want to correct that.
“Even the Northerners; everybody has a problem in Nigeria. Nigeria as it is today is unsecured, Nigeria is not unified and Nigeria is unproductive.
“It is collapsing. They are looking for a fixer. Somebody who will start creating wealth.”
Asked whether he had the capacity to fix Nigeria, Obi said, “You need to check my track record. Am a trader. I have operated in the corporate world. I have been a Governor. That’s the record you need to check. You don’t need to ask me. Just check my trajectory. And I have been everywhere in the World and I believe I can fix Nigeria.”
