The presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party Dr. Peter Obi, recently, said he has the capabilities to revive the Nigerian economy and make it viable if elected as President in 2023.
He said this while addressing members of the Imo State chapter of the PDP at the party’s secretariat in Owerri.
Obi described Nigeria as a great country that ought to stand on its own economically and sustain itself with what it has.
According to him “All these people that are eyeing the presidential seat, let us find out where they have worked before and their achievements before we think of casting votes for them,” Obi said.
The Presidential aspirant said that he never owed any contractor or civil servant during his time as governor of Anambra State, adding that he left the sum of $10 million in the treasury of the state.
“There is too much wastefulness in governance in Nigeria. The money would have been used to fund poor children in schools,” he said.
Obi also notes that China, Japan, and other countries invested the money they borrowed judiciously and it is yielding positive results for them. Calling for a change that will make Nigeria great again, he added, “In the past 10 years, we have borrowed over 1billion US dollars.”
Obi thanked the PDP leadership in Imo for giving him the opportunity to talk to members of the party. He said that he had created wealth as an Individual and therefore, urged Nigerians not only to be a consuming nation but also to share their agricultural produce with other countries.
