Peter Obi has not only become a household name but a movement since the 2023 presidential elections.
The 2023 presidential elections have come and gone but the impact of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Nigerians remains evergreen.
During his campaigns and even till now, he has made quite a number of presentations, speeches and contributions in meetings, interviews and on the online space.
Although we can’t capture everything as they are quite voluminous, here are some popular quotes of Peter Obi.
1. If you must be referred to as your excellency, then the process through which you arrived in the office must be excellent.”
2. No nation can survive without saving for tomorrow.
3. If a man has not created wealth, he cannot manage wealth.
4. The reason why we are talking about massive borrowing today is because we didn’t save yesterday.
5. I beg you to participate more in politics, the society we help them abuse today will take its revenge tomorrow.
6. Nigeria’s resources will be most prudently used for Nigeria
7. Nigeria is not a producing country. The cumulative effect of what we are suffering today is bad leadership.
8. The issue of tackling corruption and reducing the cost of governance is simple as it will start with me and my family members.
9. If I sleep in a hotel and have to pay ₦250,000 a night, I will be awake all night feeling like I was robbed.
10. When you are borrowing for consumption, it gets to a stage when you cannot control it.
11. To you, young people, take Back your Country…it is your future they are toying with”
12. I don’t have any single property in this country outside Onitsha. If you see any property outside Onitsha and they say it belongs to Mr. Peter Obi, burn it!
13. We cannot aim for skyscrapers when we cannot maintain simple toilets.
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14. I am not desperate to be President, I am desperate to see Nigeria work
15. I am a Nigerian running to serve every Nigerian. I urge a show of respect for every candidate, tribe, religion, and person.
16. Whenever I hear of no structure, my answer to it is simple; the 100 million Nigerians that live in poverty will be the structure.
17. Every Nigerian child must be prepared for leadership, and every Nigerian leader must work for all Nigerian children.
18. There is no need creating an office of the first lady to pacify women, when I can make them handle critical positions in Nigeria.
19. The common goal is to make Nigeria better. Elections are a democratic contest and need not be adversarial.
20. Security measures must be proactive and holistic, more so in areas close to ungoverned rural and urban communities.
21. But for bad governance, Nigeria has no business with poverty and unemployment.
Every part of Nigeria has the potential to grow and compete, but we are not doing that.
22. As a nation, we cannot be insensitive to the ongoing bloodletting and targeting of the most vulnerable and helpless in our society.
23. No country grows economically with a 35 per cent unemployment rate, which, when combined with under-employment, will be 55 per cent. That’s a figure of 60 per cent of unemployed Nigerians being youths—the greatest asset of any nation.
24. We must begin to look at the history of people who vie for any political positions in our country. Where was the person 25 years ago? What was he/she doing? How has he/she managed wealth and other leadership positions?
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25. It is time we shunned ethnic and religious sentiments and vote a Nigerian leader who will unite every section of the country and ensure the integrated development of the nation.
26. Nigerian women are assets that need to be put to good use. Let’s take a cue from Bangladesh, where the current and longest-serving Prime Minister is a woman. Their opposition leader is also a woman.
27. I have always sued for the support of small businesses. They are the engine of economic growth. With well-articulated fiscal and monetary policies, our small business sector will boom and catalyze the economy for more growth and development.
28. A father must leave a better place for the children. That’s why he sacrifices to make life better for them. That is what leadership should be.
29. I’m not promising Nigerians happiness. It’s the entertainment business that promises happiness. I promise change and progress,”
30. I reduced my convoy to 5 vehicles and you cannot buy fuel unless I am in the car”.
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