Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria cannot disappoint the youths and a new Nigeria would be built.
He said this on Monday while speaking at the Chatham House in the United Kingdom.
He said, “We are committed, we can’t disappoint these youths. We must build a new Nigeria and we will deal with that.
“Investors will come back. Those who left, even the young people who are today leaving, they’ll come back. We want to bring them back. Nigerians are prepared to come back if they find that they have a country to go back to. This green passport, people must be proud to use it.”
Speaking at the event on “Challenges to a new thinking” Obi promised to tackle corruption from the grassroots.
“We’ll fight and stop corruption. The first thing about stopping corruption is yourself. If you’re not involved, your wife is not involved, your family is not involved, those around you are not involved, you reduce it by over 50 percent. And that is what I’m going to do,” he said.
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The candidate also promised to declare war on the power sector as part of plans to build a new Nigeria if elected into office.
He said, “You have heard them say we don’t have structure, that structure is the one that has dismantled Nigeria. We will destroy that structure of criminality, I assure you of it.
“We’re going to turn around the power sector. Nigeria today generates 5,000 to 6,000 megawatts for 200 million people and South Africa, the second biggest in terms of economy on the continent, 60 million people, generates over 40,000 megawatts, yet, they have declared an emergency in the power sector.
“I have said it that anyone can generate up to 100,000 megawatts with our licence.
“If a country with 60 million population generating over 40,000MW is declaring emergency on power, what do you think somebody with two million people generating 5,000 to 6,000MW will do? War!”
