Ahead of the 2023 elections, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has warned Nigerians to help elect credible people to fix the country before it gets worse.
Obi who stated this on Saturday ,in Umuahia, during an award of scholarship to 26 undergraduates by the Alex Otti Foundation, lamented that it is unacceptable that despite the resources God gave the country, millions of Nigerians don’t know where their next meal would come from.
The presidential candidate further warned that politicians must stop abusing God’s grace in the country and use public money for public good.
He said Nigeria must move from a consuming nation to a producing one.
He said; “I’m warning everybody,let fix Nigeria before it gets worse . We must fix this place now. It is not acceptable that with the huge resources God gave Nigeria ,millions Nigerians don’t know where their next meal would come. This is not acceptable. We must stop abusing the grace of God and use public money for public good. All I’m begging is ,go and verify all the candidates,ask questions about what they have done.
“We cannot continue this way! This is not our country! A country where people cannot buy a loaf of bread is not our country. Our country must be productive. We must take back our country and end this poverty. In 2023, we must make a difference. We must take back our country and rebuild it.”
Presenting the scholarship awards to the undergraduates, Founder of the Foundation, Dr. Alex Otti, described the gesture as his contribution to assist less privileged undergraduates acquire education.
He explained that the scholarship programme which is for second year undergraduates is open to students of Abia State origin and others resident in the state.
Earlier, Executive Director of the Foundation, Mr. Chinedu Ekeke, disclosed that over 100 undergraduates applied for the scholarship programme while only 26 was successful.
