It’s embarrassing campaigning for 2023 with our students at home, says Peter Obi
….Wishes that funds collected from Presidential aspirants be channeled to ASUU demands
A frontline Presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has lamented and expressed regret that we are campaigning for 2023 with Nigerian our children who should be in school whiling away time at home.
Mr. Obi said this, on Wednesday, while responding to a question from a Nigerian student when he appeared at a popular Abuja-based human rights Radio and Television station more known as Berekete Family, in Abuja.
The former Governor of Anambra State said that he finds it disheartening that the noise of 2023 is dominating the space rather than the plight of Nigerian students wasting at home and being exposed to all kinds of danger and degradations.
Mr. Obi said that the N40 million and N100 million being collected for form from Presidential aspirants from the two leading political parties is enough to meet some demands of the university lecturers.
He noted that the genesis of the ASUU strike was in the inability of Federal Government to keep agreements and that stems from the value we place in Education which should be the biggest investment.
Mr. Obi said that if he was elected President of this country, he would make Nigeria a producing nation because that is the only way to have a strong and viable economy.
He remarked that Nigeria economy is down because the operating system is in sharing rather than producing.
When asked how he intend to create a viable economy if elected, he said he would start by cutting off excess wastages that is prevalent in our system. He gave graphic account of how he did same as Governor of Anambra State and was able to achieve much without owing and having more to invest.
Mr. Obi also spoke extensively on how his Presidency would tackle the nation’s persisting problems especially cohesion, insecurity and power generation and among others.
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On security he noted that most of the bandits and gunmen could not have been in the crime if the government had provided for them by doing the needful.
The Presidential aspirant told a Nigeria-trained doctor who called from Saudi Arabia and wanting to know what he could do if elected to stop the doctor’s flight, but rather, Mr. Obi said he would encourage the training of more doctors and other professionals for exports. He noted that in the year 2030 there would be scarcity of critical professions like Computer engineers and Nurses and nations who plan well can leverage on it and make money exporting them.
The audience of the popular media station across the globe, Italy, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Senegal among others called in to either ask question or to wish Obi well in the Presidential race.
Members of the comic station Berekete Family also expressed satisfaction with Obi’s response to issues.
