Peter Obi, the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, believes that the failure of the people in leadership is Nigeria’s greatest burden.
Obi made this assertion on Wednesday in a statement he shared on his official X account.
“I have consistently maintained that leadership failure lies at the heart of Nigeria’s problems. Until we confront it head-on, the country cannot move in the right direction,” Obi wrote.
“The cumulative effect of poor leadership remains our greatest obstacle to development.”
According to Obi, this calls for urgent disruption of the current retrogressive system and the enthronement of leaders with competence, character, capacity, and compassion.
He stated that the country’s declining governance has drawn global attention, as shown in the recent statement by the U.S Mission in Nigeria, echoed in The Africa Report (x.com/usinnigeria/st…), saying this is a clear confirmation of what many of us have long said.
“Once again, let me be clear: you cannot ask the people to keep fasting while you feast every day. As Chinua Achebe rightly said, “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership,” Obi said.
“I speak out to help build a new Nigeria, free of criminality and corruption. But instead of addressing the message, those who have hijacked our country deploy media thugs to insult and distract.”
The former Governor of Anambra State said now that the American government has made similar observations, perhaps they too will become targets.
“To all well-meaning Nigerians: this must stop. We must dismantle the system of criminality. We have voted based on tribe and religion for too long – it is time to vote for competence,” Obi said.
“Let us move from waste, looting, and reckless borrowing to production. Let us build a Nigeria that works. A New Nigeria is POssible.”.
