Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has promised to ensure that 100 million poor Nigerians have access to free medical services through an integrated health insurance scheme if elected.

He spoke at Success Conference in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State over the weekend.

“Given the role of health in reinforcing education in the measure of productivity, my leadership will pay serious attention to the health system by ensuring that at least 100 million poor Nigerians have access to free medical services through an integrated health insurance scheme.”

With respect to finance, he said the lack of government-backed sizeable venture capital funds was a significant adverse factor in the finance mix for SMEs and young entrepreneurs at the grassroots level. He said if elected, he would create a professionally managed SME Equity Fund within the first year of office with the goal of promoting the development of at least one value-added industry to utilise the local raw material supply in every local government in Nigeria

“It is imperative that, as this conference draws closer to the most critical period ahead of the 2023 elections, all young people of voting age obtain their PVCs and make sure they cast their ballots for qualified, competent, and trustworthy candidates at the local/state and national levels.

“Governments at all levels have a responsibility to provide an environment that allows people to achieve their life goals, including those related to infrastructure, health, education, and security of life and property. Good leaders bring about the good life; terrible leaders bring about destruction,’’ he said.

He said the new administration taking office in 2023 would face a plethora of domestic and external challenges provoked by cumulative leadership failures over the years and that the country is currently one of the most miserable in terms of poverty rate, number of out-of-school children, infant and under-5 mortality rate, life expectancy, and a host of others.

He, however, said these problems, though difficult, were not unsolvable but that the institutional weaknesses and lack of political will to implement them were undermining development efforts.

He said the right leadership with political will and commitment to addressing these problems, a new Nigeria, where everybody including the most vulnerable and excluded group like youths, women, and children will become the key stakeholders in the decision-making process, is possible.

As part of ongoing consultation, Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti-Ahmed at the weekend, visited Nigeria’s former military president, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, at his residence in Niger State.

They had also earlier paid a visit to Ex-military Head of State, General General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB (rtd)at his home.

Sharing photos from the meeting on his Twitter handle, Obi said: “It was a pleasure and honour for me and my running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, to be hosted by Nigeria’s military president, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, GCFR, at his home in Minna today.

He wrote: “Today, my running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed and I visited President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, GCFR, at his home in Minna. He received us very warmly and we had insightful conversations on the state of affairs in our country.”

Meanwhile, LP called on all candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC), to immediately withdraw from the 2023 elections.

According to the LP, APC has succeed in ruining and wrecking the economy and future of Nigeria by pushing the country into insolvency and bankruptcy.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Arabambi Abayomi, the party said: “Its an undisputed fact that in the first four months of the year 2022 by the Buhari Govt ‘s revelation through the Budget and Planning Mininstry , they admitted that the cost of debt servicing by the same stealing Govt has surpassed its revenue in the 4 months under review.

“Remarkably, the clueless and confused APC Govt spent a total of N4.2 trillion between January and April 2022 from the earmarked N17.32trillion for the whole year .

“In these same four months, a sum of N285 bn was earned as oil revenue, this represents a shortfall of 60.9% of the prorated figure of N730.12bn, this is even in spite of the marked rally in crude oil prices in these four months when the Government unabashedly retarded APC Govt casually mentioned that oil production declined to let the oil revenue fall short of projection.

“It sounds very irritating, painful and annoying to keep hearing this dying and failed APC Govt repeatedly claiming that the untenable , questionable & unverifiable oil subsidy deductions was responsible with the twin criminal excuse of the inability to increase oil production was responsible for failure at meeting the projected target of revenue growth in the 4 months.

“The dishonest and lying APC probably forgot that in 2021 it spent N4.22 trillion on debt servicing which was an increase of 29.3% over over the sum of N3.27 triln spent for the same purpose in 2020 while the revenue only increased by a marginal 9.3 % to N4.39 trillion revenue and in the last 16months APC led Buhari Administration has spent a whooping sum of N6.16TRN

“The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Mrs. Patience Oniha confirmed that Nigeria’s total public debt stock representing domestic and external debt stock profile as at March, 2022 stood at N41. 60 trillion and N42.84TRN ($103.31billion as at June 30,2022 , dividing that by 200 million Nigerians including 50million yet unborn totalling 250m population explicitly confirmed that every Nigerians as at June 30th 2022 is indebited to the tune of N170,000 naira each

“Finally and for the record,the Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said with impunity, executive rascality and malfeasance that the APC led Federal Government will borrow over N11 trillion and sell national assets to finance the budget deficit in 2023. She also said the government’s budget deficit is expected to exceed N12.42 trillion while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to defend the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP).

“In view of this deliberate infractions, divisiveness wickedness and Lawlessness,Labour Party here by call for the immediate withdrawal of all APC candidates from the 2023 General Election so that Nigeria will not go into final extinction

“We must vote against the sick , the early and tired ancient men and the known and world wide published treasury thief to invest our votes in Peter “ the Obedient Obi in LP.”

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ill-ensure-free-medical-services-to-100m-poor-nigerians-obi/

Free medical service he couldnt give the poor people of anambra who are not even upto to 100m for complete good 8years.

Coming from this same man, that invested the over 234billion naira anambra health fund into a beer parlour business which he ran into massive loss.

Coming from same man, that inconjuction with defunt sarz commander, James Nwafor. They murdered, killed and cannibalise the poor people of Anambra at free will with reckless abandon.


Enough of the Lies, fables and cheap promises.
We Nigeria are wiser now.

lhordspy:
Bd

He's about to cry... Someone hug a Tinubu supporter today pls

100m Nigerians, poor Nigerians.

I just like this obi and his speeches, always makes sense to obidients.

I like how he did it in Anambra, 4m poor Anambrans had access to top notch health care services, thanks to obi.

Now, Nigerians should allow him do the same.

Vote obi into power, my people.

He doesn't lie, he doesn't steal, he's innocent, heaven sent. Vote wisely

They have started promising what they can't deliver

From okwute ndi Igbo to okwute ndi Nigeria..

God will help you in this race to enable you to clean the long sorrowful tears in the face of the common Nigerians.......we have suffer so much in this country

You are doing well

I'm matured enough not to rely on any politicians promises. I believe in actions than talk. Wish you luck though.

Very POssible



He did it before, and this time, he will do it better...

Normal normal,na their format be that.Just same piece of shit operating under different political parties.May God help anyone elected to do just and work for Nigeria.

From and FOR Biafra of course!

Nice one

I believe in you sir

We believe u

Kazeem47:
Normal normal,na their format be that.Just same piece of shit operating under different political parties.May God help anyone elected to do just and work for Nigeria.

robinso01:
I'm matured enough not to rely on any politicians promises. I believe in actions than talk. Wish you luck though.

lordm:
They have started promising what they can't deliver

What do you guys even want?

He is telling you want he will do when he gets into the seat.

If he no talk, you guys will say "he doesn't have plan"

Smh for una.

Free medical is possible if we have standard structure for collection and correct management of tax.

Recently I went to hospital I was treated so well, like a king. I nearly cry. Free hospital o.
When are we going to have this kind of health service in Nigeria.

Paying tax is a must. Independent EFCC is a MUST.

Kingozymandias:


He's about to cry... Someone hug a Tinubu supporter today pls

y didn’t he do it when he was governor of anambra state

Same man that doctors went on 13 months strike under him

We are wiser than all these super stories

Lonestar124:
From okwute ndi Igbo to okwute ndi Nigeria..

God will help you in this race to enable you to clean the long sorrowful tears in the face of the common Nigerians.......we have suffer so much in this country

if he cleaned d tears in d face of anambra indigenes they won’t b following night bus to Lagos

It would have been d other way round

Even he himself is not staying in the paradise he built

Neck pressing talk. As an Obidient fellow, I don't need lofty promises. All I want is a stop to the national detrimental slide. Then a positive move forward, no matter how small!

4teenblaq:


What do you guys even want?

He is telling you want he will do when he gets into the seat.

If he no talk, you guys will say "he doesn't have plan"

Smh for una.

y didn’t he do it when he was governor?

Obi is better

BATified2023:
y didn’t he do it when he was governor of anambra state

Same man that doctors went on 13 months strike under him

We are wiser than all these super stories

Cry more tears pls

4teenblaq:


What do you guys even want?

He is telling you want he will do when he gets into the seat.

If he no talk, you guys will say "he doesn't have plan"

Smh for una.

Promising has always been the usual for all nigerian politicians without fulfillment.
It is very dangerous to live on promise,u shud know that.

robinso01:


Promising has always been the usual for all nigerian politicians without fulfillment.
It is very dangerous to live on promise,u shud know that.

I know. There are some that are ready to deliver. Because others promised you and failed doesn't mean that everyone is the same.

Lazyreporta:
100m Nigerians, poor Nigerians.

I just like this obi and his speeches, always makes sense to obidients.

I like how he did it in Anambra, 4m poor Anambrans had access to top notch health care services, thanks to obi.

Now, Nigerians should allow him do the same.

Vote obi into power, my people.

He doesn't lie, he doesn't steal, he's innocent, heaven sent. Vote wisely

vote wisely

lordm:
They have started promising what they can't deliver

He said how he will do it and he already did something similar in anambra.

Meanwhile the news might be fake because Peter Obi has been in north, wonder when he was in ebonyi to make sure promise

Messiah has spoken and messiah doesn't lie, but believe messiah at your own peril.

Does this man think that he is talking to his grandchildren?

He did it in Anambra when he was governor.







Go and verify

Many APC illiterates have already commented without reading the post.

It's all about benefitting from health insurance scheme.