The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election Peter Obi says the country needs to tackle the devastating effects of poverty and insecurity in the northern region of Nigeria through agriculture and industrial revolution.

Obi said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Zazzau – in Kaduna State – Ambassador Nuhu Bamali as part of his ongoing tour of the North.

The LP chieftain lamented that the majority of the vast arable lands in the North are uncultivated while most of the industries in the region have shut down due to lack of political will and inconsistent government economic policies

He, however, noted that the current socioeconomic instability in the country requires that all citizens and leaders come together and see how the situation could be salvaged.

"The way things are in our country today requires that all of us must get involved in one way or the other. Nigeria has nothing to do with poverty if those of us who are political leaders including my humble self had decided to serve the country Faithfully. Because if we do, Nigeria will have anything to do with poverty. I will always say this anytime I have the opportunity because Nigeria is one of the countries in the world that is blessed with everything that is required,” Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, said on Monday.

God created us with a lot of resources, and if those resources are properly put in place, we will pull most poor people out of poverty. Looking at the North, we can make more money from agriculture than we are making from oil.

“We have vast uncultivated land in the North which can help pull people out of poverty provide food for Nigeria, provide raw materials for industrialisation, and support export. We need to invest in the North. Insecurity is driven by poverty, the more you pull people out of poverty, the more you reduce Insecurity”.

Savedday2:
I strongly agree with him on this. If you have been to some states in the North, you will understand.

Kelklein:
Nigeria is already doing that.. the problem is the elite's mentality that still encourages almajiri in the 21st century. And not enough has been done by them to educate the northern child. They would rather their own children studied abroad while the common people's kids roam the street with plates in hand.

The Northern elites are to be blamed for 75% of the Northern problems.

Greenback:
Obi please gbenue joor,which bloody north?
How long will this country continue to pamper the north?
What Nigeria need is for the south to be free,liberated from the north..

Greenback:
Obi please gbenue joor,which bloody north?
How long will this country continue to pamper the north?
What Nigeria need is for the south to be free,liberated from the north..

helinues:
Are there no poverty too in the southern part of Nigeria?

What's Obi's obsession with North lately?

Na where this people dey get the mentality of impressing others while just couldn't do sh.it to develop their home region?

Greenback:

Me too,I really don't understand...I have never ever seen or heard a northerner saying same of the south,that the federal government should develop or invest more in the south, always the other way round.

EmeeNaka:
Do you want Obi to say this to northern leaders?

helinues:
Are there no poverty too in the southern part of Nigeria?

What's Obi's obsession with North lately?

Na where this people dey get the mentality of impressing others while just couldn't do sh.it to develop their home region?

chuksikem:
What exactly is peter obi doing in Anambra state?

Am confused to say the least, please someone should tell me because the anambra i visited has degenerated so much,

MrGlobe:
Nothing exactly my brother. I posted a thread earlier comparing him with Theodore orji of Abia state and everybody agreed he is worse. I went to Awka the capital and it was an eyesore. No roads, no planning, no infrastructure etc. There is absolutely no govt in anambra state.

chuksikem:
Was in awka some days back ,its really shameful, my heart bleeds for my state, from amansea to awka is still the same, pothole riddled roads,non-functioning street lights,refuse littering the entire state capital from arroma junction down to Ziks avenue, ,arthur eze,unizik junction,court road,udoka housing estate etc are still the same, no changes at all, the state capital still looks like a glorified village,

Civil servants and pensioners are been owed [b]3MONTHS [/b]salary, so many abandoned projects yet the woman sounding governor is always in abuja 24/7.

Please peter obi's handlers on nl should please enlighten us,

A state that has the highest number of successful human beings in the entire black nation, it hurts,

Wish soludo had won ,

ifyalways:
Peter Obi can best be described as a curse and bad omen to Anambarians.

When would his tenure evem expire?Oh jees,what a wicked,visionless man.

SamMilla1:
Coincidentally, i asked myself the same question while driving back from Enugu to Onitsha this afternoon, 'what exactly is peter obi doing in anambra state'. I always divert at abba junction on my way from enugu and drove through a smooth single lane road constructed by ngige all the way nkpor and then down to obosi and awada where i stay. All the good roads in the whole state were constructed by ngige before they court-pulled him down and installed a greedy business man. Now his grand beer and malt are booming. While his state is deoriating.

DMerciful:
He has been saying this even before 2023 election

Savedday2:
I strongly agree with him on this. If you have been to some states in the North, you will understand.