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Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by ARISHEM: 4:15am On Oct 02
Why was video of full independence day speech by Tinubu not in front page. huh
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by stepaside1: 4:20am On Oct 02
In what capacities are Atiku and PO giving Independence Day addresses? Anyone can criticise or react to the President's address but to give yours? What sort of disrespectful attitude is that?

That said, both Atiku's and Obi's addresses were so political. The President's address spoke to Hearts and Minds, minimising politics as much as possible. It reflected on how successive regimes failed to take the necessary actions to turn our situations around and highlighted what it is doing to ensure there is sustainable progress going forward, a journey it has been on for 3 years with ups and downs recorded. That 3 years wasn't enough to have eradicated all the problems created over 60 years of nationhood.

The President acknowledged persisting issues, assured they are going to be things of the past with firm reforms that appear to hurt in the short term. There are good things happening and there are challenges, both of which were acknowledged by the President. He kept politics out of the address.

Enter the two leading opposition candidates who felt entitled to give their own addresses. None reflected on the journey we have been on as a nation in getting here. None took time to acknowledge progress even in regimes where they were significantly part of. All they did was to lament and wail, minimising any progress/positive and amplifying all the challenges and weak points, all to draw voters to themselves.

PO said himself and Kwakwanso visited IDP camps in Sokoto and saw the deplorable situation. I am sure a few of these IDP camps are in Kano where Kwakwanso held sway as a 2-term Governor, Defence Minister of Nigeria and leader of the influential Kwakansiya movement that produced Governors and elected representatives. What did he do to solve the IDP camps situation? What did he do to address the out of school children situation? Talk is cheap.

I would have respected these guys if they properly reflected on our journey, put the good, the bad and the ugly in proper perspective rather than playing cheap politics.
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by fredoooooo: 4:25am On Oct 02
Independence day speech for what ..
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Kdon2: 4:54am On Oct 02
[quote author=Iamdbull post=140797851]Today marks the 66th independence of Nigeria and Presidential aspirants Peter Obi has taken the center stage to address Nigerians.

Here it goes

Nigeria at 66: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Fellow Nigerians,

Today we mark the sixty-sixth anniversary of our independence. It ought to be a day of celebration and thanksgiving to God Almighty for the gift of life and for the immense blessings He has bestowed on our nation—our diversity, our abundant human and natural resources, our vast agricultural potential, and the relative absence of devastating natural disasters.

It should also be a day of appreciation and patriotism: a day to remember our founding fathers and all those who made selfless, and in many cases supreme, sacrifices for the birth, survival and growth of our dear nation. We must acknowledge the efforts of past and present leaders who have laboured, however imperfectly, to build a better Nigeria.

Yet independence anniversaries must never be reduced to mere celebration. They are moments for honest national reflection. We must look back, examine where we stand today, and ask ourselves whether we are moving in the direction our founding fathers envisioned.

In national planning and strategy, every serious nation must continually ask three fundamental questions:

Where are we today?
Where do we want to be?
How do we get from where we are to where we want to be?

These questions are especially urgent now. Despite the enormous promises made by the APC-led government in 2023, our nation continues to face deepening challenges across virtually every critical sector of national life.

Today we stand before the world as a nation:

With an extraordinarily large population living in poverty and severe hardship; over 140M

With one of the largest populations of out-of-school children in the world; over 18M

Where insecurity, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping continue to threaten lives and livelihoods, just recently 37 young Nigerians in their productive age lost their lives

Where millions of Nigerians struggle with hunger and food insecurity; over 40M Nigerians will be in extreme hunger by the end of 2026.

With unacceptably high rates of infant and maternal mortality; Nigeria today is the worst place to be born.

Where youth unemployment and underemployment remain alarmingly high; over 35M

Where drug abuse and substance misuse increasingly threaten our young population; today 14% as against global average of 6%

Where life expectancy remains among the lowest globally, today 54 years against global average of 74 years

And the list goes on.

This reality demands serious, sober and honest reflection. Socrates taught that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” By the same principle, an unexamined nation cannot successfully chart its future. We must therefore ask ourselves: Are we cursed, or have we become the curse through the choices we have made and the failures we have tolerated?

The answer cannot be that Nigeria is cursed. We are a nation immensely endowed and blessed. Our greatest problem is not a lack of resources; it is the failure to convert our enormous resources into human development, productivity, security and shared prosperity.

Only yesterday, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and I returned from a two-day visit to Sokoto State. We held extensive consultations with people from different parts of the state on insecurity, out-of-school children, poverty, youth unemployment, drug abuse and other challenges confronting our people.

In concluding the visit, we went to the Internally Displaced Persons camp at Ramin Kura within Sokoto metropolis. What we saw was deeply troubling. Thousands of women and children live in deplorable conditions, displaced from their homes and deprived of the basic necessities of life. Many of the children have no access to education. Mothers and children have limited access to basic healthcare. These are Nigerians who should be living in their communities, going to school, farming their land, conducting their businesses and contributing to the economy. Instead, they live as displaced persons in their own country.

the hell is Peter obi? A nonestarter grin
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Believeintruth: 5:10am On Oct 02
Parachoko:
The Things you couldn't do in Small Anambra State?

The Same man who left Anambra state worst than he met it?


The Agulu Fraud Will Never Become The President Of Nigeria
Try and reflect on this

Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by zoedew: 5:11am On Oct 02
[quote author=Iamdbull post=140797851]Today marks the 66th independence of Nigeria and Presidential aspirants Peter Obi has taken the center stage to address Nigerians.

Here it goes

Nigeria at 66: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Fellow Nigerians,

Today we mark the sixty-sixth anniversary of our independence. It ought to be a day of celebration and thanksgiving to God Almighty for the gift of life and for the immense blessings He has bestowed on our nation—our diversity, our abundant human and natural resources, our vast agricultural potential, and the relative absence of devastating natural disasters.

It should also be a day of appreciation and patriotism: a day to remember our founding fathers and all those who made selfless, and in many cases supreme, sacrifices for the birth, survival and growth of our dear nation. We must acknowledge the efforts of past and present leaders who have laboured, however imperfectly, to build a better Nigeria.

Yet independence anniversaries must never be reduced to mere celebration. They are moments for honest national reflection. We must look back, examine where we stand today, and ask ourselves whether we are moving in the direction our founding fathers envisioned.

In national planning and strategy, every serious nation must continually ask three fundamental questions:

Where are we today?
Where do we want to be?
How do we get from where we are to where we want to be?

These questions are especially urgent now. Despite the enormous promises made by the APC-led government in 2023, our nation continues to face deepening challenges across virtually every critical sector of national life.

Today we stand before the world as a nation:

With an extraordinarily large population living in poverty and severe hardship; over 140M

With one of the largest populations of out-of-school children in the world; over 18M

Where insecurity, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping continue to threaten lives and livelihoods, just recently 37 young Nigerians in their productive age lost their lives

Where millions of Nigerians struggle with hunger and food insecurity; over 40M Nigerians will be in extreme hunger by the end of 2026.

With unacceptably high rates of infant and maternal mortality; Nigeria today is the worst place to be born.

Where youth unemployment and underemployment remain alarmingly high; over 35M

Where drug abuse and substance misuse increasingly threaten our young population; today 14% as against global average of 6%

Where life expectancy remains among the lowest globally, today 54 years against global average of 74 years

And the list goes on.

This reality demands serious, sober and honest reflection. Socrates taught that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” By the same principle, an unexamined nation cannot successfully chart its future. We must therefore ask ourselves: Are we cursed, or have we become the curse through the choices we have made and the failures we have tolerated?

The answer cannot be that Nigeria is cursed. We are a nation immensely endowed and blessed. Our greatest problem is not a lack of resources; it is the failure to convert our enormous resources into human development, productivity, security and shared prosperity.

Only yesterday, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and I returned from a two-day visit to Sokoto State. We held extensive consultations with people from different parts of the state on insecurity, out-of-school children, poverty, youth unemployment, drug abuse and other challenges confronting our people.

In concluding the visit, we went to the Internally Displaced Persons camp at Ramin Kura within Sokoto metropolis. What we saw was deeply troubling. Thousands of women and children live in deplorable conditions, displaced from their homes and deprived of the basic necessities of life. Many of the children have no access to education. Mothers and children have limited access to basic healthcare. These are Nigerians who should be living in their communities, going to school, farming their land, conducting their businesses and contributing to the economy. Instead, they live as displaced persons in their own country.

Obi’s balls are very tiny and scrawny woroworo! He should have put the Nigerian Coat of Arms and Military Flags behind him while making his campaign address most undemocratically dubbed “Independence Day Address.”
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Believeintruth: 5:12am On Oct 02

Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Believeintruth: 5:12am On Oct 02
BATified2023:
since your music career failed before it started, u think courting these online noisemakers n their fake messiah's will make u blow

Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by zoedew:
Parachoko:
The Things you couldn't do in Small Anambra State?

The Same man who left Anambra state worst than he met it?


The Agulu Fraud Will Never Become The President Of Nigeria
Peter Obi forgot to mention where he saved Anambra State missing billions during his tenure as the State Governor. When an individual begs you to allow him to just step in and out of your premises you should suspect something sinister is in the works! Peter Obi is desperate and begging to be Nigeria’s President ONLY once! Just a four year term! That man has something sinister in his mind. He does not mean well for Nigeria! Scammer!
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Believeintruth: 5:15am On Oct 02
goslowgoslow:
They are always on point just the way Tinubu was on point during Johnathan, birds of same feathers. Kettle attacking pot.... Radarada!
This one is being sincere.where was the sincerity in what Tinubu was doing?
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Believeintruth: 5:16am On Oct 02
zoedew:
Peter Obi forgot to mention where he saved Anambra State mission billions during his tenure as the State Governor. Scammer!
Is the context or the situation that warranted the speech about savings? You people should be wise naaaaa
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by gozmok1(m): 5:19am On Oct 02
List of some of the schools, hospitals and places Mr Peter Obi visited and his financial donations, from January 2025 till date.

Note: This list is not exhaustive, as some must have been omitted.

1. 1st January 2025: Durumi IDP camp Abuja
Donation: Not specified

2. 1st January 2025:
Tungamadaki Primary Health center:
Inspection of what they have done with previous donations.

3. 8th January 2025
University on the Niger
50 million Naira

4. 16th January 2025
College of Nursing Sciences Amichi
Donation: 10 million Naira

5. 17th January 2025
ADON college of Health Technology Nnewi.
Donation: 10 million Naira

6. 20th January 2025
Pauls University Awka
Donation: 30 million Naira

7. 25th January 2025
IHM Vital Healthcare facility Mmiata-Anam
Donation: 25 million Naira

8. 31st January 2025
College of Nursing Sciences Nsukka.
Donation: 20 million Naira

9. 31st January 2025
Shanahan College of Nursing Sciences, Nsukka
Donation: 20 million Naira

10. 14th February 2025
Mater Misericodiae college of Nursing Sciences Afikpo
Donation: 10 million Naira

11. 14th February 2025
DDL College of Nursing Sciences, Enugu
Donation: 25 million Naira

12. 20th February 2025
Joseph D Bagobiri Memorial college Kafanchan, Kaduna state
Donation: 20 million Naira

13. 25th February 2025
Kawo Almajiri school, Kaduna.
Donation: 5 million Naira

14. 15th March 2025
Holy Rosary school of Nursing and Midwifery, Mbaise
Donation: 10 million Naira

15. 15th March 2025
Our Lady of Lourdes, Ihiala.
Donation: 10 million Naira

16. 17th March 2025
Tansian University School of Nursing, Oba
Donation: 10 million Naira

17. 26th March 2025
School of Midwifery, Holy Rosary Hospital, Emekuku, Owerri.
Donation: 15 million Naira

18. April 14th 2025
Bokkos IDP camp, Plateau state
Donation: 7.5 million Naira.

19. 14th April 2025
OLA college of Nursing Sciences , Jos.
Donation: 10 million Naira

20. 14th April 2025
Paradise College of Health and Technology, Uke, Nassarawa state.
Donation: 2.5 million Naira

21. 21st April 2025
St Martin's Orphanage and Home for Lonely Adults, Igboukwu.
Donation: 10 million Naira

22. 25th April 2025
St Luke Hospital Ogbaru
Donation: 5 million Naira

23. 7th May 2025
Godfrey Okoye University school of Nursing, Enugu.
Donation: 20 million Naira

24. 7th May 2025
Amafor Ihu-Okpara Community Health center, Enugu
Donation: 20 million Naira

25. 19th May 2025
Anglican Hospital Kubwa, Abuja.
Donation: 10 million Naira

26. 19th May 2025
Anglican Comprehensive secondary school Kubwa, Abuja.
Donation: 10 million Naira

28. 25th June 2025
Niger State flood victims
Donation: 20 million Naira.

29. Chibok secondary school
Donation: 6 million Naira with 10 laptops and 3 printers

30.10th July 2025
St John Vianney College Ukwulu.
Donation: 10 million Naira

31. 8th July 2025
Philomena College of Nursing, Benin City
Donation: 15 million Naira.

32. 9th July 2025
Mohammad Sambo Islamic institute, Kaduna.
Donation: Not specified.

33. 9th July 2025
Madarasatul Hidayyatul Auladi Muslimima Almajiri School in Kawo, Kaduna state.
Donation: 5 million Naira

34. 9th July 2025
Womenhood College of Health Sciences and Technology, Kaduna,
Donation: 5 million Naira

35. 9th July 2025
St. Gerald’s College of Nursing Sciences, Kaduna.
Donation: 10 million Naira

36. 18th July 2025
UNN Dental Students Association.
Donation: 15 million Naira

37. 24th July 2025
Christ The King College, Onitsha.
Donation: 50 million Naira

38. 25th July 2025
Faculty of Dentistry, College of medical sciences, University of Calabar.
Donation: 20 million Naira.

39. 8 Aug 2025
Malikiya College of Nursing Sciences, Bauchi
₦10m

40. 8 Aug 2025
Madrasatu Intisharul Islam Qismu Tahfizul Qur’an, Yelwa, Bauchi
₦5m

41. 8 Aug 2025
Thomas Moore College of Health Sciences & Technology, Bauchi
₦10m

41. 30 Aug 2025
Archbishop Charles Heerey College of Health Sciences & Technology, Nkpor, Anambra
₦10m

42. 5 Sep 2025
Good Hope Specialist Hospital, Isulo, Anambra
₦10m

43. 10 Oct 2025
Tungan Nasara LEA Primary School, FCT — toilet/renovation project
₦2m

44. 1 Nov 2025
College of Nursing Sciences, Diocesan Hospital, Amichi
₦5m

45. 1 Nov 2025
St Felix Hospital, Nnewi
₦15m

46. 4 Nov 2025
Anglican School of Nursing Sciences, Oji River, Enugu
₦10m

47. 5 Nov 2025
School of Nursing, Adazi-Nnukwu
₦15m

48. 5 Nov 2025
University on the Niger Teaching Hospital, Ogidi ₦15m

49. 6 Nov 2025
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital School of Nursing, Ihiala
₦15m

50.7 Nov 2025
Annunciation College of Nursing Sciences, Emene, Enugu
₦20m

51. 15 Nov 2025
Tansian University, Anambra
₦10m

52. 29 Nov 2025
Dominican College, Abatete
₦10m

53. 20 Dec 2025
College of Nursing Sciences, St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha
₦15m

54. Dec 2025
NECO examination fees for 148 inmates in Anambra correctional centres
₦4.7414m

54. 16 Jan 2026
Immaculata Girls' Model Secondary School, Nnewi
₦5m

55. 16 Jan 2026
ADON College of Health Technology, Nnewi
₦10m.

56. 16 Jan 2026
ADON Vocational & Technical Academy, Ozubulu
₦5m

57. 6 Feb 2026
St John Bosco Group of Schools, Obosi
₦5m

58. 12 Feb 2026
Immaculate Heart of Mary Specialist Hospital, Nkpor
₦10m

59. 24 Feb 2026
St Philomena College of Nursing, Benin City
₦15m

60. 13 Mar 2026
Bishop Anagbogu Western Academy, Umueze Anam
₦10m

61. 27 Mar 2026
Paul University, Awka
₦30m

62. Mar 2026
Dominican University, Ibadan
₦30m

63. 6 Mar 2026
Peter University, Achina/Onneh
₦30m

64. 30 Mar 2026
Ehime General Hospital, Imo State
₦10m

65. 23 Apr 2026
Madarasatu Intisharul Islam Qismu, Bauchi
₦5m

66. 23 Apr 2026
Malikiya College of Nursing Sciences, Bauchi
₦10m

67. 23 Apr 2026
Thomas Moore College of Health Technology, Bauchi
₦10m

68. 7 May 2026
University of the Niger, Umunya
₦25m

69. 8 May 2026
Anglican Church Hospital, Kubwa, Abuja
₦10m.

70. 21 May 2026
Practising Nursery & Primary School, Agulu
₦10m

71. 21 Jun 2026
Shanahan University, Onitsha
₦25m

72. 27 Jun 2026
Holy Rosary Hospital School of Nursing, Emekuku
₦15m

73. 28 Jun 2026
Madonna University, Okija
₦15m

74. 19 Jul 2026
St Raphael's Hospital, Umueri, Anambra
₦10m

75. 25 Jul 2026
Catholic Maternity Hospital, Moniaya/Ogoja, Cross River
₦10m

76. 7 Aug 2026
Faith Foundation College of Nursing Sciences, Nsukka
₦10m

77. 15 Aug 2026
College of Nursing & Medical Sciences, Bishop Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka
₦10m

78. 15 Aug 2026
Grimard College of Nursing Sciences, Anyigba, Kogi
₦10m

79. 3–4 Sep 2026
Mother Mary Hospital, Isolo, Lagos — 65 free surgeries for 65 children
Non-cash.

80. 9 Sep 2026
IDPs at Central Primary School, Mangu, Plateau
₦2m


This man much love Education and health
He doesn't lavish his wealth on frivolous things.
He doesn't pay thugs
Doesn't bribe inec
Doesn't bribe voters
Doesn't bribe security agents.

He is already a billionaire
He just want to help redeem Nigeria from evil party called APC.
Say no to endless inflation. Say no to a second term of hardship.

God forbid a bat thing!
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by zoedew: 5:22am On Oct 02
Believeintruth:
Is the context or the situation that warranted the speech about savings? You people should be wise naaaaa
You don’t look at a man’s face and pretend not to see his nose! Peter Obi is a total package of fraud! His entire context is based on the fraudulent!
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by TGreatGatsby: 5:34am On Oct 02
DatNiggaDaz:
grin grin
A typical Apc project that needs influencers to make sense to a reasonable man
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by PJ123:
You people are not helping this guy. He is giving independent speech as what?. He's not the sitting president. He's not the only presidential aspirant. He's technically setting himself against other aspirants, apart from undermining the sitting president.


He shouldn't set himself up. That was how Kanu started. He can be locked up for treasonable offense and incitement against legitimate government. He will spend the few months with judicial issues.

I sincerely hope he sees someone to advise him. Heaven won't fall if he is found wanting.
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by wildernessVoice: 5:39am On Oct 02
There's a trending video of people lined up at Lagos airport road shouting Oleh, abeg what's the meaning in Yoruba.
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Thiefobi1: 5:50am On Oct 02
Where is his coat of arm grin grin. Address of a jokers to his jokers grin.

Meanwhile, The fraud took $30m of anambra state money, invest it in brewery.

The company gave him 15% bonus which he in turn gave the state 10% and took 5% for his family.

Nigerians what do we call that.
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by DeltaBachelor(m): 6:01am On Oct 02
Okay. Nice
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Krankhead: 6:20am On Oct 02
Judemarco31:
Just to make sure that you say something against Peter Obi abi? All these data Bois and APC's supporters are very funny and ignorant set of people. What do you know about Anambra State before Peter Obi took over? Anyways, I believe all of you knows the truth but because of too much sycophancy, nobody want to say the truth again.
Obi is a Mr Gbajue pathetic liar
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Krankhead: 6:21am On Oct 02
wildernessVoice:
There's a trending video of people lined up at Lagos airport road shouting Oleh, abeg what's the meaning in Yoruba.
Wait till 2027 before you go cry very well
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by caesymore(m): 6:28am On Oct 02
Parachoko:
The Things you couldn't do in Small Anambra State?

The Same man who left Anambra state worst than he met it?


The Agulu Fraud Will Never Become The President Of Nigeria
mUX2
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by KonTagiousBull: 7:04am On Oct 02
Parachoko:
The Things you couldn't do in Small Anambra State?

The Same man who left Anambra state worst than he met it?


The Agulu Fraud Will Never Become The President Of Nigeria
Get ready to commit suicide....!
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by OlaMiki: 7:13am On Oct 02
who is Peter Obi shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked as what o jare !!!!!! like dem swear for una peter obi and u people !!!!! [quote author=Iamdbull post=140797851]Today marks the 66th independence of Nigeria and Presidential aspirants Peter Obi has taken the center stage to address Nigerians.

Here it goes

Nigeria at 66: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Fellow Nigerians,

Today we mark the sixty-sixth anniversary of our independence. It ought to be a day of celebration and thanksgiving to God Almighty for the gift of life and for the immense blessings He has bestowed on our nation—our diversity, our abundant human and natural resources, our vast agricultural potential, and the relative absence of devastating natural disasters.

It should also be a day of appreciation and patriotism: a day to remember our founding fathers and all those who made selfless, and in many cases supreme, sacrifices for the birth, survival and growth of our dear nation. We must acknowledge the efforts of past and present leaders who have laboured, however imperfectly, to build a better Nigeria.

Yet independence anniversaries must never be reduced to mere celebration. They are moments for honest national reflection. We must look back, examine where we stand today, and ask ourselves whether we are moving in the direction our founding fathers envisioned.

In national planning and strategy, every serious nation must continually ask three fundamental questions:

Where are we today?
Where do we want to be?
How do we get from where we are to where we want to be?

These questions are especially urgent now. Despite the enormous promises made by the APC-led government in 2023, our nation continues to face deepening challenges across virtually every critical sector of national life.

Today we stand before the world as a nation:

With an extraordinarily large population living in poverty and severe hardship; over 140M

With one of the largest populations of out-of-school children in the world; over 18M

Where insecurity, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping continue to threaten lives and livelihoods, just recently 37 young Nigerians in their productive age lost their lives

Where millions of Nigerians struggle with hunger and food insecurity; over 40M Nigerians will be in extreme hunger by the end of 2026.

With unacceptably high rates of infant and maternal mortality; Nigeria today is the worst place to be born.

Where youth unemployment and underemployment remain alarmingly high; over 35M

Where drug abuse and substance misuse increasingly threaten our young population; today 14% as against global average of 6%

Where life expectancy remains among the lowest globally, today 54 years against global average of 74 years

And the list goes on.

This reality demands serious, sober and honest reflection. Socrates taught that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” By the same principle, an unexamined nation cannot successfully chart its future. We must therefore ask ourselves: Are we cursed, or have we become the curse through the choices we have made and the failures we have tolerated?

The answer cannot be that Nigeria is cursed. We are a nation immensely endowed and blessed. Our greatest problem is not a lack of resources; it is the failure to convert our enormous resources into human development, productivity, security and shared prosperity.

Only yesterday, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and I returned from a two-day visit to Sokoto State. We held extensive consultations with people from different parts of the state on insecurity, out-of-school children, poverty, youth unemployment, drug abuse and other challenges confronting our people.

In concluding the visit, we went to the Internally Displaced Persons camp at Ramin Kura within Sokoto metropolis. What we saw was deeply troubling. Thousands of women and children live in deplorable conditions, displaced from their homes and deprived of the basic necessities of life. Many of the children have no access to education. Mothers and children have limited access to basic healthcare. These are Nigerians who should be living in their communities, going to school, farming their land, conducting their businesses and contributing to the economy. Instead, they live as displaced persons in their own country.

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Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by kennethik: 7:16am On Oct 02
Are from Anambra you that is talking rubbish
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by OlaMiki: 7:17am On Oct 02
who is Peter Obi shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked as what o jare !!!!!! like dem swear for una peter obi and u people !!!!!
Believeintruth:
This one is being sincere.where was the sincerity in what Tinubu was doing?
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Mexyz(m): 7:21am On Oct 02
PJ123:
You people are not helping this guy. He is giving independent speech as what?. He's not the sitting president. He's not the only presidential aspirant. He's technically setting himself against other aspirants, apart from undermining the sitting president.


He shouldn't set himself up. That was how Kanu started. He can be locked up for treasonable offense and incitement against legitimate government. He will spend the few months with judicial issues.

I sincerely hope he sees someone to advise him. Heaven won't fall if he is found wanting.
What in God's name are you guys writing?
Where is it in our law that only the president is allowed to give a speech on our independence day? Please quote the relevant section in our constitution. Atiku Abubakar gave an independence speech and was even calling the president by his first name, no where did he refer to president by his office or anything. Every month, Nyesom Wike do what he refers to as media briefing right there in Abuja and talks about politics and what have you, people like you don't see it as an affront to the President, we hear more from Wike than the president we elected.
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Juniorangel(m): 7:24am On Oct 02
Nice speech, but the sitting president was talking about cancer and treatment, I don't even know who writes his speech for him
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by Babastrong(m): 7:30am On Oct 02
But your people rush en mass to Lagos for better life.
DatNiggaDaz:
grin grin

Data boi, what things did your faaake certttifficcate hollldderr ever acheive as Lagos Governor other than littering the streets of Lagos with druggs and agberos like urself

PO is your nightmare whether you like it or not cheesy
Re: Full Independence Day speech By Peter Obi(video) by iamjavadem(m): 7:34am On Oct 02
Because you see that doesn'tmean others are seeing what you see. People are actually having a ball.
BItt:
I have to say I agree with him absolutely. I took my time and listened over and over again everything.
Everything he said is 100% on point.

You do not see only with your eyes, Our physical eyes gives us sight from the position of the atomic body. But when you think, you see beyond the eyes and start to see through your own heart.

It's better to see everything he said as a warning and a view point from the future
These are people that are an asset, they see the future.

if we do not think and do the RIGHT THING, the regret will not be ours alone but that of our young ones still coming.

Its better to think and start to see things as it is beyond political affirmation
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