Linus Aleke, Abuja
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, said, Nigeria already exhibits two critical symptoms of a failed state, namely; lack of control over our territory and economic collapse.
Mr Obi made this disclosure while, addressing members of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International – Nigeria (FGBMFI), at the National Christian Centre during its Nigeria National Council meeting, in Abuja over the weekend.
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, therefore, told the fellowship to get involved in the Nigeria rescue mission.
In a statement signed by Chairman, Media and Publicity, FGBMFI – NIGERIA, Mr. Cosmas Uzodinma, said the Labour Party candidate had arrived the event at 8.21pm from Ebonyi State after a series of rallies and town hall meetings in the South East.
Mr. Uzodima said, the Labour Party candidate told members of FGBMFI that, “In the past 20 years of our democracy, all we have produced is insecurity, poverty, out-of-school children, misery and pains. Nobody is sure how much a loaf of bread would cost tomorrow. Bread we used to buy for N400 is now N1100.”
Mr. Obi bemoaned the staggering number of 133 milion Nigerians under the clutches of multidimensional poverty, higher than the combined figure of India and China, both of which have over 2.8 billion people.
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He said, Nigeria is the only OPEC country that is not producing its quota at a time it needs all the money.
He disclosed that, “In July 2022, our oil production was 1.082 million barrels, when our quota was 1.8 million barrels per day. We thus lost 717,000 barrels every day leading to a loss of about N22.227m per day. It is good we pray, it is good that we are doing everything, but it is time not to be righteous with those who are stealing public money”.
Assuring Nigerians that the Labour Party government when voted into power would secure and unite this country, Obi concluded that his administration would also pull the people out of poverty and harness the numerous agricultural and industrial potentials of Nigeria to get the country working again as well as move the people from consumption to production.
Earlier, FGBMFI President, Arc Ifeanyi Odedo said, the Nigerian national Council meeting is the highest policy making body of the organization and serves the role of congress as it is attended by all the national leadership, national directors, field representatives and the over 3500 chapter presidents from across the nation.
He noted that members are patriotic citizens, who not only pray for Nigeria but also contribute their own quota to the development of the country in both the marketplace and public service.
The theme for the meeting is “I know thy works,” taken from Rev. 3:15; which, urges all mankind to be conscious that God is watching them, and therefore, should uphold the fear of God in their lives.
