Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, stated on Tuesday that if he were to take office as the nation’s next leader, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU won’t go on strike.
Speaking at a state rally in Owerri, Imo State, Obi pledged that his administration would consult with the ASUU leadership to prevent the closure of any universities. The LP presidential candidate promised to work with students and make significant investments in agriculture, health care, and education.
Obi added that both he and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, had impeccable academic and public service records as he reaffirmed his commitment to creating jobs and moving the nation from consumption to production.
He continued by saying that if he were to become the next president, Imo State residents might start exporting palm seeds.
If he wins the February 25 presidential election, the former governor of Anambra State predicted that rural residents all over the nation would feel the effects of his administration.
Obi said, “If you make me your president and Datti my vice, ASUU won’t go on strike. We will dialogue with them. We will work with the students. The future of any serious country is dependent on its education and health sectors. I will invest hugely in those sectors if you elect us.
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“We want to go back to Agriculture. That is why we want to turn Nigeria from consumption to production. We will create jobs and export, export, and export.
“I and Datti are not corrupt. Our records are clean. Datti was a senator and I was a governor in Anambra. If you want to check my record, go to Anambra State and verify.
“As the governor of Anambra state, I didn’t allocate a plot of land to myself, my wife here or my children. If you see any land I allocated to myself or any member of my family I will quit this race,” he added.
Meanwhile, Bola Tinubu in a brief interview with BBC in London after his speech at the Chatham House on Monday, December 5, 2022, said he is different from other presidential candidates.
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He said as a governor, he built a state that could be a country on its own, adding that other presidential candidates do not have track records.
Answering a question on why Nigerians should vote for him, he said:
“I am Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I have governed Lagos, I build a modern state that could be a country on its own. I have led an administration that is so prudent from N600m internally generated revenue to N5bn a month.
“That’s a record, nobody else can brag about that, I have treated and tamed the Atlantic Ocean surge in Nigeria that would have perished many people in Lagos. The infrastructural renewal of Lagos is excellent, I have continuity in Lagos”, he said.
Tinubu further said his main challengers, Abubakar Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party are not competent to lead Nigeria.
Asked who he would vote for between Atiku and Obi if he’s not in the race, Tinubu said he won’t vote for any of them because they do not have any track record.
“They are not as competent as anyone out there. they have no track records. None of the is qualified except me”, he concluded.
