What Peter Obi said during campaign rally in Bayelsa

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has stated that he and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, have the mental and physical capacity to fix the country.

The former Governor of Anambra State stated this during the party’s Presidential campaign rally held at the Ox-bow Lake Pavilion, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Friday.

Obi asserted that he has the capacity and competence to fix whatever is wrong with the country, adding that his actions will be based on justice, fairness, and goodness for Nigeria.

He also lamented that Bayelsa State and the Niger Delta have not gotten their fair share from the Federal Government despite contributing about 80 percent to the nation’s coffers through crude oil.

He said: “Let me assure you, whatever is wrong with this family (country) we will fix it. Anything that I am involved in must be based on justice, fairness, and goodness for Nigeria.

“Let me assure the people of Bayelsa State, Nigeria has not treated you well, when you were under flood, Nigeria did not care, I was the first person that stop our rally to visit Bayelsa because Bayelsa was under water. We will ensure that Bayelsa gets its fair share of what they have given to Nigeria.

“All the other parties have made promises to Bayelsa State in the past but did not fulfill them. We are not going to do that, Bayelsa State deserves more than what it is getting today from Nigeria, and I am going to give it to them. Bayelsa must have roads and the best because this is where Nigeria found its first crude oil in commercial quantity.

“Everywhere there is environmental pollution, I will clean up, Bayelsa will be able to fish and eat fish from their rivers again. Most importantly we are going to dredge Rivers Niger and Benue to stop this flooding to Bayelsa.”

The LP flagbearer also bemoaned the incessant strike in the national university system promising to end the menace if elected as president.

He said: “We will ensure there is no strike again in our universities, four years will be four years, five years will be five years, I and Datti will secure Nigeria, we will make sure there is rule of law in Nigeria, police will not harass anyone on the road, police will not stop students from carrying their laptops again.

“This is time for Nigerian youths to take up their government, we want to build a Nigeria that Nigerians will be proud to say they are Nigerians, we will support our youths to be very productive.”

Obi earlier had a town hall meeting with students, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and the state council of traditional rulers.