Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra State and a presidential candidate, says he is not anxious to be elected president in 2023.
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PD) vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 election expressed his desire to see the nation flourish and overcome its current issues.
Obi said this while submitting his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms to the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
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Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, accompanied him.
Obi outlined his accomplishments as governor of Anambra and urged Nigerians to consider the track records of other PDP presidential candidates.
He said, “Our country is now going through a difficult time. I am not desperate to be a president; I am desperate to see a better Nigeria.
“So go and look at the trajectory of where people are coming from and check all the places I have been given responsibility, including being a governor. You saw what I did in Anambra State; you saw what I saved.
“I know what to do in putting money into micro, small and medium scale enterprises. Otherwise, how could a small state like Anambra end up on the day I was handing over not owing salary, pension; no contractor who has executed his job raised certificate or supplied us goods were being owed.
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“I saved N77bn which was over $500m at that time in the bank. I know what we can effectively do to turn around the situation. You have to check my trajectory as a person, look at all the people that are contesting and view my background. You will probably see that I am the only person who has a very unique background.”
Obi stated that the country needs to move from being a consumption state to a production nation, saying that the nation needs wealth creators and not wealth sharers.
“We need to move the country from consumption to production. There is nothing to share again, and we now need wealth creators and not wealth sharers. We have been sharing wealth for a long time; we need to start creating wealth.
“I am coming from that background, basically as a trader who has created wealth in the private space and in government space. We now need to shut down the cost of governance and everything.”
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Speaking on the zoning, Obi stated that the party leadership has the final say on where the next presidential candidate emerges.
He said, “Well, it is the party. They have the final say. Whatever they say, everybody accepts. I will respect whatever decision they take.”
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