The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has told Nigerians to fight and resist corruption by with their permanent voters cards in the 2023 general elections.
Obi in his Twitter handle tasked his followers to change the political narrative as he continues to highlight the policy thrust of his administration if elected President.
The LP Presidential candidate, said that the citizens who are victims of corruption carry its burden.
A statement from Obi-Datti Media office on Tuesday urged Nigerians to resist corruption by using their PVCs right at the ballot.
“The burden of endemic corruption is borne by the citizens; they are denied the high living standards which the wealth of their country should have given them through the provision of public infrastructure and services”
“To have corruption eat so deeply into the fabric of our public life, such that over 80% of our common wealth is devoured by a small minority, while most of our people are left to scrounge and scavenge for a living is totally unacceptable,” he said.
According to Obi, if given the mandate he would rescue the country and rebuild it for the betterment of the entire citizenry not of very few selfish minority milking it at the moment.
“Ultimately, the overall goal of the Obi-Datti administration will be to streamline governance, make it more responsive, transformative, effective, less transactional and therefore, efficient and cost-effective.
“The former Anambra state Governor is in a good stead to talk about corruption in public and private sectors of the nation’s economy having been in the two critical arms and discharged his responsibilities clinically to the admiration of not few.
“Obi is on record as the youngest Nigerian to chair a commercial bank in a post-consolidation era and was also chairman of Security and Exchange Commission, SEC and in all left an enviable clean sheet.
“Even as Governor of Anambra state for two terms, Obi still proved a rare incorruptible leader who demystified governance through his fiscal discipline and frugality to public funds.
“That he left office since 2014 and has not been invited by any anti-graft agency to explain the whereabouts of any public funds stand him out among his peers. No wonder he won the award as the governor of the decade.
“It’s also for the same reason that the LP candidate is the only Nigerian who left office and his investment of public funds rather than missing funds is being highlighted and debated on.
“The Obi-Datti media therefore, enjoins Nigerian electorate to vote wisely and vote for a tested and trusted hand whose performance record is apparent.” The statement reads.