•••SS2 student donates 100k to Obi.
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that the organized private sector is critical to the success of any government l hoping to make impact.
Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Saturday night at the South South Business Summit, Obi said for any government to succeed it must partner with the organized private sector and create an enabling environment for domestic and foreign investors.
Obi told egg heads of the business community in the oil city that he and his Vice Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmad are coming from the private sector and understand clearly what is needed to drive private sector activities.
He noted that previous governments failed in the country because they ignored the components of business in governance and ended up in sharing without production.
The former Anambra state Governor who identifies himself as a trader told his audience that the consumption to production mantra of his campaign is real as it is the only way to drive the economy and attract foreign exchange for the country through exports.
He said it is also through production that the people can be pulled out of poverty as youths in their productive age will be dutifully engaged.
He noted that this will also impact on the social sector because it will result in crime reduction.
He assured the captains of industry at the summit that if elected he will create a conducive environment for investors to come and help in tapping the country’s rich natural potentials.
Obi also assured that he and his deputy view education as investment and will invest heavily in education and health because they differentiate the rich and poor countries.
The Presidential candidate reminded his audience that the next election is an existential one that requires that people vote for candidates they can trust, those that have antecedents and verifiable background.
He reiterated that the election is about competence and capacity not on sentiments of tribe or religion.
The highlight of the event was the donation of N100,000 to the Peter Obi campaign by a student in SS2, Chizzy Ebube Balogun after listening to the LP Presidential candidate talk about creating a new and better Nigeria.
