2023: Building a New Nigeria is Possible, Says Obi

Former Governor of Anambra State and the presidential candidate of Labour party (LP), Peter Obi, has stated that building a new and better Nigeria is possible

Obi stated this in Abuja while speaking at the conference with the theme: ‘Navigating the corridors of power, the church and politics’, which was organised by Rhogic and hosted by Goodheart Ekwueme, 
According to the him, If we get young people with the competence and capacity to be there, things will change.
While describing politics in Nigeria as a case where the wrong have taken over the leadership, he noted that most of the politicians in power have no reason to be there.
He stress that unless this crop of politicians are flushed out and competent people voted in, the country will continue to suffer.
“We can’t allow this gangsterism to continue, Nigerians should take back their country,” he said. 
On whether a third force can wrestle power from the two main dominant party, the former Anambra state governor said, “the people will decide since it has been a two-horse race for 24 years and nothing has changed as the number of people pushed into extreme poverty has doubled from 60 million to 120 million in 24 years, Nigeria can’t continue this way.”
Obi further noted: “It is about the people. When I contested as governor in Anambra I did so in a small party. People told me that I had no structure. People are the structure. When I was a governor of Anambra state, my party had no state or federal lawmaker and when i left as governor no state was financially stable as Anambra. We were not owing anybody. The people will decide who will rule them.”
Obi, however, urged other presidential aspirants; “come and tell us, don’t use people or glossy paper, tell us from your mouth so that we can hold you to account.”
Also speaking at the conference, the National Secretary of the Young Peoples Party ( YPP), Barrister Vidi Bamaiyi, maintained that 75 per cent of politicians in Nigeria are political bandits.
“Political bandits that have taken over Nigeria, most of them have no business being there. Political bandits have taken over the political space,” he added.
In his remark, former Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Finance, Senator Albert Bassey, said only through direct primaries will the country eliminate money politics saying: “Going forward, Nigerians should vote for candidates and not party. “