The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians residing within the United Kingdom to cease sending cash to relations and others looking for monetary help in Nigeria, as a substitute encouraging assist for credible management forward of the 2027 common elections.
Obi appealed throughout a city corridor assembly along with his supporters within the UK on Sunday, presenting himself as a much less corrupt various to different political leaders and calling for a change within the nation’s political system.
The former Anambra State governor stated Nigerians within the diaspora might assist handle the nation’s challenges by persuading their relations at house to assist candidates with a document of accountable administration of public assets.
“I need you people, and that is why I’m having lunch with you today. This lunch is for you to say that this man came and that what he said is the reality of our problem. Let’s work with him,” Obi stated.
He urged his supporters to redirect conversations with relations looking for monetary assist in the direction of the necessity for higher management.
“You have folks at house who’re begging you for cash. Tell them no. Let’s put any individual who has confirmed… I stated I’m not a saint, however not less than I’ve stated one thing.
“I wasn’t the one one who has been a governor, and I challenged folks and stated, if there’s one governor who has saved 10 per cent of what I saved, and no one has.
“So, let’s start with this one who is maybe less corrupt. We are not saying it is all, but let’s not pretend it is not happening.”
Obi, who has persistently advocated prudent administration of public funds, argued that corruption and the diversion of public assets had contributed to Nigeria’s insufficient infrastructure and public providers.
He stated residents wanted to reject a political tradition that allowed public funds to be shared or used to amass personal properties as a substitute of offering important providers.
“That is how the countries change. Countries change by people saying, hey, wait a minute, enough of this. And we know what our problem is. It is that money that they are sharing, that money they are using to buy properties; that is why they don’t build schools. It is why they don’t build hospitals,” he stated.
The NDC candidate additionally criticised what he described as using allegedly stolen public funds to amass properties overseas, contrasting the scenario with how public establishments operated in earlier generations.
Obi stated, “He (not specifying who he was referring to) stated when his mother and father have been there, they used to go to hospital. When his mother and father have been there, folks weren’t stealing cash to come back and purchase a home in England.
“People were not stealing money to build a house. You don’t hear people who have finished serving in the military say they own 50 houses. Now you hear such news. Millions of money are missing.”
He additional urged Nigerians to take accountability for altering the nation’s political route, saying residents ought to now not tolerate corruption and poor governance.
Obi is looking for to unseat President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 presidential election, as political events and aspirants intensify their engagement with Nigerians at house and overseas forward of the polls.
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