By TechnocratMedia
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says he prefers to die than fail his supporters.
Mr Obi was hosted by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) under its “Editors Forum” initiative on Monday.
He said he is determined not to fail the Obidient Movement.
The former Anambra governor said putting in place the right leadership would help the country to surmount its challenges—and change it from a consuming to a producing nation.
According to NAN, “I am determined not to fail them. I would rather die than fail them. I am going to serve them,” he said.
“We are going to involve women and youths if I have the opportunity to serve because that 50 per cent of our population must come into productive use.
“We cannot have that number of people living in poverty and not have criminality, banditry and so on.
“We must remove sharing formula and replace it with the production formula. The hope of this country is the vast uncultivated land, not the oil we are seeing.
“My commitment is to put Nigeria into production. It is not acceptable that we cannot feed ourselves. We must get the country to work. All it requires is leadership that understands and can drive the process. I can do that.”
On campaign funding, Mr Obi said contrary to insinuations, no one else is funding his campaign.
“I cannot be talking about being transparent about managing public money without starting with my campaign,” he said.
“I do not pay people to work with me. Nobody will say he is funding Peter Obi’s campaign. I am funding it myself.
“All those things happening everywhere are just that people believe in our cause and give whatever it is from their little resources.
“I am encouraged, and I assure them that they are doing it for the right cause and I will never disappoint them.”
Speaking on the country’s borrowing and debt profile, Mr Obi said there is nothing wrong with borrowing.
“Every nation borrows, individual businesses borrow all over the world,” he said.
“What is important is what we use the borrowed money to do. If you borrow for consumption, that is where we have a problem.
“I won’t say I will not borrow but I will only borrow for investment and I will explain to Nigerians the need for the borrowing.”
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