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  • Datti Gives Reason Why Peter Obi Shouldn’t Settle For Coalition’s VP Candidate

    Datti Gives Reason Why Peter Obi Shouldn’t Settle For Coalition’s VP Candidate

    Datti Gives Reason Why Peter Obi Shouldn’t Settle For Coalition’s VP Candidate

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    Peter Obi’s running mate in the 2023 presidential election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has told the former Governor of Anambra State not settle for the vice presidential candidate of the newly formed African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition.

    Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Thursday night, July 3, Baba-Ahmed argued that Obi’s performance in the last election made him overqualified to be anyone’s VP in 2027.

    “The position of VP is very big. Anyway, I wanted to be, and I was rigged out. But I think Peter Obi should not be a VP, having gotten a disputed 10 million votes,” he said.

    According to him, the coalition’s presidential ticket is effectively between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, and Obi. However, he insisted Obi should not settle for the VP slot.

    The 55-year-old also rejected the narrative that only a coalition of opposition politicians can defeat President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the 2023 election as proof.

    “It’s all about a narrative that was quickly sold to Nigeria — that to defeat Tinubu, it has to be a coalition. Coalition is good, but in 2023 we defeated APC, PDP. There was no coalition in the Labour Party,” he said.

    He stressed that the real coalition Nigeria needs is not among politicians but at the ballot box.

    “The real coalition we need is in the ballot box. The real coalition is of votes at the ballot box. You protect them all the way to declaration,” he said.

  • Coalition: Abure’s Group Gives Peter Obi 48hrs To Resign From Labour Party

    Coalition: Abure’s Group Gives Peter Obi 48hrs To Resign From Labour Party

    Coalition: Abure’s Group Gives Peter Obi 48hrs To Resign From Labour Party

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    The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party has threatened to sack its party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, if he refuses to leave the coalition after 48-hour.

    In a statement released, the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, explained that the Labour Party under Abure’s leadership remains vehemently opposed to joining the coalition while dismissing members of the coalition as “power mongers whose only interest was self and not the people.”

    The statement reads, “We are aware of several nocturnal meetings between Peter Obi and some of our members, lobbying them to join him in his new party. We’re also aware that a number of them has refused to defect with him.

    Labour Party has consistently said it is not part of the coalition and therefore, any of our members who is part of the coalition is given within 48 hours to formally resign his membership of the party.

    Labour Party is not available for people with dual agenda, people with deceptive persona. The party will not avail itself to individuals who have one leg in one Party and another leg elsewhere.

    People that in the morning, they will claim to be in the Labour Party and in the evening they are in coalition.

    Nearly 70 percent of Nigerian population are youths who are tired of the old order, tired of gerontocrats deciding their fate. The new Nigeria that the youths are dreaming of, is not what can be realized from what we are seeing in the coalition.

    These people are opportunistic politicians who are only interested in relaunching themselves into circle of power, people who are desperate to continue holding on to power.

    The new Nigeria of our dream can only be realized through Labour Party and the party is willing to lead Nigerians along that trajectory.

    I therefore urge all members of the party to remain loyal and keep the party structure intact ahead of future elections.”

  • ADC: Peter Obi Joins Coalition, Says ‘No One Group Can Change Nigeria Alone’

    ADC: Peter Obi Joins Coalition, Says ‘No One Group Can Change Nigeria Alone’

    ADC: Peter Obi Joins Coalition, Says ‘No One Group Can Change Nigeria Alone’

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    Unveiling ADC Coalition in Abuja

    The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party and former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, has confirmed adopting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as his party saying no single group can change Nigeria alone.

    Obi stated this in an X post on Thursday, saying it was a difficult but necessary step for Nigeria’s political future.

    The-63-year-old, said the move was instigated by a deep reflection on the nation’s current challenges and the urgent need for transformative leadership.

    He stated that, “This decision was not made lightly. It comes from deep reflection on where we are as a country and what must be done to move forward.”

    “Our commitment is to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 General Elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the nation’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first,” said Obi.

    The coalition members, which include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former transport minister Rotimi Amaechi and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, officially endorsed the ADC as their political vehicle for 2027 at the unveiling in Abuja on Tuesday.

    It was gathered that Obi proposed to serve a single term in office if elected president under the ADC.

  • Obi decries Nigeria’s economic decline, calls for urgent action

    Obi decries Nigeria’s economic decline, calls for urgent action

    Obi decries Nigeria’s economic decline, calls for urgent action

     

    The 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over the country’s economic trajectory since 2015.

     

    In a statement on Monday via X, Obi highlighted the contrast between Nigeria’s economic performance in the early years of its return to democracy and its current state.

     

    “When Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, it maintained an average GDP growth of about 6.72% for 16 years from 1999-2014,” Obi wrote.

     

    However, he pointed out that this growth was not sustained, with GDP growth collapsing to 2.79% in 2015 and the economy slipping into recession in 2016.

     

    He said, “In 2014, just before the inception of a new administration a year later, Nigeria had the biggest economy in Africa with a Gross Domestic Product of $568.5 billion and a GDP Per Capita of about $3,200.”

     

    In contrast, he noted that by 2023, Nigeria had fallen to the 4th largest economy in Africa, with a GDP of $375 billion and a per capita of $1700.

     

    Accordingly, the situation worsened in 2024, with the GDP further declining to an estimated $253 billion and per capita dropping to $1087.

     

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    This is according to data obtained from StatiSense, an AI data company specialising in financial report analysis, bank statement evaluation, and AI chatbot services.

     

    Subsequently, the former governor expressed alarm at the current state of affairs, saying, “Today, poverty is pervasive and on the increase. Unemployment is rising. Food inflation has skyrocketed to over 43%. Foreign and local investors are losing faith in the future growth of our economy and are leaving in large numbers. Businesses are shutting down.”

     

    Obi called for urgent action to prevent further economic collapse and move it from consumption to production as he criticised the current leadership.

     

    Obi said, “Urgent actions need to be taken to salvage the nation from further economic collapse and move it from consumption to production.

     

    “However, instead of concerning ourselves with all these challenges threatening our collective existence and finding ways to recreate an inclusive and sustainable economy, pull millions of people out of poverty, and return our nearly 20 million out-of-school children to schools, our leaders are more concerned with funding their selfish luxuries and individual lavishness, while throwing blames at others who are only committed to solving the nation’s problems.

     

    “In the face of all these challenges, we the leaders should commit to inclusive and sustainable growth to end the hardship which has continued to burden our fellow Nigerians. Only through that can we achieve a peaceful and secure society.”