The NDC presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has pledged to prioritise the fight against poverty in Northern Nigeria if elected president.
Obi said he understands the challenges facing the region and is determined to address them through deliberate policies and better utilisation of the North’s agricultural potential.
Speaking on the issue, the former Anambra State governor said the North possesses a major economic asset in agriculture, which he believes can be harnessed to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of residents.
He said, “If there is one president that the North will celebrate, it is me. I know its problems and will deal with the issue of poverty like never before. The North has an asset that no other area can say they have, and that asset is agriculture. The poverty in the North wasn’t worsening because of the removal of subsidy; there are other things.”
Obi’s comments come amid ongoing discussions about poverty, economic hardship and the impact of government policies on Nigerians, particularly those in the northern region.
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𝐂@𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐎 𝕩 🐐:”Peter Obi you are so interested in the North yet the Anambra you governed is still in the dark.. well you will never be president.. we need Referendum not peter Obi”
@Kenneth Igili:”Naming agriculture as the actual fix instead of promising to bring subsidy back takes more nerve than most candidates have right now.”
@Perth Santa:Keeping the reporting period beside each earnings figure has become a useful checkpoint for me.”
@Ridwan Taufik:”The useful change for me was comparing early-session reactions across similar event calendars.”