The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has declared that his administration will dismantle inefficiency and eliminate transactional policies that breed corruption in Nigeria if elected as president in the forthcoming presidential election.
Obi said he will dismantle the structure of criminality which he said some politicians have been using to hold the country.
The former governor of Anambra State said this while speaking at the Chatham House, the British international policy institute, in London, the United Kingdom on Monday.
“There will be no sacred cow under my government; our objective is to dismantle these structures of criminality and enthrone competence, character, and capability so that talents and ideas can flourish,” he declared.
On how he intends to cope with a possibly of having a National Assembly that may be dominated by other political parties, Obi said he went through such experience as governor of Anambra State when none of the 30 members of the State House of Assembly came from his political party.
The LP presidential candidate stressed that what he needed to navigate such case is to avoid nepotism and transactional policies, “because even the parliamentarians desire good governance”.
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Responding to question on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and why he has not condemned the group, Obi said to him and many other Nigerians including Igbos, the Biafra war ended 53 years ago, adding that he is not oblivious of the agitators’ demands for justice.
“We are going to look into the issue of justice and marginalisation which some of them are hinging their grievances.
“We are going to apply the carrot and stick in dealing with the agitators. But in the end there can only be one government and we will be in charge,” the former governor added.
Speaking on how to attract investors to Nigeria which was asked by a former British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, Obi likened what he intends to do to attract investors to bee and honey.
The LP presidential flag-bearer promised to create an enabling environment where rule of law thrives and will avoid any transactional policies which breeds corruption and weakens governance.
On security, Obi said it would be his top priority if elected as president, noting that everything would be done to secure the environment.
He promised to achieve this by first turning Nigeria into production and pulling people out of poverty and adequately utilising the country’s military.
“Our military once secured Africa and they should secure Nigeria and we will provide the needed leadership and political will,” Obi stressed.
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