The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to resist corruption by using their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) right in the 2023 general election.

Obi said the burden of corruption is borne by the citizens, stressing that they are denied the high living standards which the wealth of their country should have given them.

He said this via a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle on Monday.

The LP presidential flag-bearer stated: “The burden of endemic corruption is borne by the citizens; they are denied the high living standards which the wealth of their country should have given them through the provision of public infrastructure and services.

“To have corruption eat so deeply into the fabric of our public life, such that over 80% of our common wealth is devoured by a small minority, while most of our people are left to scrounge and scavenge for a living is totally unacceptable.”

Peter Obi said his administration, if elected as president in the 2023 general election, would have the task of rescuing the country and rebuilding it for the betterment and joy of the citizens.

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“Ultimately, the overall goal of the Obi-Datti administration will be to streamline governance, make it more responsive, transformative, effective, less transactional, and therefore, efficient and cost-effective,” the former governor of Anambra State added.

Meanwhile, the campaign office of the LP presidential candidate, Obi-Datti media office, while speaking on Obi’s readiness to tackle corruption if elected in 2023, stated: “Obi is on record as the youngest Nigerian to chair a commercial bank in a post-consolidation era and was also chairman of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in all left an enviable clean sheet.

“Even as governor of Anambra State for two terms, Obi still proved a rare incorruptible leader who demystified governance through his fiscal discipline and frugality to public funds.

“That he left office since 2014 and has not been invited by any anti-graft agency to explain the whereabouts of any public funds stand him out among his peers. No wonder he won the award as the governor of the decade.

“It’s also for the same reason that the LP candidate is the only Nigerian who left office and his investment of public funds rather than missing funds is being highlighted and debated on.

“The Obi-Datti media therefore, enjoins Nigerian electorate to vote wisely and vote for a tested and trusted hand whose performance record is apparent,” it said in a statement issued on Monday.

The Star