Obi Raises Alarm, Says Nigeria Collapsing,
Former governor of Anambra State and the 2023'presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Gregory Obi, has expressed concerns that Nigeria is collapsing. He has also,, urged the opposition to speak up against bad governance in the country.
... Asks Opposition To Speak Up
Former governor of Anambra State and the 2023'presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Gregory Obi, has expressed concerns that Nigeria is collapsing. He has also,, urged the opposition to speak up against bad governance in the country.
Obi, spoke at the National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the party in Abuja on Wednesday, lamenting the high levels of poverty and hardship in the country.
Obi, spoke at the National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the party in Abuja on Wednesday, lamenting the high levels of poverty and hardship in the country.
The Labour Party held its NEC meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, chaired by former Finance Minister Nenadi Usman.
The NEC meeting followed the controversy over the recent Supreme Court judgement on the national chairmanship position of the party.
According to Obi, things have become too bad, hence it was time for the opposition to stand together for the right things, starting from the Labour Party.
According to Obi, things have become too bad, hence it was time for the opposition to stand together for the right things, starting from the Labour Party.
His words, “We must speak when things are wrong, Nigeria is collapsing, the numbers are clear, the indices are clear, more and more people are poorer.
"People who used to feed well are now begging, even in this hotel. Any time I enter this hotel, I see people telling me, ‘Oga, I came to Abuja, I can’t go back’.
“Where I used to go that people ask me, ‘Oga will you eat? Will you drink?’ Nobody is asking me anything again. That shows you how bad it is. So, let us know that things are difficult, things are bad. Let us stand together and ensure that the right things, starting from our party, are done."
Those in attendance included Obi and his running mate in the 2023 elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, and the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, among other Senators and members of the House of Representatives who are members of the party.
After the meeting at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, leaders of the opposition party marched to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, the nation’s capital, where they presented the Certified True Copy of the judgement of the Supreme Court on the former national Chairman of the party, Mr Juluis Abure to the commission.
Led by Peter Obi, and the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, the members were received by INEC National Commissioner, Sam Olumekun.
They urged the electoral body to recognise Nenadi Usman as the LP chairman, days after the Supreme Court set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Abure as the party's Chairman.
In a unanimous judgment last week, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure as national Chairman of the LP, having earlier found that the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership.
The apex court held that the issue of leadership was an internal affair of a party over which courts lacked jurisdiction, and noted that Abure’s tenure had since expired.
The court allowed the appeal filed by Senator Ester Usman, and one other and held that it was meritorious before subsequently proceeding to dismiss the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction of the LP for being unmeritorious.
“Where I used to go that people ask me, ‘Oga will you eat? Will you drink?’ Nobody is asking me anything again. That shows you how bad it is. So, let us know that things are difficult, things are bad. Let us stand together and ensure that the right things, starting from our party, are done."
Those in attendance included Obi and his running mate in the 2023 elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, and the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, among other Senators and members of the House of Representatives who are members of the party.
After the meeting at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, leaders of the opposition party marched to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, the nation’s capital, where they presented the Certified True Copy of the judgement of the Supreme Court on the former national Chairman of the party, Mr Juluis Abure to the commission.
Led by Peter Obi, and the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, the members were received by INEC National Commissioner, Sam Olumekun.
They urged the electoral body to recognise Nenadi Usman as the LP chairman, days after the Supreme Court set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Abure as the party's Chairman.
In a unanimous judgment last week, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure as national Chairman of the LP, having earlier found that the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership.
The apex court held that the issue of leadership was an internal affair of a party over which courts lacked jurisdiction, and noted that Abure’s tenure had since expired.
The court allowed the appeal filed by Senator Ester Usman, and one other and held that it was meritorious before subsequently proceeding to dismiss the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction of the LP for being unmeritorious.
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