Nnewi Kingdom On Lockdown For LP Presidential Candidate Peter Obi
– You are vital to our consumption to production policy, Obi tells Nnewi residents.
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, visited the industrial hub of Anambra, Nnewi, as part of his ongoing campaign across Nigeria.
This visit came after he held rallies in all 36 states of the country, including Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital.
During his visit to Nnewi on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, Mr Obi received a warm welcome from community leaders, enthusiastic industrialists, and the people of the state who thronged in their numbers to catch a glimpse of the man they described as holding the ace in turning Nigeria’s fortune around for the best.
Thousands of traders, youths, women, and community leaders gathered around the Nkwo Market where the rally for the Labour Party Presidential candidate Peter Obi, and Vice, Datti Baba-Ahmed, was held.
Addressing a cross-section of industrialists at the event, Obi emphasized that Nnewi fits well into his manifesto’s Consumption-to-Production policy, given that they were already manufacturing products, and would play a critical role in enhancing Nigeria’s productivity if he is elected.
The former Anambra state governor said that in all his political journeys, Nnewi has always backed him massively, and that he is, therefore, confident of their support at this critical time in the life of the Nigerian nation.
“I am not here to campaign. I know you have already been converted because you have always stood by me throughout my political journeys,” Obi told the audience.
“What I encourage you to do now is to talk to others to join us in this critical endeavour of saving our nation.”
The visit to the palace of Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III, the King and spiritual head of Nnewi Kingdom, was the high point of the tour, where Igwe Orizu openly prayed for Obi and pledged his support to his presidential ambition.
Nigeria’s Former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman; the Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Akin Osuntokun, a 2021 Gubernatorial Candidate of Anambra State and Special Adviser to Mr Peter Obi on Technology and Strategic Alliances, Mr Valentine Ozigbo; former Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, who is the Director of Mobilization in the Obi-Datti Campaigns, Hon. Benchuks Nwosu; the Labour Party’s National Organising Secretary, Mr Clement Ojuwkwu; and other party officials joined the Labour Party Presidential flag bearer on the visit.
Obi, a former two-term governor of Anambra State, has emerged as a grassroots favourite in the 2023 presidential election, leading in all national and international pre-election polls ahead of his main rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
According to the latest poll released by Bloomberg, an American news medium, Obi has significantly expanded his lead over his rivals.
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