By Theresa Donatus, Uyo
A frontline Presidential Aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) and former Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Dr Peter Obi has charged Nigerians to vote for a wealth creators as their next president and not those that will consume the present resources.
Speaking in a Consultative Meeting at the State Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) secretariat, Uyo,Akwa Ibom State capital on Monday, Obi disclosed that the era of sharing in Nigeria politics is over adding there is nothing to share anymore.
Obi who was the former governor of Anambra state explained that what Nigeria was sharing as a nation was over and the nation needs another group of leaders must emerge to produce resources to take care of the next generation.
He listed key areas to tackle in the economy such as education, security , power generation and manufacturing to reposition the nation for greater heights.
” My mission is to create change Nigeria from consumption to production and from wealth sharing to wealth creation.”
” The cake we are sharing now has finished. What we now is to bake more cakes. There is no more cake to share anymore. And those cakes we are going to bake is not for sharing. ”
” We would have a new system where the teeming unemployed youths are given a future . They are going to be driving the process . So, there is no need to share . Consuming is finished , we are now talking about production ”
” The new Nigeria would be creating and producing not the Nigeria where people are sharing money” he said.
He mentioned inability to control the economy and insecurity as factors that contributed to a failed state adding that the time to rescued Nigeria is now.
He therefore urged AKwa Ibom delegates to vote with the picture of their children in mind not his personality of any candidate and ethnic consideration .
