By: Titus Akor, Makurdi.
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has promised to unite the country, fight corruption and insecurity, and revive the healthcare and educational systems across the country if given the mandate to lead the country as president.
Obi who was in Benue for his ongoing presidential campaign across the country,gave the assurance yesterday during a town hall engagement with Benue people, where thousands of people demanded that his administration provide security for the IDPs to go back to their respective ancestral homes.
The NDC presidential candidate, who described as unacceptable the level of unemployment among the youths, promised that his administration would ensure that youths have businesses, adding that those who want to farm should go back to their ancestral homes to continue farming, especially with his running mate, Musa Kwankwaso, as former Minister of Defence, who will assist the government with his experience to fight insecurity.
“NDC government will unite and secure Nigeria. Nobody will do what is happening today. If you kidnap two children or kill anybody, we will pursue you,” Obi said, adding that Nigeria must be secured and that it is the duty of government to ensure that Nigerians are taken out of poverty.
He blamed President Tinubu for borrowing more money, arguing that nobody knows where the money is going, especially where there are no projects on the ground, particularly in Benue State.
Obi assured that NDC will make Nigerians proud and create a country where a child of nobody will become somebody, assuring students of employment opportunities as well as enabling them to start businesses on graduation.
Thousands of supporters, during the interaction, chorused to the NDC presidential candidate that Benue people, most of whose population is in IDP camps, called on Obi to put an end to insecurity, so that they will go back to their ancestral homes to continue their normal lives.
The NDC presidential candidate, during the visit, paid a sympathy visit to Yelewata, where some IDPs were massacred by suspected Fulani herdsmen, and also paid homage to the Tor Tiv, HRM Prof. James Ayatse, at his palace in Gboko.
