.’I will dialogue with agitators everywhere’
By Phil Okose, Onitsha
No fewer than five coalition groups of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, Tuesday, in Enugu,, Enugu State, endorsed Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, as their consensus and best Presidential candidate.
The CSOs included, Movement for Election of Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction, Concerned Elites for Better Society, National Coalition for Justice and Equity, Southeast Educational Vanguard and Anambra Moralist Organization.
They described Obi, as a former outstanding governor of Anambra state, who has the competence, capacity, courage and capability to transform and revamp the country and her economy.
Rising from their closed door emergency general meeting, they called on Nigerians to vote for integrity not interest, meritocracy not mediocrity, and equity not inequality.
“We will commence in earnest, aggressive and massive mobilisation and sensitisation of citizenry from all sections of the country to support and show solidarity to Obi’s candidacy, as a national project and desideratum towards solving myraids of problems and challenges bedeviling the country,” they stated.
In a press statement signed by the leader and National convener of the coalitions, comrade (Evangelist), Vincent Ezekwueme, Professor Justice Chidi, secretary and His lordship, Bishop Jude Enemuo Chukwu, tagged, “let us save ourselves and our country through enthronement of good leaders and governments,” made available to newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra State, they said that Obi represented politics of morality, good conscience, selflessness, humility, and prudent management of public fund for public good.
,”If it were in advance democracy, Obi should have been prevailed upon to come and rescue the country, considering his sterling and outstanding performances as former governor of Anambra in which he left #75 billion in government coffers while leaving office, when his colleagues incurred huge debt.
“Obi is humble, honest, compassionate, selfless, fanatic when it comes to the welfare and interest of the people. Nigerians should not miss this golden opportunity by giving pan Nigeria mandate to Mr. Peter Obi.
Obi is Dr. Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere and Jose Mujika of our time. Let us collaboratively and collectively vote Peter Obi in, as President in 2023, in order to get Nigeria working again for the betterment of the society,” they pleaded.
According to them Obi remains the best and only candidate that has the wherewithal to tackle insecurity, unemployment, corruption, inequalities, injustices and will reduce drastically, cost of governance.
They consequently, appealed to all Nigerians, to support Peter Obi’s presidential aspiration on basis of competence, justice, equity, good conscience. morality, inclusiveness and sense of belonging.
“Let us get it right, by voting right candidates that will bear the interest of the masses at heart, not by ethnic sentiments, tribe, religion or clan cleavages,” they pleaded.
They however, condemned purported call by one of the Presidential candidates, on the electorate not to vote for candidates from other sections of the country, and described the call as great disservice to the country.
” We must reenact spirit of June 12th, 1993 elections, in 2023, if actually we want to make, our good better, our better best. Candidates and political parties should embark on issue based campaigns devoid of casting unsubstantiated aspersions on perceived opponents”, they maintained.
