Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday outlined some of his plans for the Northern region of Nigeria if elected next year.
Obi revealed his plans during his talk at the Arewa Joint Committee Interactive Session in Kaduna.
He noted that improving security, agriculture and education will be some of his top targets for the region.
“We will offer immediate and decisive long-lasting and permanent-effect resolution of all security challenges in the North,” he said.
“Ensure that farmers return to all farmlands for the 2023 farming Season. We will make Nigeria’s arable land in the North her new oil and gold.
“As part of our Marshall Plan for Education, we will foster Federal intervention in education at all levels in the North and partnership with State Governments and international organizations in order to improve access to affordable and quality education at all levels.”
He added that his administration will “ensure very adequate representation in government, equitable appointments especially in the Security and Economic Sectors.”
Obi noted that he will also work on reviving the “moribund cotton and textile industries” and “ensure very generous deployment and allocation of economic and social projects and infrastructure in the North.”
Labour Party’s Obi in his speech outlined the following:
a, We will offer immediate and decisive long-lasting and permanent-effect resolution of all security challenges in the North;
b, Ensure that farmers return to all farmlands for the 2023 farming Season. We will make Nigeria’s arable land in the North her new oil and gold;
c, As part of our Marshall Plan for Education, we will foster Federal intervention in education at all levels in the North and partnership with State Governments and international organizations in order to improve access to affordable and quality education at all levels;
d, Ensure very adequate representation in government, equitable appointments especially in the Security and Economic Sectors;
e, Incentivize the resuscitation of the moribund cotton and textile industries; and full exploration of the cattle economy value chain, notably the $75b global hide and skin economy. Nigeria’s share of the global industry is envisaged to generate over $1bn by 2025; and finally.
f, We will ensure very generous deployment and allocation of economic and social projects and infrastructure in the North – with keen attention to Roads, Energy, Power, and Dams- and Solar energy from Sunlight.
In closing, let me say this on record. I have come in peace to develop, to secure, and to unite, and I will do so with every commitment to the growth of Nigeria, as one great and united country.
We shall pay as much attention to the development of the North as to the development of all other parts of the country; but with much greater emphasis on the development of the Agricultural resources.
The North remains where the biggest ad sustainable wealth of this great Nation lies.
If elected President, I shall govern with the fear of God and with all good conscience and intent. The Constitution and the rule of law will always prevail. I thank you for your kind attention. May Almighty God bless you all and bless Nigeria. – PO
