The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed the belief that Nigeria can wipe out multidimensional poverty within a decade.
This is as he lamented that the rural part of Nigeria is trapped in abject poverty, adding that the nation is leaving its children, miserable and uneducated.
The former governor of Anambra State said this in a statement on Facebook on Friday.
“27 per cent of school-age children are out of school and poor, 29 per cent of all school-aged children are not attending school, and 94 per cent out of school children are very poor.”
According to him, the Multidimensional Poverty Index is the best mirror of failure of governance in the country, “in spite of earning trillions in oil revenue, in spite of borrowing trillion naira for infrastructure development, almost half of Nigerians are poor and close to two-third of Nigerians do not have access to basic sanitation, access to basic education, lack basic nutrition and do not visit hospitals”.
Obi added that poverty was a terrible disgrace and disservice to a country with tremendous natural and human resource.
“The political economy of this report should be made clear to every Nigerian voter because what it simply means is that government is not working.
Tweeps mock Obi’s rally in Ibadan
Recently, some social media users have mocked the attendance at the rally held by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday.
The event was attended by Obi and his running mate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, including supporters of their presidential ambition.
Also, the leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, was present to advise the crowd against voting along tribal lines.
Before the event, comments could be seen on social media praising the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, for granting Obi and his supporters access to the Adamasingba Stadium. Continue HERE
