‘I won’t run frivolous govt’: Obi condemns reactions on power generation remarks

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has declared that he would not run a frivolous government if elected as president in the forthcoming general election.

Obi stressed that he will not allow any waste of the people’s wealth as Nigeria’s President.

The former governor of Anambra State made this known via a statement issued on Tuesday by his campaign office, Obi-Datti media office, in reaction to his remarks on power generation in Nigeria.

Obi, while speaking at Chatham House in London, the United Kingdom on Monday, said he would declare a war on power sector with a view to tackling the challenges bedevilling the sector.

The LP presidential candidate had said if South Africa with a population of less than 60 million and generating over 40,000 megawatts declared emergence on power, Nigeria of over 200 million people with less than 20,000 megawatts should declare war on its power sector.

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The former Anambra State Governor also said he would retain and improve on the existing power contract between Nigeria and German firm, Siemens, if elected as president in 2023.

Speaking on the reactions that trailed Obi’s remarks, the Obi-Datti media office said: “Some APC followers clearly ignorant of the way Obi works, are saying that he is campaigning on Buhari’s project.

“Obi has said severally that his campaign would be issue driven and therefore would not allow the noise of proxy soldiers to distract him or defocus his view.

“The LP candidate is meeting Nigerians on points he intends to make to rebuild the tattered nation and not on a mission to find faults.

“In Anambra Stare where he left yet unbeaten record in governance, he continued from where his predecessor Dr Chris Ngige stopped, notwithstanding how he came to power that Obi that had to recover it through the court.

“The LP candidate had gone to Egypt to understudy their power issue and also to see how Siemens, the same company handling Nigeria did it in that country. That is a laudable mission of one who is really committed to making a difference in governance and should be praised for his unquenchable quest for solutions to issues

“Obi has a lot to say about himself and what he intends to do why Nigerians should vote for him and is not on any fault finding or praise singing on anybody.”

The Star