A coalition of private sector groups has announced its support for the Labor Party’s presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi. The alliance, under the auspices of Good Governance Advocates (GOGA), South-East/South-South Professionals, United Nigeria Group and Square peg group, said Obi is the only one who wants to make private sector investment a national centre. productivity agenda.
The coalition made its position on the Labor Party Agenda for the Private Town Mall meeting in Lagos yesterday. The professionals, at the event, which brought together a multi-sectoral group and industry players from oil and gas, telecommunications, banking, engineering, technology, education, entertainment and others, confirmed that the LP candidate has the best chance to transform the country’s economy. around through business-friendly policies, given a track record in managing successful businesses Wise management of public resources when he was the governor of Anambra State.
The occasion, attended by LP leaders, including Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi and Lagos State gubernatorial candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, also attracted a list of top industry executives and former directors of banks, multinational institutions, business executives and entrepreneurs, as well as many supporters of the Party Labor and the Obi/Datti Campaign.
He clarified that the alliance is not a partisan political movement, but driven by the need to rebuild Nigeria, while giving business leaders the opportunity to express their opinions and the opportunity to vote for Obi, who will make policies to enable businesses to survive and recover from the harsh economic environment.
Speaking, the chairman of the event/Chairman of the Obi-Datti Big-Tent Independent Campaign Council (BCC), Emmanuel Ijewere, a foremost accountant and former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), said the Big Tent is a coalition. from the support groups lined up behind the Peter Obi and Datti Campaign, stating that it is a mass movement, not a political campaign.
He said nine different polls have now confirmed Obi as the main presidential candidate. Ijewere observed that the Obi/Datti campaign was driven by the desire for Nigerians to take back their country, adding that efforts were being made to secure the 176,000 polling units in the federation.
He said the members of the Obi/Datti campaign management board are more than 60 percent from the Diaspora and they are all focused on taking back Nigeria. He called on all Nigerians, who will vote to remember that it will be done for the benefit and benefit of the Diaspora, children and others, who cannot vote.
His words: “The support for Peter Obi and Datti is not motivated by what they will do, but by the desire to change Nigeria. This is the hope that the child of anyone will become someone without knowing who they are. You do not change by changing people other, but by changing yourself.”
It is noted that the Labor Party does not believe in buying votes, but will ensure that all the staff required to manage the election are adequately provided.
“The absence of shishi does not mean that the party does not support the agents of the party and is determined to support the youth,” he said, adding that voters should be educated on how to vote because there are no pictures of Obi and Datti-Ahmed on the ballot, but the party
Also speaking, Rhodes-Vivour, stated that the party is determined to make history, adding that Nigerians are in the mood to make real and historical changes.
“This is about people electing leaders. This election is the only way to get a new Nigeria. There is the hand of God in the campaign of Peter Obi,” he said. He encouraged the voters not to be afraid to go out to vote, because the security agencies are at the top of the game to get rid of the problems in the country.
On his part, Utomi said he is optimistic that Nigerians will succeed in electing a leader who will serve the people, saying that Obi and Datti-Ahmed are two people who will dedicate their lives to the common good.
He noted that politics should lead to economic growth, said Obi understood that business is an important condition that the government will provide a good regulatory environment to develop.
Other business leaders and executives from all industries agree that there is a need to change the leadership and bring in a business-friendly president like Obi, who will understand and address the problems of entrepreneurs and companies.