Prof. Pat Utomi, a senior member of the Labour Party, responded to claims that Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate, is stingy by stating that the nation urgently needs a person of such character to stop the economy from bleeding out.
He asserted that the former governor of Anambra State possesses the skills necessary to put an end to the “transactional governance” that has come to characterise the PDP and APC governments.
On Sunrise Daily on Channels Television, Prof. Utomi remarked: “If you look at his Anambra experience, let’s not forget that Peter Obi among the things he has done is rebuild democracy. In Anambra they used to lock up their governors in the toilet and stuffs like godfathers, schools were closed, everything was shut, and no pension benefits were being paid. When he comes to that process, Anambra becomes a new kind of place, pension was paid, and others.
“So from what I know of him, he has a transformation mindset. I think there’s this thing they say that he is stingy, my goodness the only thing you need now is a stingy man to run the country. The guys are bleeding the place, you need a guy to stop this nonsense, stop the bleeding.”
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In response to the question of why he believes Nigerians should vote for Obi over the other candidates in the February 25 presidential election, Prof. Utomi stated that he is convinced that the PDP and APC candidates will not advance the nation, even though he maintained that they will continue with the “transactional government,” which will see their friends prosper while Nigeria remains stagnant.
“These parties the way they are structured are so transactions driven that to emerge in the process you have already sold up. I will give the oil wells to this guy, you have committed that ministry to this guy and he is asking that a certain percentage of the budget of that ministry will come to him.
“I’m not talking about stuff in the air, it’s stuff I have dealt with; I have spoken out personally to all of them aloud.”
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