…Urges unity, reconciliation.
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 General Election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Tuesday joined a crowd of party faithful in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to pay solidarity visit to the party leadership at the National Headquarters.
The party’s National Leader, who also endorsed the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) of Labour Party led by Barrister Julius Abure urged aggrieved party members to put the survival of Nigerians and Nigeria first above all other interests.
Obi said he was at the national secretariat for a visit to the chairman and would continue to strive to bring all warring parties over the crisis in the party to become united.
He stated that the challenges facing Nigeria are on human capital development bordering on food, security, education, health and water and need to be tackled now even before the next election in 2027.
“For now let us talk about how we are going to survive till then because we politicians always focus on the next election and not on human beings. For me, when they (the people) survive, to the next election, we can talk about the election.
“Let us focus on Nigeria, and see that Nigeria works, if Nigeria is working, Labour Party will work,” he said, stressing that if Nigeria fails, there will be no place for Labour Party.
In his address to members of the party who thronged the party secretariat for the solidarity visit, the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure said the NWC was appreciative of the visit of the party members and the presidential candidate.
He said it was high time for the dissenting voices over the Nnewi convention to come together and set all their personal interests aside and work for a party that would make a good show in the next election season.
“I want to say this very clear, the convention has come and gone. All those who are still angry with us over the Nnewi convention, we want to appeal to them that they should all come together to work with us to build the party for a new Nigeria that has a vision.
“I believe very strongly that personal interests should be put aside for us to pursue a new Nigeria that will work for all,”Abure stated.
The Chairman of the Labour Party, Federal Capital Territory chapter, Peter Dugwu, who organized the visit said that the chapter had come in solidarity with the national working committee of the party and promised to make a good show at the area councils elections.
