The presidential candidate of Labout Party, LP, Peter Obi, said yesterday he would curb the flooding issue ravaging the country, if elected in 2023.
He also said his followers and proponents of the ‘Obidient’ movement were mostly Nigerians who were enraged over the sorry state of the nation and were, therefore, demanding change.
In an interview on Arise TV yesterday, Obi said the flooding problem could be solved by predicting the calculation of rainfall and dredging of major rivers to hold the water.
He said:
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“What will I do to curb this flooding? There’s a combination of things that I need to do. There is the issue of Lagdo dam but even the minister said the rainfall caused the flooding and not the dam.
”But if you take the average rainfall in the past 20 years, since 2001, it remained the same, which means it is predictable.
“But the issue is that we have refused to dredge some rivers. We need to dredge the River Benue and Niger from Baro, Niger state down to the Atlantic Ocean.
”But there’s currently no ability to hold this drainage, and tributaries are also part of what is causing this problem. The rivers are no longer contributing to our economic growth as they should be. These are the things we should do to be able to contain this.”
Why Obidients’re angry, need change
The Labour Party presidential candidate also said his followers and proponents of the ‘Obidient’ movement were mostly Nigerians enraged over the sorry state of the nation and, therefore, demanded change.
He said this explained the reason for the aggressive attitude of some of them on social media.
According to him, while some of the uncultured social media behaviour by the purported followers have come from opposing camps who often disguise as his followers to perpetrate indecency, some of the firm views expressed by his followers have come from a place of distress and deep hurt due to the deplorable state of affairs in the country.
Obi said: “I have answered this several times. One, there is infiltration by opponents, and there are those who believe in me who are angry. I’ve served people faithfully. I have never raised my voice at anybody.
”You cannot go and say because your son shouts at people, that is you. I’m telling them please, but some of them are angry. Some of them have been out of school for the past 10 years without jobs. You cannot control their anger. All I can do is an appeal.”
On how he intended to deliver on his campaign promises, particularly given that all the other presidential candidates had made similar promises, Obi said historical antecedents of the presidential candidates should be key in determining who would fulfill his campaign promises.
He noted that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, had made several promises to Nigerians which were yet to be fulfilled.
Posted: at 25-10-2022 06:49 AM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Quite nonsensical answer, why didn't he dredge the drainages in Anambra before now? The need for a second Dam on the Nigerian side is long overdue and the blame is since 1981, river Naija has been dredged already, unless he wan use am steal money and thirdly with all the measures put in place, flooding will still happen, if God wills it! It is happening all over the world especially this year - So a call to these Obidients should be careful of I KNOW IT ALL OF THIS MAN!!! QUESTIONS: WHAT WAS HIS PHYSICAL IMPACT IN ANAMBRA? We're not talking about people like Donald Duke here, Obi that was just pushing Catholics against the protestants, creating one scandal after another? the money he claimed to have saved for the state, where did he save it? who benefitted from the interests, accrued. WISE UP PEOPLE!!!
Posted: at 25-10-2022 08:54 AM (2 years ago) | Upcoming
fineboy77 at 25-10-2022 09:09 AM (2 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Northrop on 25-10-2022 08:54 AM
Quite nonsensical answer, why didn't he dredge the drainages in Anambra before now? The need for a second Dam on the Nigerian side is long overdue and the blame is since 1981, river Naija has been dredged already, unless he wan use am steal money and thirdly with all the measures put in place, flooding will still happen, if God wills it! It is happening all over the world especially this year - So a call to these Obidients should be careful of I KNOW IT ALL OF THIS MAN!!! QUESTIONS: WHAT WAS HIS PHYSICAL IMPACT IN ANAMBRA? We're not talking about people like Donald Duke here, Obi that was just pushing Catholics against the protestants, creating one scandal after another? the money he claimed to have saved for the state, where did he save it? who benefitted from the interests, accrued. WISE UP PEOPLE!!!
You are a Non-entity. You know you are. People that matter have all tried to find something to pin on HE Peter Obi, but found none because that Guy is CLEAN. Your hate and ignorance wont even let you know projects that could be carried out by states and federal projects. And yes, the money that he left in Anambra is still being benefited not only by Anambra people, but Nigerians at large. It was confirmed that part of the money was used for the Anambra Airport Project and sure, not only Anambrarians use that airport..
What is the color beneath your skin?
Posted: at 25-10-2022 09:09 AM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero
fineboy77 at 25-10-2022 09:16 AM (2 years ago) (m)
Peter Obi left Billions when leaving office. The Amounts were confirmed by the various Bank managers where the money was lodged during his Hand-Over to Obiano. Peter Obi revamped the Anambra education system and made it one of the best in West Africa. He revamped their health service system and equipped countless hospitals for better healthcare. He instituted the maintenance culture, which is one key issue in Nigeria. But empty headed fools want to hear that he built a flyover, constructed a world class hospital like the everyday Nigerian politician. But the flyover will collapse 1 and half year after such people leave office, and the ''World class'' hospital will become a mortuary after 6 months. Empty headed Nigerians, and thieves that benefit from the bad system, will always prefer such Polithiefians.
What is the color beneath your skin?
Posted: at 25-10-2022 09:16 AM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero
You are a Non-entity. You know you are. People that matter have all tried to find something to pin on HE Peter Obi, but found none because that Guy is CLEAN. Your hate and ignorance wont even let you know projects that could be carried out by states and federal projects. And yes, the money that he left in Anambra is still being benefited not only by Anambra people, but Nigerians at large. It was confirmed that part of the money was used for the Anambra Airport Project and sure, not only Anambrarians use that airport..
Address issues legibly not insults! Obviously you may be too short to see a proper point of view when pointed to you
Posted: at 26-10-2022 10:46 AM (2 years ago) | Upcoming
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