'Why Niger Delta Region Has Failed To Develop' - Peter Obi Blows Hot

Date: 20-09-2023 5:34 pm (2 months ago) | Author: onuigbo felicia
- at 20-09-2023 05:34 PM (2 months ago)
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Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that Bayelsa state is poor because of bad leadership.

Obi stated that the failure and corruption of successive governments have made the South-South stagnate and impoverished 67 years after oil was found in the region.

He stated this on Tuesday during the official presentation of the Labour Party flag to the party’s Bayelsa State governorship candidate, Udengs Eradiri, in Yenagoa, the state capital.

Obi said Bayelsa, where oil was first discovered, is still languishing in underdevelopment and reeks of poverty, adding that the state is not supposed to be on the list of poor states considering its natural resources.

He said, “In a state where oil was first discovered, and after 67 years, you still can’t drive on good roads. After Sokoto, known as the poorest state with a 90.5 per cent poverty rate, Bayelsa is at 88.5 per cent. Bayelsa is not supposed to be on the list of poor states, considering what God endowed them with. It is the product of bad leadership, and that is what we are trying to change.”

“We want a new Bayelsa where those who come to serve know it’s service to the people. And also use the people’s money for public good. That is the only way to pull the people out of poverty. We can’t achieve that with people stealing and mismanaging funds.

“The future belongs to the youths, and you must support someone who believes in you. We need to move from consumption to production. It is through production that jobs will be provided. Small businesses will be supported, which is the future of the world and Bayelsa.”


Obi also called on residents of Bayelsa State to verify all the claims that the candidates of the various political parties in the November 11 governorship election will make during their campaigns.

He said: “Carry our message everywhere; we want people who will create wealth and not those who will keep sharing and sharing everything.

“Go and verify what our candidate has said. One of the things we lack in our country today as a people is that we choose not to verify the things we were told during campaigns. That is what we need to do, and by doing that, we will know what the future holds.”

Posted: at 20-09-2023 05:34 PM (2 months ago) | Addicted Hero
- gogoman at 20-09-2023 06:13 PM (2 months ago)
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Go and verifyed like u said what Bayelsa gets from FG!! where is the state government spending the money? abi na FG dey run Bayelsa from Abuja?  state governors are thieves!! u people should tackle the problem from there!!! Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
Posted: at 20-09-2023 06:13 PM (2 months ago) | Grande Master
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- Jiiitk4 at 20-09-2023 06:25 PM (2 months ago)
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Because the people of Niger Delta are stupid. Fishbrained people who have yet to realise that they are the goose that lays the golden egg. Always ready to be brainwashed and bought over by the North and South West. Always happy to attack Igbos  and collecting crumbs from the tables of Hausa and Yoruba
Posted: at 20-09-2023 06:25 PM (2 months ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kp45 at 20-09-2023 07:15 PM (2 months ago)
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No be juju be that Huh?
Posted: at 20-09-2023 07:15 PM (2 months ago) | Hero
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- EDDYPRINCE at 21-09-2023 03:02 AM (2 months ago)
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State Gov are the biggest thieves and problem of the people  even the Obo while he was a gov on Anambra wat did he do. The state was still very wedded up. Abeg all of them are thieves.
Posted: at 21-09-2023 03:02 AM (2 months ago) | Addicted Hero
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- OmoNobaUku at 21-09-2023 08:37 AM (2 months ago)
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What did their son GEJ do for them in his near 6 years of governance as president? What did their motor mouth leader Edwin Clark do for them while he was a minister of the federation? Not to talk of successive Governors, one of which was jailed for looting their money but whom they now celebrate as their political leader? Their enemies are within.
Posted: at 21-09-2023 08:37 AM (2 months ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Northrop at 21-09-2023 09:53 AM (2 months ago)
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See who's talking? How did he develop Anambra when he was Governor? didn't he put all the money in his family businesses and banks to generate just interests for them? This Obidiot really thinks people a wowed by his cracked dope voice!!! Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
Posted: at 21-09-2023 09:53 AM (2 months ago) | Upcoming
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