Labour Party Says ‘Only Peter Obi Can Save Nigerian Economy From Its Declining Fortunes’

Labour Party Says ‘Only Peter Obi Can Save Nigerian Economy From Its Declining Fortunes’—-The Ebonyi State Chapter of the Labour Party has expressed confidence that only its presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has the solutions and competence to salvage the Nigerian economy.

 

The party urged Nigerians to identify with its quest to take power and move the nation to greater heights.

 

Labour Party made this assertion in an expanded stakeholders meeting in Abakaliki.

 

A communiqué, issued at the end of the meeting, was signed by Linus Okorie (Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone), Dr Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh (Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone) and Emmanuel Nwobo (Central Senatorial Zone).

 

“The members of the National Transition Committee, NTC, of the Labour Party, Chief Fidelis Nwankwo, Rt. Hon. Linus Okorie and Dr Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh, convened the stakeholders briefing with a view to informing members of the Labour Party, Ebonyi State Chapter, about the future political activities of the emerging Labour Party, which include mobilisation of new members and registration.

 

“The members of the NTC also shared details of the 2023 post-election reviews conducted by the national and state working committees of the party and consequently resolved as follows:

 

“That His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi, remains the National Leader of the Party and he, Mr Obi, is bestowed with the appropriate competences to salvage the Nigerian economy from its declining fortunes.

 

“Stakeholders observed the need to support the National Transition Committee in her bid to conduct an all-inclusive state congress and national convention of the Labour Party, respectively.

 

“Furthermore, stakeholders urged feuding stakeholders of the party to sheath their divisive swords in the overall interest of Labour Party and our target to better the lots of Nigerians.

 

“That a united Labour Party, Ebonyi State Chapter, shall pursue vigorously the conversion and registration of new members into the party at the right and designated time and also set a target of 400,000 members,” the communiqué stated.

According to the communiqué, Chief Fidelis Nwankwo was unanimously adopted as the leader of the Labour Party in Ebonyi State.