The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has replied to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying that the country would be safer in the hands of a stingy man.
Speaking in Akure, during a rally, Obi, admitted that he is stingy but prudent in the management of public funds.
Obi said that the nation will be safer in his care as a stingy man because he will be able to invest in education, health, the economy, and other sectors to develop the country.
“Yes they said l am stingy, but we are not out to steal the nation’s wealth all we want to do is to use the nation’s money for our people and the development of this country
“They said that I’m stingy, we want stingy people now so that we can keep the money. We want to make sure we use your money to transform the country.
“This election that is coming now, don’t vote for anybody because of the tribe but vote for someone that will move the country forward.
“This election is about character and people we can trust. Everybody knows the schools my running mate and I attended. You all know our age, our schools, and everything about us. Our backgrounds are known.
“When I was the governor in Anambra, everybody knows what I did, all the work I did. When I left the government, I left $150m, everybody knows this, they know where I live, you can go and verify.
He said the country will be more secure with the LP at the helm of affairs saying “entire Nigeria is insecure, people are living in suffering and hunger. We want to secure and unite Nigeria. We want to move Nigeria from consumption to production.
