Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has obviously gone past the jibe by the Anambra State governor in the past week.
Obi while fielding questions during his meeting with Nigerian Guild of Editors on Monday, said he will consult with the Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on solutions to tackle Nigeria’s challenges.
“He (Soludo) knows, and he has the solution, so I need to consult him to help me,” he said.
Asked if he will support any other candidate that wins the election, the former Anambra Governor said “this is the problem of Nigeria. Will you hire somebody who’s not competent to run your company, then allow the person to hire another person who’s competent to help him? You don’t go and get a conductor and say the conductor should be driving and let the driver be at the back and be advising him.
“We want the driver to be on the driver seat and let the conductor be in the position of the conductor.”
Obi also promised to adopt the Bangladesh 35 per cent Affirmative Action model, stating that he would create an atmosphere where 50 per cent of Nigerian women would be included in its National Productivity Programme.
Recall that Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, had recently said the investments Obi left in government are worth nearly nothing.
He also claimed Obi can’t win the 2023 presidential election.
However, Obi in his reply said that he did his little as governor of the state and asked Soludo to do his best in the state as an economics professor.
