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Quotes from Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate — Peter Obi

born 1961 Nigeria

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21 quotes

Our country stands wounded by many years of cumulative leadership failure.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"The greatest asset of any nation is its people. If you invest in people, they will build the nation."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

Nigeria shall rise again, and her people will be proud to claim ownership of her patrimony.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"The future of Nigeria lies in education, health and pulling people out of poverty."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"A secure nation is one where people can go to bed and sleep with both eyes closed."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"Every child out of school is a danger to society."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"Corruption is not only about stealing money; it is also about wasting public resources."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"The measure of leadership is not how much you consume but how much value you create."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"A nation's poverty is directly related to the quality of its leadership."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"You cannot talk about development where there is no security."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

The journey towards the emancipation of the country has begun.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

Our country stands hijacked by forces of retrogression.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

Such a noble task brooks no conscientious objectors.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"Nigeria must move from consumption to production."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"We cannot continue borrowing for consumption."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

Our governance mission will be twin-tracked: secure Nigeria in every ramification—national security, human security, food security and tackling insecurity created by unemployment.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

We will also seek to unite our nation by pulling our people out of poverty, and creating a new sense of nationalism and patriotism.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"Government should be an enabler, not a competitor with the private sector."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

"Leadership is about doing the right thing, not about the next election."

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

The journey is going to be a collective one that will certainly require the cooperation of critical stakeholders in our country, especially the youth, whose future has been thoroughly degraded.

Acceptance Speech as Labour Party Presidential Candidate (2022)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Obi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.