-Frowns At Describing Nigerian Citizens As Urchins
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 elections, His Excellency, Perter Obi, says he is into active politics to be able to contribute his quota to obliterate crime, poverty, hunger, vulnerability and other negative things that are caused by bad leadership that impugn the success, prosperity, progress and peace of humanity.
Obi, in an epistle he made bare to the public, said he has never looked down on any human being no matter his economic, social, religious or academic background, adding that he would not see himself denigrating humanity, as he believes that one rises while helping others to rise.
According to Obi, “lately, I have heard a few people say that those who follow Peter Obi are low-class Nigerians and some have even gone as far as calling them “street urchins” and people of no value.
“It is deeply unfortunate that in today’s Nigeria, citizens now look down on fellow citizens in such a degrading manner.
“I have never and will never look down on anyone, except to lift them up. After all, we can only rise by lifting others. My involvement in politics has never been about associating with the so-called high and mighty, but about standing with the ordinary Nigerians whose voices have been silenced and whose resources have been stolen by the same “big names” who now parade themselves with all sorts of titles and names.
“No Nigerian is of no value. No Nigerian is a street urchin. It speaks volumes about the state of our nation that everyday Nigerians, are now battered by poverty and hardship, to the point their leaders refer to them as of no value, and urchins.
“Every Nigerian deserves dignity, opportunity and care. That is why I will continue to do my part to ensure that the ordinary Nigerians enjoy a better life, one built on access to education, quality healthcare and genuine efforts to lift them out of poverty.
“True leadership is not about mocking the weak, it is about lifting them up. A New Nigeria is Possible”.
