Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has defended his use of figures while making presentations in his bid to win the nation’s top job.
Obi reiterated that his campaign will be issues based and he challenged his main opponents to do the same rather than boast of their political structures. He said; “Nigeria’s total export in 2021 was N18.9trillion. When people fault my figures, I tell them and other candidates to present theirs.
“Brazil is among the five biggest producers of food globally. They have developed agriculture, they are feeding themselves and exporting.
“People asked me how do we get the naira strong against the dollar. My answer remains moving Nigeria from consumption to production.
“What will give dollars is production; Nigeria is not a producing country. It is not natural resources or space that will generate money; it is the production capacity of the people.”
He said if elected he would embark on reform and set the nation back on the path of progress and stability.
“We want to change that; we want to stop the politics of sharing money, stealing and sending children to schools abroad”, he said.